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The log cabin, built in1819, was a present from King Friedrich Wilhelm III to his daughter Charlotte and his son-in-law, future Tsar Nicholas I. The wooden Russian-style dacha was restored after a fire in 1985.

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.

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.

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).

The “Uncle Tom’s Hut” settlement, developed in 1926–32 according to designs by Bruno Taut and others, was intended to create a modern housing estate for workers, unlike their old narrow, dark tenement blocks.

The 14th-century Gothic church is a typical Berlin country church. Attractive murals depict scenes from the life of Saint Anna. Also on display are 11 late-Gothic figures of saints and a Baroque pulpit.

This charming stone church, built in 1834–7 by F A Stüler, resembles Russian-Orthodox churches. It is a popular venue for marriage ceremonies.

This small village has managed to retain its original character to the present day.

The main shopping street of Zehlendorf has managed to preserve its village character and its 1768 Baroque church.

Both the hill and the lake, the dark green Teufelssee, are popular destinations for a day out at the weekend, for flying kites, biking and sunbathing.