DK Travel : Berlin

Berlin is Germany’s liveliest city and one of the most fascinating capitals in the world. You’ll find no other place where art and culture, museums and theatres, entertainment and nightlife are more diverse and exciting than on the banks of the Spree River. Once reunited, Berlin quickly developed into a cosmopolitan city, and today there is an air of energy and vibrancy about it.

Multi-lingual tourist information: www.berlin.de or: www.btm.de

Alsterhof

A quiet classic, this hotel boasts attentive staff, rustic rooms and its own small beer garden in summer, all in an excellent location near the KaDeWe. Ask about special weekend rates. Non-smoking rooms available.
Alt-Luxemburg

Chef Karl Wannemacher (one Michelin star) dishes up good international and German food.
Alte and Neue Schönhauser Straße

Alte Schönhauser Straße is one of the oldest streets in Spandauer Vorstadt. The lively road is still characterized by a colourful jumble of traditional and trendy new shops.
Alte Kommandantur

An impressive classicist building designed by Schinkel and rebuilt in 2004 to house the Berlin offices of Bertelsmann.
Alte Nationalgalerie

The Old National Gallery, built by Friedrich August Stüler in 1866–76 on the Museumsinsel, has been completely restored. Today it holds a collection of 19th-century (and mainly German) paintings, including works by Adolf von Menzel, Wilhelm Leibl, Max Liebermann and Arnold Böcklin. The gallery also has sculptures by Schadow, Rauch and Reinhold Begas.
Alte Pumpe

There is always an excellent atmosphere in this old Berlin restaurant, based in a pumping station and serving rustic German fare.
Alter Krug Dahlem

Large beer garden with a lengthy menu, offering excellent wines and desserts.
Altes Mosse-Palais

One of Berlin’s most important publishing houses was based in this Art Nouveau corner house in the former newspaper district.
Altes Museum and Gardens

The façade of the Old Museum, possibly one of the most attractive Neo-Classical museums in Europe, is remarkable for the shiny red marble used in its construction, which is visible behind 18 Ionic columns. Built in 1830 according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it was at the time one of the first buildings to be created specifically as a museum. Originally it was to house the royal collection of paintings and antique art treasures; today it is home to a collection of antiquities. In front of the museum, on Museumsinsel, are the gardens designed by Peter Joseph Lenné. Conceived as the king’s herb garden, it is today decorated with a granite bowl by Gottlieb Christian Cantian, weighing 70 tons (see Central Berlin: Unter den Linden) .
Altes Rathaus

The old town hall, built in 1753, is decorated with sculptures and Potsdam’s coat of arms – two gilded Atlas figures, each carrying a globe.

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