The Brandenburg Gate is a sandstone structure defined by twelve Doric columns that create five distinct passageways. Completed in seventeen ninety-one, it was commissioned by King Frederick William the Second as a monumental entrance to…
Unter den Linden History Walk
Walk down Berlin's most famous royal boulevard to experience three centuries of Prussian grandeur, wartime tragedy, and Cold War division. This straight path takes you past iconic monuments from the Brandenburg Gate to the reconstructed city palace.
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1. Brandenburg Gate
2. Pariser Platz
Pariser Platz is the wide, rectangular open space that sits immediately behind the Brandenburg Gate, acting as the western terminus of the boulevard Unter den Linden. Laid out in the seventeen thirties by the architect Philipp Gerlach, the…
3. Embassy of Russia in Berlin
The Embassy of the Russian Federation is a massive, symmetrical block that spans the stretch of Unter den Linden between Glinkastraße and Behrenstraße. Its most striking feature is a prominent central tower lantern that rises above a…
4. Equestrian statue of King Friedrich II. of Prussia
The equestrian statue of King Friedrich the Second, known as Frederick the Great, rises thirteen and a half meters high on a granite base along the boulevard Unter den Linden. Commissioned by King Frederick William the Third in eighteen…
5. Humboldt University of Berlin
The main building of Humboldt University of Berlin features an H-shaped design and a neoclassical facade that stretches along the Unter den Linden boulevard. Originally constructed between seventeen forty-eight and seventeen fifty-three as…
6. Bebelplatz
Bebelplatz is a rectangular, fully paved square in Berlin that is distinguished by its surrounding historic facades, including the State Opera, the Old Library, and the dome of Saint Hedwig’s Cathedral. Originally laid out between…
7. Neue Wache
The Neue Wache is a Neoclassical building on the Unter den Linden boulevard, recognizable by its sturdy portico of six Doric columns and its four prominent corner towers. Designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and completed in…
8. Schlossbrücke
The Schlossbrücke is a three-arched bridge built of sandstone that spans the Spree canal in the center of Berlin. Designed by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and completed in eighteen twenty-four, it marks the eastern end of the…
9. Humboldt Forum
The Humboldt Forum is recognizable by the striking contrast between its three reconstructed Baroque façades—which gleam in a pale quince-yellow hue—and its smooth, uncompromisingly modern eastern side that faces the Spree river. Designed…