I’ve seen tons of blog posts online arguing that either Munich or Berlin is the superior city, one far more tourist worthy than the other. My opinion? You need to see both. Now, I know, a lot of travellers don’t have unlimited time to go everywhere they want on a trip, but both of these cities are equally amazing in their own rights and deserve your time. And I’ll tell you why…
Berlin
History, history, history. It is all here. From the Berlin Wall to Checkpoint Charlie to the Reichstag to the Brandenburg Gate…history is around every corner.
Some key places to visit:
Start your wanderings at the Reichstag, a historical building constructed to house the Imperial Diet of the German empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Diet until 1933. Head straight up to the large glass dome at the top, which provides amazing 360-degree views of the surrounding Berlin cityscape.
The Holocaust Memorial is right around the corner and definitely deserves a look. Designed by architect Peter Eisenman, and engineer Buro Happold, it consists of a 19,000 m2 site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs, arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field. I could give a million structural details, but really you just need to go and see it and be in it.
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