Here, you'll also find the Schloss Charlottenburg, one of the largest and oldest palaces in the area. Yet another famous ...

Berlin is sprawling. At nearly 350 square miles, it's a difficult city to tour without some guidance. Its vastness is doubly inconvenient for architecture buffs. Germany saw dramatic political shifts ...

Following decades of turmoil during the 20th century, the German capital blazes with colour and invention, busy forging monuments to its new artistic movement from the ruins of its past. Berlin has ...

Berlin can be puzzling to first-time visitors: As one of Europe’s most geographically spread-out cities, the streets here seem relatively empty even on weekdays. That’s not just because of geography, ...

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...