Potsdamer Platz
A new district rebuilt on former wasteland left by WWII and the Cold War, with the tent-like roof of the Sony Center, high-rises and Europe’s fastest elevator to an observation deck.
In the 1920s, Potsdamer Platz was Europe’s busiest traffic junction. It was destroyed in WWII, and during the Cold War the Berlin Wall cut it into a no-man’s-land. It was redeveloped from the 1990s to plans by Renzo Piano and others. Highlights include the umbrella-shaped glass roof of the Sony Center, remnants of the Berlin Wall on the square, a replica of Germany’s first traffic light, and the Panoramapunkt observation deck in the Kollhoff Tower, about €10 to enter. The Berlin International Film Festival is held here every February. Take the S-Bahn or U-Bahn to Potsdamer Platz station.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Topography of Terror
- Brandenburg Gate
- Reichstag Building
- Gemäldegalerie
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Gendarmenmarkt
- Jewish Museum Berlin