
Berlin - Potsdamer Platz & Tiergarten (PDF Chapter)
This is the Potsdamer Platz & Tiergarten chapter from Lonely Planet’s Berlin guidebook.
This new quarter is a showcase of fabulous contemporary architecture. Culture lovers should not skip the Kulturforum museums. The leafy Tiergarten, with its rambling paths, monuments and hidden beer gardens, makes for a perfect sightseeing break.
- peruse an Aladdin’s cave of Old Masters – from Rembrandt to Vermeer – at the Gemä-ldegalerie
- maps
- stop for a beer and people-watch beneath the magnificent canopy of the svelte glass-and-steel Sony Center
- transport
- catch Europe’s fastest lift to take in Berlin’s impressive cityscape and enjoy refreshments in the sky at the Panoramapunkt
- restaurants & bars
Coverage includes: Neighbourhood Top Five, Local Life, Getting There & Away, Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping.

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