Balkan community in Berlin

A guide for people from the Balkans living in Berlin, Germany: where the consulate is, which community organisations exist, what is happening and what is worth seeing. Balkan Nexus brings together people from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia and North Macedonia.

What to see

LandmarksBrandenburg GateBerlin's best-known symbol and once the emblem of a divided Germany, today a monument to reunification. The Quadriga with the goddess of victory crow…LandmarksThe Reichstag BuildingThe seat of the German parliament, topped by a glass dome with a 360-degree view over the city. Entry is free but requires advance online registratio…MuseumsMuseum Island (Museumsinsel)A complex of five world-famous museums on the river Spree, protected by UNESCO. It holds the Pergamon Museum and the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues M…LandmarksEast Side GalleryThe longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall, 1.3 km long and painted by artists from around the world. The best-known mural shows the kiss betwe…LandmarksBerlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm)The 368-metre tower on Alexanderplatz, the tallest structure in Germany. It has a panoramic observation deck and a revolving restaurant above it that…LandmarksMemorial to the Murdered Jews of EuropeA place of remembrance made of 2,711 concrete slabs of varying height. Beneath the memorial an information centre tells the stories of individual fam…LandmarksCheckpoint CharlieThe best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. A replica guard house stands here today, alongside a museum devoted t…LandmarksBerlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)An imposing Protestant church with a great dome on Museum Island. Almost 100 members of the Hohenzollern dynasty rest in its crypt, and the dome gall…Parks & natureTiergarten Park and the Victory ColumnA vast park in the very centre of the city, once a royal hunting ground. At its heart stands the Victory Column with its golden statue of Victoria, r…LandmarksCharlottenburg PalaceThe largest and best-preserved royal residence in Berlin, begun in the late 17th century. Lavish Baroque apartments are surrounded by a great park wi…