A good 70-minute drive from Berlin, a real sensation awaits you in the Kampehl village church. The Markish knight Christian Friedrich von Kahlbutz, who died in 1702 at the age of 51, lies here in his cryp...
Hidden beneath the Parochialkirche on Klosterstraße lies a genuine mummy crypt. Since the 18th century, over 140 exceptionally well-preserved bodiesof wealthy Berlin citizens have rested here—people who...
The Ullsteinhaus on Mariendorfer Damm is Berlin’s forgotten giant. Built between 1925 and 1927 as a European printing center, the complex now brings together tech startups, creative agencies, and other or...
The capital’s largest Catholic church building in terms of floor area is tucked away in Neukölln. Right next to Hasenheide Park and just a stone’s throw from the Südstern, the imposing St. John’s Basilic...
In the spring of 1811, the educator Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (a.k.a. “Turnvater Jahn”) opened the world’s first public gymnastics grounds in Hasenheide Park. What sounds today like innocent physical exercise...
A piece of authentic medieval history is hidden away in Berlin-Tempelhof. The Tempelhof Village Church (photo above from around 1930, colorized) dates back to a settlement of the famous Knights Templar ar...
Berlin has a lot to offer when it comes to churches: from the incredible interior of the Herz-Jesu Church in Prenzlauer Berg—the city’s oldest church with its forgotten secrets —to the Potsdam Church, whe...
In Spandau, Fort Hahneberg—a gigantic brick structure dating from 1888—lies dormant, blending seamlessly into the surrounding landscape. Prussia once built the complex for defense, but curiously, the mili...
Nestled among the middle-class historic facades of the Kollwitzkiez neighborhood in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, one of the capital’s most fascinating buildings awaits your discovery: the Herz-Jesu Church on F...
In Heinrich-von-Kleist Park in Schöneberg, two freestanding colonnades face each other, looking somewhat out of place. But is that just a feeling, or is there more to it? It turns out this massive structu...