Sunset

At 368 meters, the Berlin TV Tower at Alexanderplatz is Germany's tallest structure. Its observation deck is at 203 meters, and the elevator takes about 40 seconds to get there. One floor higher, since June 2025, the Sphere restaurant rotates under the direction of Tim Raue. For a view over Berlin, this is the city's most central address.

Right at Checkpoint Charlie, the World Balloon ascends on a steel cable to 150 meters above Berlin-Mitte, with up to 30 guests in an open gondola and no glass pane between the view and the city. An ascent takes around 15 minutes and costs 32 Euros. Since the balloon only launches in suitable wind conditions, a wind hotline is included with the ticket.

In the Kollhoff Tower at Potsdamer Platz, Europe's fastest elevator travels to the 24th floor in about 20 seconds, where a panoramic view over the city center begins at an altitude of over 100 meters. To the east are the Brandenburg Gate and the TV Tower, to the west the Victory Column and the Radio Tower. With an admission fee of 9 Euros, this is one of Berlin's most affordable viewpoints.

43 hectares, 22,000 plant species, and fifteen show greenhouses between Dahlem and Lichterfelde: The Botanical Garden is large enough to get lost in, and that's precisely what makes it so suitable for a marriage proposal. The Great Tropical House from 1907 provides the backdrop, and the Italian Garden offers the tranquility.

On the Spree riverbank in Monbijoupark, directly opposite the Bode Museum, there is an open-air wooden dance floor. From May to September, dancing takes place here every evening, sometimes Salsa and Bachata, sometimes Standard, Latin, or Swing. Watching costs nothing; dancers get a wristband at the DJ booth and make a donation of about five euros.

Between Ostkreuz and Warschauer Straße, the Modersohnbrücke crosses a railway yard that opens up a wide view to the west. The steel structure is a good seventy-two meters long and just over twenty meters wide, has neither benches nor a kiosk, but it has become known throughout Berlin as the spot for watching the sunset over the tracks.

Perched on the parking deck of the Neukölln Arcaden, you'll find Berlin's most charming rooftop: The Klunkerkranich combines a cultural rooftop garden, street food, and panoramic views over the rooftops of Neukölln, creating a place that doesn't want to look like a shopping center roof, yet it is.

Between Rummelsburg and Friedrichshain, Hauptstadtfloß embarks on tours across the Spree and Dahme, always with a crew on board and no need for your own boat license. Bookings are hourly, for groups of eight to seventy guests, with a grill and a covered interior on board. For the Berlin summer, this means: a barbecue stop outside the city and sunset from the water.

High above Bebelplatz in Berlin-Mitte, the Hotel de Rome's Rooftop Terrace offers panoramic views of the Berlin Cathedral, TV Tower, and State Opera. This grand hotel, housed in the former headquarters of Dresdner Bank, combines a historic setting with summery lightness, stone oven pizza, and signature cocktails.

The Admiralbrücke crosses the Landwehrkanal from Fraenkelufer to Planufer and has been the oldest preserved wrought-iron bridge of the canal since 1882. Since only walking speed applies there now, the listed building has become a popular meeting spot. On warm evenings, Kreuzberg residents sit on bollards and railings while street music drifts across the water.

Teufelsberg in Grunewald consists of 26 million cubic meters of war debris and is, at 120 meters, Berlin's highest elevation. At its summit stands the former American listening station, whose radomes now support a 360-degree platform and whose walls are covered with hundreds of street art works. Admission costs 12 Euros, children pay 5 Euros.

On the top parking deck of the Neukölln Arcaden on Karl-Marx-Straße, you'll find Klunkerkranich, one of the city's most famous rooftop gardens. The view over the rooftops of Neukölln to the TV Tower is unobstructed. You go up by elevator to parking deck 5 and then via the spiral ramp. Admission ranges from 3 to 9 Euros, depending on the program.

Since 2013, Berlin's most famous cultural rooftop garden has been located on the top parking deck of the Neukölln Arcaden. The Klunkerkranich combines an open-air club, rooftop bar, and cultural venue with panoramic views over the city.

In Neukölln, the most beautiful view of the Berlin skyline is atop the parking deck of the Neukölln Arcaden. Klunkerkranich is a cultural rooftop garden, rooftop bar, and club all in one – with a 360-degree panoramic view over the city's rooftops and an atmosphere no architect could have imagined.

High above Mercedes-Benz-Platz in Friedrichshain, Bar 260° is enthroned on the seventh floor with a 260-degree panoramic view of Oberbaumbrücke, East Side Gallery, and the TV Tower. A café during the day, a rooftop bar with a serious cocktail menu at night - here, the balance between view and substance is just right.

In Viktoriapark, on the 66-meter-high Kreuzberg, stands Schinkel's cast-iron National Monument for the Liberation Wars, inaugurated in 1821 and later raised onto an eight-meter-high plinth. From its platform, the view extends over the roofs of Kreuzberg to the city center. The ascent leads past the 24-meter-high waterfall and costs nothing.