Berlin Beyond WWII, Add These Must-See Spots To The List, If You’re Visiting This Fantastic City
In this video, we will explore Berlin beyond its famous WWII history, we’ll step back in time and explore Old Berlin and Spree Island, a Small island in the Spree River, home to a unique ensemble of 5 renowned museums.
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In this video:
00:00 Bear Fountain (Bärenbrunnen)
📍 10117 Berlin
Created by Hugo Lederer in 1928, was badly damaged in the Second World War and was largely recreated as a copy by Walter Sutkowski in 1958.
00:40 Gedenktafel Bauakademie / Schinkel ggü. Berliner Schloss
📍 Schinkelpl., 10117 Berlin
01:00 Asian Art Museum (Museum für Asiatische Kunst)
📍 Schloßpl. 1, 10178 Berlin
02:00 Schinkelplatz
📍 10117 Berlin
03:15 Schlossbrücke Bridge
📍 Unter den Linden 1, 10117 Berlin
Built between 1821 and 1824 according to plans designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it was named after the nearby City Palace (Stadtschloss).
05:25 India’s ancient Buddhist gate (Rekonstruktion des Sanchi-Tores vor Berliner Schloss)
📍 Am Lustgarten Berliner Dom, 10178 Berlin
A replica of the famous East Gate of Sanchi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in India. It is a stunning addition to the outdoor space of Berlin’s Humboldt Forum museum complex.
06:52 Altes Museum
📍 Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin, Germany
Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s Altes Museum, completed in 1830, is one of the most important buildings of the Neoclassical era.
The inscription on the portico reads: ‘Friedrich Wilhelm III has dedicated this museum to the study of all antiquities and the free arts, 1828’.
10:46 Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)
📍 Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin, Germany
Also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in central Berlin. Having its origins as a castle chapel for the Berlin Palace, several structures have served to house the church since the 15th century. The present collegiate church was built from 1894 to 1905 by order of Emperor William II according to plans by Julius Raschdorff in Renaissance and Baroque Revival styles.
13:37 Alte Nationalgalerie
📍 Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin, Germany
After ten years of construction the Nationalgalerie ceremoniously opened on 21 March 1876 for the birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm I, becoming the third museum on the island in the Spree.
15:51 Französischer Dom (The French Church) & Neue Kirche (The New Church)
17:27 Bode-Museum
📍 Am Kupfergraben 3, 10178 Berlin, Germany
The concept of the museum, which was originally called the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, can be traced back to Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia, who published her ideas in a memorandum in 1883. It was Wilhelm von Bode who finally put these ground-breaking ideas into practice.
In 1897, construction work began at the northern tip of the Museum Island on a museum that was to be devoted to the Renaissance, designed by Eberhard von Ihne.
19:27 Skulptur Hektor Köpf
This bronze statue by Markus Lüpertz was erected in 2014 and stands
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