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A beautiful public square in Berlin consists of a concert house and two churches on each side. Friedrich, I built the district for the French Huguenot refugees and allowed them to make a protestant church. The Lutherans built their church in front of the protestant one. In the middle of the square, there is a statue of the famous poet Friedrich Schiller. The whole square was damaged in WWII and rebuilt in the 1970s.

The fastest elevator in Europe will take you to the 24th floor in 20 seconds. At the top, there are two floors of panoramic views of the city, alongside an open-air exhibition, "Views of Berlin." You can upgrade your visit to the café, with a good slice of cake, a cup of coffee or tea, and the best views.

Grunewald station is a train station from the late 19th-century. The Nazis used platform 17 to deport more than 50,000 Jews to Lodz, Riga, and Warsaw ghettos, later directly to Auschwitz and Terezin concentration camps. The German Rail Company didn't acknowledge its part in the Jews' persecution until the 1980s. Then, an evangelist women group erected the first memorial in 1987, followed by another memorial plaque. In 1991 the district council displayed another monument. In 1998 the German Rail Company itself finally unveiled the central memorial with the details of all the deportations trains, the number of deported Jews, the dates of the deportations, and the destinations.

All Jewish communities must have at least two institutions: a cemetery and a synagogue. In 1671, when Elector Friedrich Wilhelm summoned the Jews from Vienna to sit in Berlin, he granted them this burial place. The community used this cemetery until 1827. The most public figure buried here is Moshe Mendelson, The German Jewish philosopher. He is considered the pioneer of the Jewish enlightenment. During the holocaust, the Nazis destroyed the cemetery. Then, they used it as mass graves for soldiers and civilians at the last stage of the war. After the war, the cemetery was returned to the Jewish community. A memorial sculpture was placed next to the cemetery's gate.

This vibrant food market is located in the Kreuzberg district and is opened all week long. However, on Thursday afternoon, it becomes a colorful and vibrant food fair with dishes from worldwide. The selection is unbelievable, and the atmosphere is electrifying.

The museum tells the marvelous story of Otto Weidt – a righteous among the nations. His workshop employed mainly blind and deaf people. During the holocaust, Weidt saved his Jews workers' lives, defended them, and even helped some captured to escape or be released from concentration camps. He also hid some Jews in a hiding place at the back of his workshop and other sites. It is a profoundly uplifting story about the power of good. The entrance is free of charge.

East Side Gallery is the longest remaining of the Berlin Wall - 1.3 km (0.8 miles). 106 murals were painted by painters from all over the world, right after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The New Synagogue in Berlin was built in the 1860s as the central synagogue of the Jewish community in Berlin. It has a unique Moorish style and is considered one of the most magnificent buildings in the city. Chancellor Bismarck himself inaugurated the synagogue. On November 9th-10th, 1938, the Nazis set fire to synagogues throughout Germany, including the New Synagogue. A police officer dispersed the crowd and allowed the fire department to fire and save the building. Later, the Nazis turned the prayer hall into a warehouse. During WWII, The structure was damaged by air bombs. After the reunification of Germany, they started to renovate the dom and the front of the synagogue. However, the main praying hall was not restored.

The Old Synagogue and the central offices of the Jewish community were on Rosenstrasse street. On February 27, 1943, the Gestapo – the Nazi secret police, arrested the remaining Jews left in Berlin. Among them, 1,800 Jewish men were married to German women. The wives started to gather in front of the offices for a spontaneous demonstration to release their husbands. Finally, the Nazis released the men. Unfortunately, the faith of all the other Jewish men who weren't married to German women was different: all of them were sent to the extermination camps. The memorial erected in the garden commemorates the unique civic protest of those women. Pay attention to the other side of the park – there is a statue of a man sitting on a bench. He's watching the demonstration with indifference.

KaDeWe (short for "Kaufhaus des Westens" – the department store of the west) is the iconic shopping mall of Berlin and the second largest department store in Europe. The store opened in 1907, suffered from severe damages during WWII, and was restored afterward. It consists of eight stories full of cosmetics, clothes, toys, gifts, arts, and electronics. In addition, the six-floor is full of all kinds of food stands and bars. KaDeWe is located in Tauentzienstraße – one of the busiest shopping streets of Berlin with a lot of international fashion brands and flagship stores.

Bergmanstrasse Street houses restaurants, cafes, and many small shops: flea shops, boutiques, wine shops, and groceries. The Marheineke Market Hall on Marheinekeplatz is offering local and organic products.

The Potsdam Film Museum is housed in the oldest building in the city - the Royal Stables, built in 1685 as part of the City Palace. The palace was used as the residence of the Brandenburg electorate and the Prussian kings. The appearance of the building changed several times throughout history until Frederick the Great appointed the architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, who designed the building as it looks today. The Potsdam Film Museum, formerly the East Germany Film Museum, is housed in the Royal Stables since 1981. The Babelsberg Film Studio in Potsdam has been producing films since 1912 - making it the largest and oldest film studio globally. Over the years, political rule in the area changed, which significantly affected the studios' work. For example: During the years of Nazi rule, 1933-1945, the studios produced over 1,000 full-length propaganda films under the direct instruction of Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels. After the war and the division of Germany, the studios were used by East Germany. Since then, the studios have undergone a change of ownership and have always continued to produce films. The museum display exhibits from the history of the studios from the various political periods.