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Points
of interest
 Alexanderplatz
The one place in Berlin you
never can miss because of the TV-tower with its characteristic globe on
top. It's a restaurant and you can see it from miles away.
Bernauer Straße Bernauer Str. is the only
existing part of the wall with all its original fortifications,
barriers, no-man’s land, death strip, floodlights and a
second security wall to slow down would-be fugitives.
>>> more  Brandenburger Tor You need a riksha for your trip through Berlin? Or
a horse-powered carriage? Then Brandenburg Gate is the right place for
you...
Checkpoint
Charlie was a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during
the Cold War, located at the intersection of Friedrichstraße
with Kochstraße.
Friedrichstraße The exclusive
and expensive shopping area.  Hackescher Markt
A central tourist area with lots of restaurants,
bars, cafes and cinemas.
Holocaust Memorial This was supposed to be a memorial for the murdered
Jews in Europe. Although the intentions were good, it just doesn't work
out. You hardly meet people standing there, thinking about Jews...
Lustgarten & Dom The
Lustgarten ("Pleasure Garden") is a park on Museum Island in central
Berlin, near the site of the former Berliner
Stadtschloss (Berlin City Palace), to which it originally
belonged.  Museumsinsel
If
you like to walk up and down museums for ages, this is the right place
for you.  Niederkirchner Straße
In
Niederkirchner Str. you find the most visited part of the Berlin wall.
That's because it's pretty central and all sightseeing busses go here.
Nikolaiviertel It's
here, where it all started out in the 13th century. What today is
Nikolaiviertel was then a little village called Berlin.
Oranienburger Straße The
street is famous for its multitude of restaurants, cafes and bars, it
also is a great nightlife strip and red light district.  Potsdamer Platz Here
you can get rid of your money. The place is one huge shopping
center.
Sony Center It's a mix of shops,
restaurants, a conference centre, hotel rooms, luxurious rented suites
and condominiums, offices, art and film museums, an IMAX cinema,
showing 3D movies all the time and a "Sony Style" store.  Unter den Linden This
is former East Berlin's posh boulevard. It is named for its Linden
trees (lime trees) that line the grassed pedestrian mall
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This is the district of
Mitte
 It
doesn't matter much where you go to in Mitte. It's all one huge tourist
center made up of innumerable points of interest. Nearly all the
buildings and places you see in tourist guides and flyers are located
in Mitte.
It's here, where it all started out in the 13th century with the union of the two little villages of Berlin and Cölln. The two settlements originated along an old trade route, the Mühlendamm (Mills Dam) where the river Spree could be easily crossed. Old Berlin today is the Nikolaiviertel and old Cölln (nothing to do with the German city of Köln, translating into Cologne) was located at Museumsinsel. Mitte (translating into "center") is just that:
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