Marco Polo - Berlin. Travel with Insider Tips

The best view of the city is to be had from the Fernsehturm (television tower) viewing platform 203 m above Alex as the locals call Alexanderplatz

The most beautiful square in the city with the theatre and the Deutscher and Franzsischer Dom

The Pergamon Altars 113m-long sculptural frieze and the famous Processional Way of Babylon are just two of the highlights in this magnificent collection

Berlins historically most important boulevard runs from Brandenburg Gate to where the Palace of the Republic once stood

Today, the famous city landmark with the Quadriga unites the eastern and western halves of the city

The light and airy tented roof is the focal point of the new Potsdamer Platz

The modern glass dome above the time-honoured building is a real crowd-puller

2000 years of Jewish culture in the spectacular museum building designed by the star architect Daniel Libeskind

The former royal summer residence reflects the majestic splendour of the 18th century

You will be fascinated by Potsdams royal palace and landscaped park

Classic cuisine in The Regent Berlin: a gourmet restaurant with two Michelin stars

Customers love the legendary delicatessen section in this luxury department store )

Claimed by experts to be the best club on earth; even standing in the queue is quite an event

Scharouns architecture and this concert halls excellent acoustics delight music-lovers from all over the world

First-rate performances of classics such as Faust and co. in historical ambience )

Micha Ullmans memorial to the Burning of the Books on Bebelplatz under the Nazi dictatorship draws our gaze downwards. Below the sheet of glass empty bookcases can be seen that symbolise the 20,000 books burned here on 10 May 1933

Toca Rouge in Berlin Mitte offers tempting dishes from all over Asia in cool surroundings

Former inmates guide visitors through the prison run by the former East German State Security (Stasi) and tell their personal stories of solitary confinement and psychological terror

The 90m-wide Karl Marx Allee in Friedrichshain with its monumental, Moscow-style housing blocks was made to impress

In the Freischwimmer restaurant and water lounge you can either enjoy the romantic location on the river bank or you can rent a canoe or kayak and explore the Spree. Life jackets available for children

Aus Berlin presents more-or-less useful and many weird things created by around 270 Berlin designers. If you are after pills to cure lovesickness, bookends in the shape of pieces of the Berlin Wall or a Television Tower lollipop, this is the place for you

The breakfast room doubles up as a library. Readings with famous or still-unknown authors are held regularly in the lounge of the Literaturhotel in the suburb of Friedenau. Some literature Nobel Prize winners live(d) just round the corner

You can enjoy the magnificent view from the roof of the Park Inn Hotel (40th floor) opposite the Television Tower and sip a cocktail at the same time. There are even deckchairs waiting for you

Take a walk along the runways of the now defunct airport and enjoy this open space right in the middle of the city !

The deckhouse of an old stern-wheel tug on the Spree is the perfect place to get your teeth into some sprats or other delights

Music fans and vinyl freaks will find 200,000 singles and countless other records at