The most historically important city in Germany has plenty to offer the traveller, whether you are interested in its history, or its present. There are several excellent museums, although the most famous of recent years, and part of the German atonement for the Second World War is the Holocaust Museum in the centre of the city. With a strikingly symbolic exterior designed by the architect Daniel Liebeskind, and exhibits that are in part upsetting yet also uplifting, the museum is highly regarded around the world, and is a must see in Berlin.
Berlin Zoo is home to many different species, and after major renovations is a great place to go and see the animals in the city centre. One of the largest urban zoos in the world, the zoo works hard for conservation across the world.
A modern and striking building in the city is the 1961 Lipstick and Powderbox Church, which is lit throughout the day entirely by the thousands of small colour windows that decorate it.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Museum does an excellent job of showing the history of the country in a way that is more objective than most museums, and acknowledges the past, rather than just blindly displaying it.
A visit to Hitler's Bunker is a fascinating way to experience how one of the most powerful, and evil men of the 20th century led a country into total war, and eventually died beneath the streets by his own hand.
The Tiergarten is a large park in the city centre, where you can lie out in the sun during the hot Berlin summer, but you should be aware that certain parts of the park are nudist, so its not unusual to see people wandering around au natrel to get that elusive all over tan.
