The Haus des Lehrers, or House of the Teacher, is a fifty-four-meter concrete tower that defines its appearance with a colorful mosaic circling the facade between the second and fifth floors. Built between nineteen sixty-one and nineteen…
Karl Marx Allee Boulevard
Walk Berlin's monumental, Soviet-style boulevard to experience the grand scale and ideological design of East German urban planning.
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1. Haus des Lehrers
2. Kino International
Kino International is marked by a distinctive wide, white facade and large windowless walls decorated with a fourteen-part sculptural relief. Built between nineteen sixty-one and nineteen sixty-three, this East German modernist landmark…
3. Cafe Moskau
Cafe Moskau is distinguished by a faithful, full-scale replica of the Sputnik satellite mounted above its entrance. Designed by architect Josef Kaiser and opened in nineteen sixty-four, the building occupies a prominent corner on…
4. Strausberger Platz
Strausberger Platz is defined by its uncommon oval geometry, a wide roundabout at the intersection of Karl-Marx-Allee and Lichtenberger Straße. Flanked by massive, eight-story buildings in the elaborate socialist classicist style, or…
5. Café Sibylle
Café Sibylle sits at number seventy-two Karl-Marx-Allee, distinguished by its floor-to-ceiling windows and the minimalist aesthetic that has defined its interior since its earliest days. Opened on October twenty-ninth, nineteen…
6. Hochhaus an der Weberwiese
The Hochhaus an der Weberwiese is a nine-story residential tower distinguished by its bright, light-colored ceramic cladding and symmetrical, neoclassical design. Completed in nineteen fifty-two, it stands as the first example of socialist…
7. Frankfurter Tor
Frankfurter Tor is defined by two monumental high-rise towers that stand as a gateway where Karl-Marx-Allee meets Frankfurter Allee. These structures, built between nineteen fifty-three and nineteen fifty-six, are covered in white ceramic…