Less a set of sights than a set of neighbourhoods. Cheap for a capital, heavy with twentieth-century history, and awake far later than the rest of Germany.
Free things to do
Free
Reichstag dome at sunset
Free but registration is mandatory — book the slot before you fly.
Book ahead →
Free
East Side Gallery + Kreuzberg
The longest surviving stretch of the Wall — go before ten, by lunch it's a thoroughfare.
Free
Brandenburg Gate
Never closed and never ticketed. Before eight it's yours and the quadriga catches the light; by midday Pariser Platz is a scrum.
Where to stay
from $29
BIG MAMA Berlin
Dorm bed · per night
from $53
Sunflower Hostel
Private room · per night
from $78
Singer109 - Backpacker Apartment Hostel
Private room · per night
from $39
Amstel House Hostel
Dorm bed · per night
Trips that take it in
Europe · 16 days · loop · 5 nights in Berlin
The Western Loop
London → Paris → Amsterdam → Berlin → Bruges → London