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Berlin

12 places, all on the 2023 Europe Trip. Two are worth planning a day around.

Prices are what I paid. Numbers 1 to 9 are on the map.

Don’t miss

  1. 1Neues Museum$16 · about €15

    Go for the Gold Hat

  2. 2Pergamonmuseum$14 · about €13

Worth a detour

Worth visiting, good experience.

  1. 3East Side GalleryFree · I’d go back

    A must when visiting Berlin

  2. 4Memorial to Europe’s Sinti and Roma Murdered Under NazismFree

    Too little too late, Berlin should be ashamed this didn’t open until 2012

  3. 5Memorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeFree

    Interesting

  4. 6Stasi Museum$14 · about €13 · I’d go back

    Eerie

  5. 7Berlin Wall MemorialFree
  6. 8Bode-Museum$16 · about €15
  7. 9Brandenburg GateFree
  8. 10Jewish Museum BerlinFree

Worth a stop

Interesting but not essential.

  1. 11Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial ChurchFree

Skip

Not recommended.

  1. 12Checkpoint CharlieFree

    Way too commercialized

Day trips

Within 60 km of the city.

Sanssouci PalacePotsdam, 27 km · $16 · about €15

Stunning palace, a smaller Versailles

Dutch QuarterPotsdam, 26 km · Free
Glienicke BridgePotsdam, 24 km · Free