Overview

Let Secret Berlin guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Berlin guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this fascinating city. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. Wander around the hotel lobby where a glass floor reveals excavations of the old medieval town Take a seat in an amphitheatre where animal dissections once took place Let yourself be moved by the sounds of the largest pipe organ, still used today to bring silent films to life Take a break in one of the few well-preserved Baroque vaults housing coffins fitted with windows Climb onto a bunker that contained anti-aircraft guns during the Second World War and accept a Russian soldier's invitation to admire it from within Take a dip in one of the most beautiful bathing spots built during Europe's Art Nouveau movement Enjoy a stroll under the Spree river Go see the very first computer (designed by a Berliner) or the first synthesizer of East Germany Scale the mountain of rubble where a Skiing World Cup race was held Station yourself at the peak of the artificial hill where aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal made his first attempts at flight Grab a bite on the island in the Havel river where Werner von Braun launched his first rocket Absent from the usual ""must-see"" lists despite residing in the heart of the bustling capital, fascinating historical treasures can be found all over Berlin's city centre and its large surrounding neighbourhoods. Take another look and discover the hidden gems eluding those who think they know Berlin inside out.

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Author:   Tom Wolf
Publisher:   Jonglez
Imprint:   Jonglez
ISBN:  

9782361959715

ISBN 10:   2361959712
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   28 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

