Berlin public transportation buses offer great routes for cheap city bus tours and sightseeing trips past the Reichstag and along Unter den Linden. Berlin’s double-decker buses offer great opportunities for very cheap city sightseeing tours. Public bus routes 100, 200, and 300 are very much designed with tourists in mind but several other bus routes … Read more
The Pergamon Museum in Berlin is closed from 23 October 2023 until a partly reopening in mid-2027 — some top items will be displayed in other museums and venues. Berlin’s Pergamonmuseum on the Museumsinsel (Museum Island) closed completely to visitors on 23 October 2023. Some items are on display elsewhere but the first section of the … Read more
Top sights in Europe such as the Louvre, Colosseum, Sagrada Familia, Reichstag, Van Gogh Museum, and The Last Supper require advance online reservation tickets while booking timeslots early is sensible whenever possible, especially at popular sites such as the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Vatican Museum, and Alhambra that sell out in the high season. Queuing for … Read more
The Pergamon Museum with its Greek temple from antiquity, the Ishtar Gate from Babylon, and Islamic art is the most popular museum in Berlin. The Pergamon Museum on Museum Island is the most-visited museum in Berlin. The museum covers architectural structures from classical antiquity, important items from the ancient Near East, and one of the … Read more
Top temporary exhibitions in the Berlin State Museums in 2023 include Hugo van der Goes, Klimt, Dürer, and art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In 2023, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin will again offer numerous special exhibitions to enhance the wonderful permanent collections of its museums. The various venues of the Nationalgalerie will display … Read more
Special temporary exhibitions in 2023 on Museum Island Berlin include treasures from Uzbekistan and Egypt, Indian court music, and art of the Succession (Klimt, Liebermann). The museums on Berlin’s Museumsinsel will have special exhibitions in 2023 in addition to their fantastic permanent collections. The art highlight of 2023 is a large, 200-painting Successions exhibition in … Read more
In 2023, the top exhibitions in the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin will change from the first half of the 20th century to post-Second World War Western art. The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) in Berlin is home to twentieth-century art. However, a lack of exhibition space means that the current display of art from the period … Read more
In 2023, special temporary exhibitions of the museums in the Kulturforum Berlin include Hugo van der Goes, Dürer, film posters, and UFOs. The museums in the Kulturforum in Berlin have wonderful permanent collections but also arrange superb temporary exhibitions using works from their own collections and loan materials. The Albrecht Dürer exhibition (prints and drawings) … Read more
In 2023, special temporary exhibitions in the Berlin Museum of Photography feature works for children, documenting the holocaust, and photos by Helmut Newton and Alice Springs. Special exhibitions in the Museum of Photography (Museum für Fotografie) in Berlin in 2023 will include as usual a selection of photos by Helmut Newton and Alice Springs but … Read more
The vast collections of the Ethnological and Asian Art Museums in Berlin are displayed in a new permanent exhibition in the Humboldt Forum (Berliner Schloss). The Ethnologisches Museum (Ethnology Museum) and Museum für Asiatische Kunst (Asian Art Museum) opened in the Humboldt Forum (Berliner Schloss) partly in September 2021 to display the world-class collections of … Read more