Where to Stay in Berlin, Land Berlin

What is Berlin known for?

Berlin is known as the capital of Germany, a city of museums, monuments, and open squares. History stands on every corner. The Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag mark the political heart, while Museum Island gathers the Pergamon Museum, the Neues Museum, and the Bode Museum, and the Fernsehturm Berlin rises over Alexanderplatz.

What are the main landmarks in Berlin?

Berlin turns on its monuments and its museums. The Brandenburg Gate stands above them all. At its heart the Reichstag holds the parliament, the Fernsehturm Berlin rises over Alexanderplatz, and Museum Island gathers the Pergamon Museum, the Neues Museum, the Altes Museum, and the Bode Museum in one place.

The Deutsches Historisches Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, and the Jewish Museum Berlin carry the rest, while Berlin Cathedral and the French Cathedral mark the older skyline.

What is the history of Berlin?

Berlin was founded in 1244 on the low, flat land that would one day carry a capital. The settlement spread outward from there. Over the centuries it rose into a seat of power, gathering the palaces, churches, and public buildings that a court draws to itself.

The Brandenburg Gate came to stand as the ceremonial gate at the edge of the old city. The great collections settled on Museum Island, where the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, and the Pergamon Museum lined up their halls of antiquity. Together they made the city a capital of art.

Berlin became the capital of Germany, and it stands as one of the country's city-states, a Land in its own right surrounded by Brandenburg. Its monuments still gather at the centre, from the Reichstag to the Fernsehturm Berlin above Alexanderplatz.

Where is Berlin?

Berlin lies on the flat, low plains around it, a city-state set within the surrounding state of Brandenburg. No hill interrupts the plain. Brandenburg wraps the city on every side, with its capital Potsdam just beyond the southwestern edge, and Berlin holds the widest reach of any city in Germany by area.

The ground stays flat throughout.

What is the climate of Berlin?

Berlin keeps a temperate, continental climate on the plains of Brandenburg. Berlin's year runs from one extreme to the other. Its summers run warm and sometimes hot over the flat land, while its winters turn cold and grey, with drier air than the coasts and a sharper edge to the year in the capital of Germany.

How do you get to Berlin?

Berlin is the busiest crossroads in the country, reached by rail, road, and air from every direction. Trains flow through the centre. Berlin Central Station gathers the main lines, so travellers arrive from across Germany and beyond, while the roads run out through Brandenburg toward Potsdam and the wider region around the capital.