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An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.

Dine at a legendary after-hours joint frequented by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

A portable, wooden replica (minus the hyphen) of Hamburg’s iconic crooked coffee shop.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

The skeletal frame of a decommissioned gas-pumping station offers breathtaking views of greater Berlin.

This water-tower-turned-high-end-apartment building was once the site of an early Nazi concentration camp.

Known simply as "The Hand," this famous public sculpture in Berlin was featured in a Depeche Mode music video.

Blitzkrieg bop your way through Berlin's Ramones Museum.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A restaurant and observation deck built in a unique broadcasting antenna.

Beneath the impressive baroque cathedral that rises from the center of Berlin lies the largest collection of Prussian royals in the world.

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

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

For more than a century, Parisians have come for affordable dishes in a grand converted train station.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

This open-air mosaic gallery honoring an English artist took hundreds of volunteers more than seven years to create.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.