The best-known and most visited concentration camp memorial sites in Germany are Dachau (Munich), Sachsenhausen in Oranienburg (Berlin), Buchenwald (Weimar), and Bergen-Belsen (Celle / Hannover / Hamburg).
In 2025, the Berlin State Museums will stage several special temporary art exhibitions to complement the world-class permanent collections. The top temporary art exhibitions in the Berlin State Museums in 2025 range from old masters visiting from Ukraine to Surrealism and the Bizarre. Twentieth-century art will feature prominently in Berlin in 2025. Impressionist paintings from … Read more
In 2025, see modern art exhibitions in Berlin by Ayoung Kim, Klára Hosnedlová, Delcy Morelos, Petrit Halilaj, Annika Kahrs, and Saadane Afif in the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart (National Gallery of Contemporary Art). The Hamburger Bahnhof National Galerie der Gegenwart — the premier contemporary art museum in Berlin — will present at least … Read more
The Bode Museum on Museum Island in Berlin is home to one of the world’s largest collections of ancient sculptures, Byzantine art, and coins. The Bode Museum in Berlin displays one of the world’s most comprehensive collections of European sculptures from the Middle Ages, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and neo-Classical periods. It also includes the Museum … Read more
In 2024, the best large Christmas markets in Berlin, Germany, are at Gendarmenmarkt, Rotes Rathaus, Schloss Charlottenburg, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche. Many winter markets are open on Christmas Day. German Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) are highlights of the festive season in Berlin – Germany’s capital city has at least fifty large markets with food stalls … Read more
Buy time-slot reservation tickets online for the Neues Museum in Berlin to see the bust of Queen Nefertiti and other items from early and pre-history.
Visit the Berliner Philharmonie on Wednesdays for free lunchtime concerts in the main foyer.
Caravaggio’s Amor Victorious is the top Italian painting in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin but other top works are by Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Titian, Raphael, Canaletto, and Tiepolo.
Caravaggio’s Amor Triumphant, two paintings by Vermeer, and 16 by Rembrandt are among the top art highlights in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.
The Gemäldegalerie (Paintings Gallery) in Berlin is one of the world’s best collections of Old Master paintings — the top art museum highlight in Germany.