Berlin's Top Sights

To discover Berlin by bus is fun. Berlin’s busses are yellow and many of them are double deckers. Especially a ride on the number 100  bus is fun, cheap and comfortable. But what is so special about this bus?    You just have to pay the fare for a normal ticket, then you may hop on and off where ever you like, but check how long your ticket is valid! Well, this bus runs from Alexanderplatz to Zoo (and the other way round) and it passes Berlin’s top main sights.   A ride with the bus No 100 from the TV Tower to Under den Linden One of the most famous sights of Berlin, is the TV tower, with 368 meters, it is the tallest building in Germany. Compared to the television tower, the Marienkirche (St. Mary’s church), erected in the 13th century, seems quite small!  The bus now passes the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral) that was completed in 1905. The building next to the cathedral is the Old Museum. It was built between 1823 and 1830 by Karl Friedrich Schi...

The area around the popular Kurfürstendamm is called City West. In the late 19th century the Kurfürstendamm was constructed. The street and its environment evolved into an exclusive area, that was preferred by the rich and famous. In the 1920's it reached its popularity. A fter the war and the division of Berlin the area remained popular. But after the reunification of Berlin and Germany developers and visitors focused more on the center of the former East-Berlin. Only recently the City West experienced a new boom. New buildings like the noble Waldorf Astoria hotel were erected, the Bikini House that was build in the 1950's was reconstructed into an expensive shopping mall. The development is not over yet! The KaDeWe is the biggest department store on the European Continent. By the way, KaDeWe is the abbreviation of Kaufhaus des Westens (Department Store of the West). It opened in 1907 and offers six floors of pure shopping pleasure. The highlight is the food depar...