Unter den Linden
Berlin's east-west spine: a linden-lined boulevard connecting a rebuilt royal palace to its most famous gate.
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This boulevard runs from the Berlin Palace — the reconstructed seat of the House of Hohenzollern, rebuilt after the communist-era Palace of the Republic was demolished — through Mitte to the Brandenburg Gate. The axis runs from Berlin Palace more than 10 km across the city to the western outskirts, a scale deliberately inspired by the Boulevards of Paris.
What to look for
- The grassed pedestrian mall on the median, lined with the linden trees that give the boulevard its name
- The Berlin Palace opposite the Lustgarten park — its rebuilt facade marks the eastern start and sits where a communist-era building once stood
- The Spree crossing at Lustgarten, where Berlin Cathedral comes into view as the boulevard kinks slightly to follow the oblique palace footprint
Walk the full length east to west — Berlin Palace to Brandenburg Gate — in one straight shot; Friedrichstraße crosses midway if you need to break the route.
Unter den Linden is one of 37 sights worth the detour in Berlin, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Berlin pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Berlin
- Berlin WallBuilt to keep citizens in, not enemies out — and the death strip of anti-vehicle trenches and beds of nails makes that intent impossible to misread.
- Brandenburg GateFor 28 years a wall sealed it shut — now you walk straight through.
- ReichstagA fire in 1933, a battle in 1945, a dome in 1999 — you walk inside Germany's working parliament.
- Berlin Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion)Designed for the 1936 Olympics and still hosting European finals — the bowl has barely left the world stage.
- Pergamon MuseumThe Pergamon Altar and the collections of the Vorderasiatisches Museum once filled this hall — closed since 2023, with the North Wing returning in 2027.
- Fernsehturm BerlinA 368-metre Cold War statement that outlived the government that built it — and now stands for the city that absorbed it.