Eastern Germany

Region

The capital and the former East. Berlin has the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, the Wall memorials and famous nightlife, Potsdam has Frederick the Great's palaces, the Spreewald has canals to paddle, and Saxony has baroque Dresden, Leipzig's music history and the sandstone peaks of Saxon Switzerland. Berlin is a year-round city.

Eastern Germany Pergamon MuseumReichstag buildingSanssouci PalaceBerlin CathedralCheckpoint CharlieLeipzig Zoological GardenTierpark BerlinNeues MuseumTropical IslandsAltes MuseumWall MuseumGerman Historical MuseumMuseum BarberiniGemäldegalerie Alte MeisterBerlin Spy MuseumAlte NationalgalerieDDR MuseumHamburger BahnhofBode MuseumOlympiastadion (Berlin)Fernsehturm BerlinOre MountainsBerlin ZooPotsdamer PlatzAlexanderplatzSchloss CharlottenburgRed Bull ArenaBerlinDresdenLeipzigBrandenburg GateZwingerBerlin WallFrauenkirche, DresdenMuseum IslandPotsdamChemnitzFrankfurt (Oder)EisenhüttenstadtHoyerswerdaLübbenauCrimmitschauLudwigsfeldeNeustadt in SachsenAugustusburgVeltenBad DübenWeißenbergMarkneukirchenBurkau

Eastern Germany essentials

Country: Germany
Driest months: Feb-Apr
Pay in: Euro (€)
Language: German
Emergency: 110

Where to Go in Eastern Germany

City Berlin BerlinCapital of history, art and nightlife City Dresden DresdenBaroque city on the Elbe City Potsdam PotsdamCity in Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin Island Museum Island Museum IslandCluster of major museums on a historic Berlin island Island Pfaueninsel PfaueninselPicturesque Berlin island park with 19th-century palace Island Schwanenwerder SchwanenwerderSmall Havel island in Berlin, notable for exclusive villas History Zwinger ZwingerBaroque palace complex with art galleries and museum History Sanssouci Palace Sanssouci PalaceRococo summer palace surrounded by terraced gardens History Schloss Charlottenburg Schloss CharlottenburgBaroque palace in Berlin with royal art collections Nature Ore Mountains Ore MountainsHistoric Central European range known for mining and forests Nature Tiergarten (park) Tiergarten (park)Large urban park in central Berlin Nature Saxon Switzerland National Park Saxon Switzerland National ParkDramatic Elbe sandstone cliffs and forested hiking park
Regions & Cities
Berlin Explore Berlin Walls of the past sit beside stripped warehouses turned clubs; the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, biergartens serving currywurst, and a late‑night electronic scene give visitors a mix of history and present‑day grit. Dresden Explore Dresden Carefully rebuilt baroque façades line the Elbe in Dresden: the Frauenkirche, Zwinger galleries and the Green Vault anchor museum-heavy days, while river promenades and classical concerts fill cooler evenings. Leipzig Explore Leipzig A city built on trade and music: Gewandhaus concerts, Bach’s St. Brandenburg Gate Explore Brandenburg Gate Neoclassical Brandenburg Gate anchors Pariser Platz and once marked Berlin’s division; visitors stop for photos, evening illumination and nearby sites like the Reichstag and Unter den Linden. Zwinger Explore Zwinger Dresden’s Zwinger is an 18th‑century Baroque palace complex with museums including the Old Masters Picture Gallery and a porcelain collection, set around formal gardens that draw both museumgoers and architecture enthusiasts. Berlin Wall Explore Berlin Wall Sections of the Berlin Wall survive as open‑air galleries such as the East Side Gallery; visitors study Cold War history, murals and memorials along former division lines. Frauenkirche, Dresden Explore Frauenkirche, Dresden Dresden’s Frauenkirche, rebuilt after 1945, dominates the Neumarkt with a large stone dome and Baroque interior. Museum Island Explore Museum Island Berlin’s Museum Island groups five major museums on the Spree-Pergamon, Bode, Altes, Neues and the Alte Nationalgalerie-offering antiquities, Byzantine and 19th‑century art in a single UNESCO World Heritage complex.

Eastern Germany at a Glance

Local Time
12:45 AM
GMT+1
Population
10,324,119

Best Things to Do in Eastern Germany