Places maaike Wants to Go

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

An abandoned underground bathroom is now a space for public art.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.

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

A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.

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

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

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

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

These brass bunnies honor the rabbits that dominated the no-man's-land around the Berlin Wall.

The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.

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