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which are<br />
decorated<br />
in Art-<br />
Nouveau<br />
style, originally<br />
by August Endell.<br />
In the early 1990s the<br />
complex was completely<br />
renovated. The first courtyard<br />
is particularly attractive:<br />
coloured glazed tiles<br />
with geometric patterns<br />
decorate the house<br />
from the foundations<br />
up to the guttering. In<br />
the last courtyard, trees are<br />
grouped around<br />
an idyllic well.<br />
The Hackesche<br />
Höfe is one of<br />
Berlin’s most<br />
popular hotspots;restaurants,<br />
cafés, a<br />
cinema and the<br />
Chamäleon<br />
variety show<br />
attract visitors<br />
from afar.<br />
d Rosenthaler Str.<br />
Hackesche Höfe<br />
40–41 • Map G3, J5<br />
• 9am–2am daily<br />
Siegessäule<br />
The Victory Column in Tiergarten,<br />
62 m (203 ft) high, decorated<br />
with the statue of Victoria,<br />
offers great views (see p97).<br />
Hansaviertel<br />
ALTONAER<br />
STR.<br />
2<br />
ALT-MOABIT<br />
Spree<br />
8<br />
HOFJÄGERALLEE<br />
3<br />
SPREEWE G<br />
PAULSTRASSE<br />
I N V A L IDENST R A S S E<br />
ALT-MOABIT<br />
WILLY-BRANDT-STR.<br />
STRASSE DES 17. JUNI<br />
Tiergarten<br />
Victoria, the goddess of<br />
victory, on the Siegessäule<br />
S T RASS E N T U N N E L B 9 6<br />
Y ITZ HA K-R ABIN-STRASSE<br />
4<br />
SCHEIDEMANNSTR.<br />
L ENN É STR.<br />
POTSDAMER STR.<br />
E B E RTSTR A S S E<br />
1<br />
Altes Museum<br />
and Gardens<br />
The façade of the<br />
Old Museum, possibly<br />
one of the most<br />
attractive Neo-Classical<br />
museums in<br />
Europe, is remarkable<br />
for the shiny red marble<br />
used in its construction,<br />
which is visible<br />
behind 18 Ionic<br />
columns. Built in<br />
1830 according to<br />
plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it<br />
was at the time one of the first<br />
buildings to be created specifically<br />
as a museum. Originally it<br />
was to house the royal collection<br />
of paintings and antique art<br />
treasures; today it is home to a<br />
collection of antiquities. In front<br />
of the museum, on Museumsinsel,<br />
are the gardens designed by<br />
Peter Joseph Lenné. Conceived<br />
as the king’s herb garden, it is<br />
today decorated with a granite<br />
bowl by Gottlieb Christian Cantian,<br />
weighing 70 tons (see p114).<br />
Zeughaus<br />
Designed by J A Nering as the<br />
first Berlin Baroque building, the<br />
former Royal Prussian Arsenal is<br />
now the Deutsches Historisches<br />
Museum (see pp12–15), with a<br />
modern addition by L M Pei.<br />
PARISER<br />
PLATZ<br />
Friedrichstr.<br />
DOROTHEEN-<br />
For more about historic buildings see Unter den Linden pp12–5<br />
W ILH ELMSTRASSE<br />
FRIEDRICHSTRASSE<br />
£<br />
Mitte<br />
LEIPZIGER<br />
F R I E D R I C H STR A S S E<br />
Spree<br />
S TRASSE<br />
6<br />
Museums<br />
-insel<br />
BEBEL<br />
PLATZ<br />
UNTER DEN LINDEN<br />
FRANZÖSISCHE STR.<br />
STRASSE<br />
Diplomatenviertel<br />
POTSDAMER<br />
PLATZ<br />
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1<br />
9<br />
0<br />
7<br />
ROSENTHAL ER<br />
BODESTR.<br />
WERDER-<br />
STR.<br />
STRASS E<br />
SP AND AUE R STR.<br />
K ARL-LIEBKNECHT- STRASSE<br />
BREITE STR.<br />
GERTRAUDEN-<br />
STRASSE<br />
MÜ NZST R.<br />
5<br />
MÜHLENDAM<br />
Fischerinsel<br />
Berlin’s Top 10<br />
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