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Brandenburg Gate
The neoclassical gate of 1791, topped by a chariot of victory, once trapped in the Wall's death strip and now the symbol of reunion.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Pariser Platz, 10117 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Brandenburger Tor station (S-Bahn and U5).
Why Go
Built as a city gate in 1791, it stood just inside East Berlin when the Wall went up, sealed off for 28 years. When the Wall fell in 1989, crowds gathered here to celebrate.
It opens onto the Pariser Platz, with the embassies and the grand hotel, and the Reichstag is a few minutes' walk.
Nearby in Berlin
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