Constructed in the 1960s as a monument to Soviet industrial might – that huge orb three-quarters up is supposed to represent the Sputnik satellite, and was originally meant to glow a brooding communist red – the TV Tower or ‘Fernsehturm’ is the city’s quintessential skyline-defining landmark. Brave the ascent these days and you’ll find an upscale restaurant with knockout 360-degree views across the busy German capital, and a 203m-high observation deck bar. Think of it as Berlin’s groovy, futurist answer to the Eiffel Tower.
1. GET AERIAL VIEWS FROM THE TV TOWER
The 203m-high TV Tower observation orb also house's Berlin's most vertiginous bar / Image: Getty Images
Constructed in the 1960s as a monument to Soviet industrial might – that huge orb three-quarters up is supposed to represent the Sputnik satellite, and was originally meant to glow a brooding communist red – the TV Tower or ‘Fernsehturm’ is the city’s quintessential skyline-defining landmark. Brave the ascent these days and you’ll find an upscale restaurant with knockout 360-degree views across the busy German capital, and a 203m-high observation deck bar. Think of it as Berlin’s groovy, futurist answer to the Eiffel Tower.
Read More Click Here2. TAKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN TIERGARTEN PARK
The gilded Victory Column, aka Siegessäule, sits near the heart of Tiergarten / Image: Getty Images
On verdant land first set aside for 17th-century Prussian nobles to chase boars and harass pheasants, Tiergarten’s leafy expanse furnishes the city with lungs in the same way Hyde Park does for London, or Central Park for NYC. It’s adored by joggers, picnickers, frisbee-tossers and sunbathers, but there’s also global culture, if that’s your bag, at the striking Haus der Kulturen der Welt, or a handsome neoclassical viewing platform perched on the Victory Column, aka Siegessäule. A sliver of Eden, slap-bang in the heart of downtown.
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