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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The bombed-out spire of an old church, kept as a war memorial, beside a glowing blue modern church.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 30 minutes
- Address
- Breitscheidplatz, 10789 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Zoologischer Garten or Kurfürstendamm station.
Why Go
Hit in a 1943 air raid, the broken tower was left standing, and Berliners call it the hollow tooth. Its old mosaics survive inside the memorial hall.
Next to it, the octagonal church of 1961 is lit by thousands of blue glass panes.
Nearby in Berlin
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