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Tiergarten, Berlin — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Tiergarten forms the green centre of Berlin, holding the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag and a run of great national museums.
About Tiergarten
Where to stay in Tiergarten
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Tiergarten sets a visitor in the middle of Berlin, steps from the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag. Rooms lie near Berlin Central Station and the great park, within walking reach of the museum cluster around the Gemäldegalerie. Few districts sit so central.
If you want landmark Berlin on the doorstep and fast trains everywhere, Tiergarten delivers, with the whole city opening up from the platforms of Berlin Central Station.
About Tiergarten
What are the main landmarks in Tiergarten?
Tiergarten holds some of Berlin's greatest sights, from the Brandenburg Gate to the domed Reichstag. A museum cluster gathers the Gemäldegalerie, the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Bauhaus-Archiv, while the Hamburger Bahnhof shows modern art in an old station. Monuments crowd the district.
The Soviet War Memorial, the German Resistance Memorial Center and the Tränenpalast each mark a chapter of the city's past, and the Haus der Kulturen der Welt stages the arts nearby.
What is the history of Tiergarten?
Tiergarten began as a royal hunting ground beside old Berlin, the wooded park that gave the district its name. Kings once rode here. Around it rose the Brandenburg Gate and later the Reichstag, and over time the parkland gathered the museums and memorials that fill Tiergarten, from the Soviet War Memorial to the Bauhaus-Archiv.
Where is Tiergarten?
Tiergarten spreads across the middle of Berlin, its great namesake park ringed by the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag and Berlin Central Station. The city's core wraps it.
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Updated July 2026