The western part of the city along the Ku'damm
Dive into the Berlin way of life between culture, shopping and entertainment
Run time | 1:18 h |
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Number of stations | 12 |
Available languages | engl./ger. |
Price | 9,00 € |
incl. printable map | |
The Railroad Station Zoo
The arrival in West-Berlin prior to the fall of the wall in 1989 often came along with the wish for a different life. A life, which seemed almost impossible in the other regions of West-Germany. The enclave of West-Berlin was different. It connected...
The Center at the Zoo
Among architectural historians, the Center at the Zoo is considered one of the most important architectural layouts of the 50s in Berlin. It’s a pity, that today, you cannot see anything of this splendor anymore. The history of the Center at the Zoo reveals...
The Zoological Garden
When the sun comes up in Berlin, roosters from every conti-nent crow in the zoological garden, and the penguins start their early morning exercise...
The Subway Station Wittenbergplatz
The Wittenbergplatz is the gate to the city centre of West-Berlin. This is the location of the famous „Department Store of the West“ called KaDeWe, and it is the start of the „Shopping Mile“ Tauentzien, which merges into the Boulevard Kurfürstendamm...
The Department Store of the West
„The KaDeWe marks the horizon of everything you can wish for - and it expands that into pure Fantasy“ - this is how a con-temporary witness from West-Berlin remembers his visit to the KaDeWe as a small boy in the 50s. Barely out of the ruins,...
The Europa-Center
You are standing in front of more than 80,000 square meters of interior space, space for retail, offices, hotels and parking housed in metal and glass, and embellished with advertising of all kinds. This profane and at first glance unspectacular structure is under...
The Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche
„Your cities will be burned with fire. But my deliverance will be for eternity, and my justice will have no end.“ These words of the prophet Isaiah are written on the new large bell of the Kai-ser-Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche (the Memorial Church). Bombs and fire...
The Kurfürstendamm
„Kurfürstendamm“. The sound of this name awakens dazzling pictures and polarizes people. This is the place where social advancement and tradition competed with each other. It was here, where Berlin showcased the modern times...
The Intersection of Joachimsthaler and Ku'damm
The intersection of the Joachimsthaler Street and the Kurfürstendamm mirrors the urban zest for life of Berlin. This is where the traffic roars, the advertising signs flicker, and the people rush by tirelessly...
The Winter Garden Ensemble in the Fasanen Street
Between five story buildings, the streetscape opens. Flowers trail over garden fences. Bird song and the sound of splashing fountains beckon and invite you to enter the park of the Winter Garden Ensemble...
The Jewish Community Center in the Fasanen Street
„Friends that the almond twig, is in bloom again. Is that not a sign, that love remains. That life did not cease, no matter how much blood was shed, do not disregard this fact, in the hardest times.“ In the spirit of rebirth and hope...
The Theater of the West
The beginning was black. You needed a blooming fantasy to envision a place for a theater and an opera on the coal storage facility of the dairy company Bolle. Bernd Sehring had this vision. He bought the lot and within only one year, he built the Theater...