Potsdamer Platz & Tiergarten - Berlin - page 235

DON'T MISS…

Panoramapunkt
Sony Center
Berlin Wall remnants

PRACTICALITIES

MAP GOOGLE MAP

200, Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Platz

VIE VIEW FR W FROM THE T OM THE TOOP

Europe's fastest lift, Panoramapunkt ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 030-2593 7080;
www.panoramapunkt.de ; Potsdamer Platz 1; adult/concession €6.50/5, without wait €10.50/8;
10am-8pm, last ride 7.30pm, reduced hrs in winter; M41, 200, Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer
Platz) , yo-yos up and down the red-brick postmodern Kollhof Tower. From the bi-
level viewing platform at a lofty 100m, you can pinpoint the sights, make a java
stop in the 1930s-style cafe, enjoy the sunset from the terrace and check out the
exhibit that peels back the layers of the quarter's history.

In WWII Potsdamer Platz suffered 80% destruction and plunged into a coma be-
fore being bisected by the Berlin Wall in 1961. Today, a double row of cobble-
stones follows the course of the Wall, and a few Berlin Wall segments ( MAP
GOOGLE MAP ; Potsdamer Platz; 200, M41, Potsdamer Platz, Potsdamer Platz) outside
the Potsdamer Platz train station entrance feature explanatory texts about other
memorial sites and future Wall-related projects. An original Berlin Wall
Watchtower ( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Erna-Berger-Strasse; M41, 200, Potsdamer Platz,
Potsdamer Platz) is just a short walk away on Erna-Berger-Strasse (off Strese-
mannstrasse).

Legoland Discovery Centre