North Mitte GÜNTER LITFIN MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF THE WALL 14 RABBIT SILHOUETTES ON CHAUSSEESTRAßE 16 THE OLD MONUMENTAL CROSS OF THE BERLINER DOM 18 REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL IN THE CATHEDRAL PARISH CEMETERY I 19 THE WINDOWS OF THE INVALIDS’ HOUSE 20 JAMES TURRELL LIGHTING INSTALLATION 22 ANIMAL ANATOMICAL THEATRE 24 THE MUSEUM OF SILENCE 30 THE PAVEMENT ON AUGUSTSTRAßE 69 32 THE TADSHIKISCHE TEESTUBE’S HISTORIC DECOR 33 THE STONE OF MONBIJOU PARK 34 THE HANDSHAKE ON SOPHIENSTRAßE 36 THE WHITE CROSS OF SAINT MARY’S CHURCH 38 HONI’S WINDOW 40 THE LITFAß COLUMN ON MÜNZSTRAßE 42 SIGNS OF RESISTANCE ON THE UMWELTBIBLIOTHEK 44 South Mitte FRONTAGE OF THE OLD HOFBEAMTENHAUS WILHELM II 48 PIPES OF THE LUSTGARTEN RIVERBANK WALL 50 DOLPHIN SCULPTURE 52 THE WORLD’S LARGEST GRANITE BOWL 54 TOMBSTONE OF ALEXANDER VON DER MARK 55 THE ROSENSTRAßE MEMORIAL 56 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE “ALTE SYNAGOGUE” 58 FOYER OF THE BERLIN COURTHOUSE 60 REMAINS OF THE CITY WALLS 64 THE CRYPT OF THE PAROCHIALKIRCHE 66 THE GESCHÄFTSHAUS TIETZ 68 THE WUSTERHAUSISCHER BÄR 70 ERMELER HOUSE BAS-RELIEFS 72 THE COMMEMORATIVE STONE OF FISCHERKIEZ 74 THE REMAINS OF CÖLLN TOWN HALL 76 DOORS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 77 MUTTER HOPPE RESTAURANT BAS-RELIEFS 78 PLAQUE OF THE PALAST DER REPUBLIK 80 THE ARM OF THE STATUE OF THE FORMER STATE COUNCIL BUILDING 82 ALLEGORICAL SCULPTURE OF THE SPREE 84 HISTORICAL MILESTONE ON DÖNHOFF PLATZ 86 THE MICHAELSEN PALAIS 90 THE BUILDING AT 8 SCHÜTZENSTRAßE 92 ALFANDARY HOUSE BAS-RELIEFS 94 MEMORIAL TO KARL LIEBKNECHT 96 THE MARBLE PANELS OF THE MOHRENSTRAßE METRO STATION 97 Kreuzberg “PEACE BE WITH YOU” MURAL 100 DIASPORA GARDEN 102 STAIRCASE OF THE GERMAN STEELWORKERS UNION 104 REMAINS OF THE STRESEMANNSTRAßE RAILWAY LINE 106 THE TOLL WALL 108 THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE 110 CONCRETE PILLARS OF YORCKSTRAßE 112 LAPIDARIUM 116 PLAQUE OF THE EMOTIONALLY ADVANCED ANDROID 117 ENTRANCE HALL OF THE BUILDING AT KREUZBERGSTRAßE 29 118 OLD GAS STATION 119 THE TOMB OF ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA 120 GRAVE OF THE MÜHLENHAUPT FAMILY 122 THE MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FAMILY EXHIBITION ROOM 123 MAUSOLEUM OF THE OPPENFELD FAMILY 124 TOMB OF ERWIN REIBEDANZ 126 THE BIEDERMANN TOMB 128 COLUMBIAHAUS CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL 130 THE MURAL FRESCO OF FICHTESTRAßE 2 132 THE TOAD AT PRINZENSTRAßE UNDERGROUND STATION 134 THE STEHFISCH SCULPTURE 135 THE RITTERHOF 136 BAS-RELIEFS OF THE ENGELBECKEN HOF 138 SLABS OF BITUMEN ALONG THE LEUSCHNERDAMM 140 RELIEFS ON THE FAÇADE OF ADALBERTSTRAßE 79 142 THE FAÇADE OF THE BETHANIEN HOSPITAL 144 THEODOR FONTANE’S PHARMACY 146 REMAINS OF THE BROMMY BRIDGE 148 ABANDONED LOHMÜHLENINSEL PETROL STATION 150 ART INSTALLATIONS ON REICHENBERGER STRAßE 152 Neukölln REMAINS OF “THE PARISH CEMETERY LABOUR CAMP” 158 THE FIST FROM THE GRENADIERS’ TOMB 160 THE FORGOTTEN SYMBOLS OF THE IDEAL-PASSAGE 162 THE STONES OF ALFRED-SCHOLZ-PLATZ 164 DAS ERDEMUSEUM 165 GARDEN OF CAFÉ BOTANICO 166 SILENT RIXDORF GARDEN 167 SRI MAYURAPATHY MURUGAN HINDU TEMPLE 168 Schöneberg WINDOWS OF THE CHURCH OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES 172 MASONIC SYMBOLS OF THE KACHELHAUS 174 THE BERLIN COURT OF APPEAL 176 MOSAIC OF A COW 178 FAÇADES OF KIRCHBACHSTRAßE 1 AND 2 180 THE “RELOCATED” TOMB OF THE LANGENSCHEIDT FAMILY 182 VISITING THE COURT OF SCHÖNEBERG 184 ORTE DES ERINNERNS MEMORIAL 186 THE FRONT DOOR OF EISENACHER STRAßE 68 188 THE MUSEUM OF UNHEARD-OF THINGS 189 THE SCHWERBELASTUNGSKÖRPER 190 HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE BERLIN POLICE 198 THE PRISON OF GENERAL-PAPE-STRAßE 200 VISIT TO THE MALZFABRIK 204 BLANKE HELLE SCULPTURE 206 THE ORGAN OF THE MARTINLUTHER-GEDÄCHTNISKIRCHE 208 NATUR-PARK-SÜDGELÄNDE 210 HOUSE AT NIEDSTRAßE 4 212 ENTRANCE GATES OF THE CECILIENGÄRTEN 214 EISACK TUNNEL 216 TOMB OF HEINRICH SACHS 218 Charlottenburg - North Wilmersdorf ALFRED HRDLICKA’S “DANSE MACABRE” 222 THE THREE GLOBES OF HEERSTRAßE 224 MONUMENT TO THE GLORY OF MOTORCYCLE RACERS 226 ARCHAEOLOGY GALLERY OF SANITARY FACILITIES 228 BUILDING AT NUMBER 17 KAISER FRIEDRICH STRAßE 229 HOLES IN THE PILLARS OF THE LEIBNIZSTRASSE BRIDGE 230 BINNINGER’S CLOCK 232 FAÇADE OF THE BUILDING AT PARISER STRAßE 61 234 GOLDEN MAGNOLIA TREE AT PARISER STRAßE 4 235 THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CHURCH ON THE HOHENZOLLERNPLATZ 236 Wedding – Moabit – Tiergarten THE WEDDING SAND DUNE 240 THE SPA PAVILION BAS-RELIEF 242 THE ANTI-KRIEGS-MUSEUM AIR RAID SHELTER 244 THE MEMORIAL FOR DEPORTED JEWS 246 THE PAINTED CEILING OF ALVAR AALTO 248 MUSEUM OF LETTERS 250 THE FAÇADE OF THOMASIUSSTRAßE 5 252 THE HALL OF THE MOABIT COURTHOUSE 254 THE WALLS COMMEMORATING MOABIT PRISON 258 AN OASIS OF GREENERY IN THE HAMBURGER BAHNHOF 260 THE STAIRS OF THE ULAP 262 THE PAPER LEAVES OF THE SWISS EMBASSY 264 THE KERBS OF GERMANIA 266 THE POTSDAMER BRÜCKE RING 268 “THE LAST HOUSE MUST REMAIN STANDING!” 269 THE GAS STREET LAMPS OF THE OPEN AIR MUSEUM 270 A VISIT TO THE UT2 272 Prenzlauer Berg REVERSE INSCRIPTION ON THE SENEFELDER MONUMENT 276 GDR TOY MUSEUM 278 THE WELL IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY 280 WATER TANKS OF PRENZLAUER BERG 284 TOMB OF THE RIEDEL FAMILY 290 TOMB OF THE PINTSCH FAMILY 291 COVERED PASSAGEWAY OF THE BORNHOLMER STRAßE BORDER POST 292 THE FISHERMAN OF WINSSTRAßE 294 COAT OF ARMS OF THE GRÜNE STADT GATE 296 THE TOMB OF THE LEWINSOHN AND NETTER FAMILIES 300 Friedrichshain – Rummelsburg CIRCULAR GARDEN OF THE GEORGEN-PAROCHIAL II CEMETERY 304 THE COLUMNS OF WEBERWIESE 306 SIGN OF THE HORNS ON THE “CRAFTSMAN AND SON” STATUE 308 FORMER PINTSCH AG ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS 310 LEANING TOWER OF STRALAU CHURCH 314 SHOT TOWER 316 HARTUNG’S COLUMNS 318 THE “NICARAGUAN VILLAGE — MONIMBO 1978” FRESCO 320 Pankow – Lichtenberg – Marzahn Hellersdorf – Treptow/Köpenick REMAINS OF THE BLANKENFELDE RECEPTION CAMP 324 GEOLOGICAL WALL 326 LUNA BUNKER 328 THE OLDEST REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL 329 THE CHERUBS OF PANKOW 330 ART INSTALLATIONS IN GUSTAV-ADOLF-STRAßE 332 THE DUTCH DISTRICT OF WEIßENSEE 334 THE PAINTER OF THE MOTORWERK 336 VILLA LEMKE 338 DAIMON MUSEUM 340 THE HERZBERGE BOILER ROOM 342 MEMORIAL TO THE REVOLUTION 344 FOUR BRONZE LIONS OF THE TIERPARK 346 THE MARZAHN TOWER MILL 348 THE HOUSE OF FRICK 350 WBS 70 MUSEUM APARTMENT 352 THE “GRÜNDERZEIT” MUSEUM 354 TRUDELTURM VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL 356 THE SCHMETTERLINGSHORST BUTTERFLY COLLECTION 360 Reinickendorf – Spandau – Grunewald Wilmerdorf – Steglitz/Zehlendorf THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL IN BRIX-GENZMER-PARK 364 THE WATER TOWER IN THE CEMETERY OF HERMSDORF 366 TEGEL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CEMETERY 368 THE BOEING 707 D-ABOC “BERLIN” 370 PLAQUE MARKING JOHN RABE’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS 372 BIBERTEICH 374 THE MUSEUM FLAT IN THE HASELHORST EXPERIMENTAL DISTRICT 376 MONUMENT TO HOMING PIGEONS 378 SCULPTURE OF A BULL 380 STAAKENS’S OLD CONTROL TOWER 382 THE FIELDS OF KAROLINENHÖHE 384 TOWER OF BERINGER 386 THE SCHILDHORN MONUMENT 388 THE GRUNEWALD FOREST CEMETERY 390 THE PARABOLIC MIRRORS OF THE “ERSCHIESSUNGSSTÄTTE V” 392 THE OLYMPHIA SIGNAL BOX 394 THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CORBUSIERHAUS 396 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST CATHEDRAL 398 A104 MOTORWAY TUNNEL BUILDING 400 THE LAHORE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT MOSQUE 402 THE RED LETTERBOX IN FEHRBELLINER PLATZ 404 KREUZKIRCHE 406 MUSEUM OF THE BLIND 410 THE MÄUSEBUNKER 412 MUSEUM OF ENERGY 414 A TRIBUTE TO THE GROSS-LICHTERFELDE TRAMWAY LINE 416 MUNICIPAL WEIGH HOUSE 418 FLIEGEBERG 420 4TH OF JULY SQUARE 422 “THE BERLIN BRAIN” 424 THE FORMER EXCLAVE OF WÜSTE MARK 426 THE FORMER CHECKPOINT OF DREILINDEN 432 THE INSCRIPTION ON THE MACNHOWER STRAßE BRIDGE 434 THE HELICOPTER OF STEINSTÜCKEN 436 LOGGIA ALEXANDRA 438 THE REMAINS OF LITTLE SWITZERLAND 440 THE TELAMONS OF GLIENICKE PARK 442 THE COLUMN ON SCHWANENWERDER ISLAND 444

