DK Travel : Berlin : Editor's choice

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Französische Kirche

In 1752, Johann Boumann built this elliptical Huguenot church with its giant columned portico, while Schinkel designed the beautiful interior in the 1830s.
Free University

The campus of Berlin’s largest university, founded in 1948 as a rival to East-Berlin Humboldt University, covers large parts of Dahlem. It is worth looking at the 1950s Henry-Ford-Bau and the so-called Rostlaube (rusting hut), at present being redesigned by Sir Norman Foster.
Friedhöfe Hallesches Tor

Numerous celebrities lie buried in the four cemeteries, including the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Also the writer E T A Hoffmann, whose work inspired Offenbach to write The Tales of Hoffmann .
Georg-Kolbe-Museum

Sculptures by Georg Kolbe (1877–1947) are exhibited in his home and workshop.
Greifenhagener Straße

Not the most beautiful street of Old Berlin, but one of the best preserved.
Grunewaldturm

Fantastic views can be had from the red Neo-Gothic brick tower, built in 1897 as a memorial to Kaiser Wilhelm I. It now houses a restaurant.
Heiliggeistkapelle

The 13th-century hospital church is a beautiful example of Gothic brick architecture.
Heinrich von Kleist’s Tomb

The German playwright Kleist and his companion Henriette Vogel committed suicide by shooting themselves in 1811; they are buried here together (near the S-Bahn overpass).
Helmholtzplatz

All around this square, time seems to have stopped in 1925. The residential buildings are reminiscent of a social housing programme.
Historic Port

Historic barges and tugboats that once operated on the Spree River are moored here. Boat tours of the harbour can be booked.