This Berlin tourist map marks 12 top sights, 31 hidden gems in orange and a 5.7 km walking route through the centre, from Checkpoint Charlie to the Berlin TV Tower. It is free to view, print and download.
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Opening details and tickets for each sight are in the guide to the tourist attractions in Berlin.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 8 sights sit on the walking route through the centre; the other 4 are a U-Bahn or S-Bahn ride away.
Marked in orange on the map: 31 smaller sights worth a detour, 19 of them close to the centre. The 19 central ones come first below, then the nearest one outside the centre; the PDF lists all of them with addresses.
The PDF is the same map on four A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map with the numbered legend, a box on getting around and the licence. Page 2 describes sights 1 to 8 with a photo, a short text, the address and access. Page 3 covers sights 9 to 12 with their distance and transport and starts the 31 hidden gems, which continue on page 4 before seven neighbourhoods. In English, 1.5 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 5.7 km (3.5 miles) route, about 1 h 15 on foot without the visits, on Friedrichstraße. The guard hut with sandbags is a reconstruction, free to see from the street. The first leg, one of the two longest at 1.6 km, heads north, passing near the Führerbunker Parking Lot, to Pariser Platz.
The gate with the Quadriga closes the west end of Unter den Linden on Pariser Platz. It is free to see at any hour, with no ticket booth or opening times, and for 28 years it stood inside the border strip. Walk 0.6 km north to the Reichstag Building.
At Platz der Republik 1, home of the Bundestag. Entry is free, but the glass dome needs a time slot reserved in advance and a photo ID at the entrance. The next leg, the other long one at 1.6 km and about 20 min, runs east along the Spree to Museum Island.
At the northern tip of Museum Island, on Am Kupfergraben, with the entrance over the Monbijoubrücke. The dome hall opens onto the sculpture collection and the coin cabinet; the museum is ticketed and closed on Mondays. The Neues Museum is 0.4 km on, across the island.
On Bodestraße. David Chipperfield rebuilt the war-damaged museum, leaving its scars visible, and the bust of Nefertiti stands under the north cupola. Entry is ticketed and the museum is closed on Mondays. The Alte Nationalgalerie is 0.4 km away on the same street.
A temple on a plinth reached by a double staircase, with the nineteenth century collection from Caspar David Friedrich and Menzel to the French Impressionists. Ticketed, closed on Mondays. Berlin Cathedral is 0.3 km away, facing the Lustgarten.
At the southern end of Museum Island, on the Lustgarten. The ticket includes the dome gallery, 270 steps up, and the Hohenzollern crypt, reopened in March 2026 after six years of work. The last leg, 0.8 km, crosses the Spree past The DDR Museum towards Alexanderplatz.
End of the route at Panoramastraße 1A, Alexanderplatz. A high speed lift reaches the observation deck 203 metres up in under a minute, and entry is ticketed. Alexanderplatz station, on the U2, U5 and U8 and the S-Bahn, serves the square.
The centre is walkable: the 8 stops of the route cover 5.7 km, about 1 h 15 on foot. The two longest legs, 1.6 km each and about 20 minutes, run from Checkpoint Charlie to the Brandenburg Gate and from the Reichstag Building along the Spree to the Bode Museum.
By U-Bahn, Kochstraße/Checkpoint Charlie (U6) serves Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburger Tor (U5 and S-Bahn) the gate, Bundestag (U5) the Reichstag, Museumsinsel (U5) the museums and the cathedral, and Alexanderplatz (U2, U5, U8 and S-Bahn) the TV Tower. One ticket is valid on the U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses; zones A and B cover the city.
Sights outside the walking route:
Four of the numbered sights sell entry online: the Neues Museum and the Berlin TV Tower on the walking route, and Charlottenburg Palace and the Gemäldegalerie outside it.
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