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After earning his PhD in philosophy, Tom Wolf decided to dedicate himself to writing. He has written 22 crime novels, 3 guides inviting travelers to take a fresh look on the places they visit, and a guide on wines produced in the region of Brandenburg. After spending 12 years in Berlin-Mitte and Kreuzberg, he now lives in the north of the Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region where he looks after his vineyard and his small craft brewery. Manuel Roy had been a Germanophile for many years when he discovered Berlin like a punch in the face. He had seen Germany through the verses of Schiller and the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, and found himself in a post-apocalyptic landscape full of punks scrupulously respectful of the selective sorting of rubbish. He admits to not having understood everything straight away. Twenty years of research later, with a doctorate in philosophy under his belt, having been a Berliner by adoption since 2000, and a guide in Berlin since 2013, Manuel now thinks that he has a better grasp of the city. But amazement is never far away. Despite its recent gentrification, the city never ceases to shake him up and surprise him. Born in 1986, Roberto Sassi is an urban sociologist. With Teresa Ciuffoletti, he is the author of the book Guida alla Berlino ribelle (Voland Edizioni, 2017) (Guide to rebellious Berlin, not yet translated). He regularly organises travel writing workshops and works with several journals, magazines among which the journal of the Goethe-Institut Italia, and websites. He lives in Prenzlauer Berg

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