Four fantastic cultural visits in Berlin

Hello dear readers! I hope you had a great weekend. Ours was very nice and the weather was kind to us. Thursday was a bank holiday and, for many of us, it was a long weekend.

We got away to a picturesque Swiss town and visited an old friend, Mr Charlie Chaplin... I will tell to you all about that later. Okay?

For now, I leave you with four fantastic suggestions for cultural visits in Berlin. Two museums, one palace and an open air gallery.

Note that there is a day ticket that allows you to visit several museums in one day for an attractive price. However, I would not recommend more than two museums per day because you will not have the time to enjoy the exhibits at their just value. Personally I prefer quality rather than quantity!

Pergamonmuseum

The Pergamonmuseum is a fascinating window onto the ancient world. The three-wing complex unites classical sculpture and monumental architecture from Greece, Rome, Babylon and the Middle East.

Note that the Museum is undergoing renovation works. The Pergamon Altar is closed to the public until 2019.

The Market Gate of Miletus is a large marble monument built in Miletus in the 2^nd century AD and destroyed in an earthquake in the 10^th or 11^th century. In the early 1900s, it was excavated, rebuilt, and placed on display in the museum.

Roman Emperor Statue

A Lamassu in the Assyrian Room

Assyrian Lion Sculpture in the Assyrian Room

NEUES MUSEUM

The Neues Museum was built between 1843 and 1855 and it was closed at the beginning of WW2, it was heavily damaged during the bombing of Berlin. The rebuilding was overseen by an English architect and the museum officially reopened in October 2009. Exhibits include the Egyptian and Prehistory and Early History collections. The artifacts it houses the iconic bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti.

Egyptian Courtyard

“Fourteen murals conveyed an impression of the sites of the ancient monuments in the Nile Valley in the former Egyptian courtyard which emulated a temple courtyard of the New Kingdom…”

Colossal statue of Helios

Colossal statue of a goddess

Egyptian Tombs Room: Sarcophagus of the general Pede-Esi, Sarcophagus of Meryt, official of auxiliary forces, Highpriest of Rê, Sarcophagus of Hori, Highpriest of Memphis

Schloss Charlottenburg

Is an exquisite baroque palace and one of the few sites in Berlin that still reflects the one-time grandeur of the royal Hohenzollern clan, who ruled from 1415 until 1918.

Golden Gallery originally known as the Grand Gallery, is one of the most important creations of rococo interior design from the reign of Frederick the Great. It is a magnificent example of the decorative arts of the 18^th century.

The Belvedere King Frederick William II of Prussia had the small garden palace built as a place for private retreat in 1788. Inside is displayed one of the most important collections of Berlin porcelain art worldwide.

The Mausoleum, the burial place of the Hohenzollern family, following the sudden death of Queen Luise of Prussia King Frederick William III had this mausoleum built for his beloved wife at the end of a pine avenue in 1810 in the style of a Doric temple.

The Monument for Queen Luise of Prussia, made between 1811 and 1814, is artistically the most significant.

East Side Gallery

The Berlin Wall is a 1.3 km long international memorial to freedom. And the world’s largest open air-mural collection, the Gallery consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world.