The Atlas Obscura Guide To Berlin

117 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Berlin, Germany

Updated December 15, 2022

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Unusual Attractions in Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Berlin, Germany

Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.

Berlin, Germany

Monster Kabinett

Part art gallery, part haunted house, this robotic art display is a terrifying experience.

Berlin, Germany

Liquidrom

This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.

Berlin, Germany

Berlin Botanical Garden

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Berlin, Germany

Tajikistan Tearoom

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Berlin, Germany

Pergamon Museum

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Berlin, Germany

Design Panoptikum

A surreal museum of extraordinary industrial objects.

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Berlin, Germany

Tajikistan Tearoom

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

Berlin, Germany

Burgermeister

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

Berlin, Germany

Prinzessinnengarten

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Berlin, Germany

Café Strauss

Berliners take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

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Museums And Collections 13

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Architectural Oddities 10

War History 8

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Stories About Berlin

A New Look at Nosferatu’s Bloody Legacy

An exhibition in Berlin celebrates a century of one of the most famous, and complicated, vampire stories.

by Diana Hubbell

December 15, 2022

The Overlooked History of Berlin's Black Community

New memorials honor Afro-German victims of the Nazis.

by Jennifer Neal

December 1, 2021

Remembering a Daring Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall

Nearly 60 years after he fled East Berlin, Andreas Springer shares a story of risk, freedom, and the deepest tunnel beneath the Cold War's most infamous border.

by Jordan Todorov

September 29, 2021

The Last Plane at Tegel Airport Has Survived Hijackers and Cold War

Parked far from the runway, the dilapidated 707 is an artifact of Berlin's divided past.

by Susannah Edelbaum

February 17, 2021

How Berlin Is Reckoning With Germany's Colonial Past

It starts with renaming streets and landmarks, but will take much more than that.

by Jennifer Neal

November 19, 2020

What It's Like to Stress-Test Berlin's Brand New, Much Maligned Airport

A little stressful, by design.

by Andrew Curry

October 30, 2020

What Happens When They Find a World War II Bomb Down the Street

In German cities, it means alerts, traffic, evacuations, and at least a little anxiety.

by Andrew Curry

January 27, 2020

'Snowglow' Sounds Charming, But It's a Menace to Night Skies

Fresh powder can worsen light pollution, according to new research from Germany.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

August 13, 2019

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Berlin's 4 Top Wonders in 2018

The strange and unusual places Atlas Obscura readers wanted to visit most in Germany's capital in 2018.

Including Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin), Monster Kabinett, and Spreepark

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