The busy pre-war square where Europe's first traffic light stood became an empty strip cut by the Wall; since the 1990s it has been rebuilt as a district of glass towers, including Helmut Jahn's tent-roofed centre, the former Sony Center.
- Address
- Potsdamer Platz, 10785 Berlin
- Best time to go
- Afternoon, Evening · About 1 h
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Take what is billed as Europe's fastest lift about 100 m up the red-brick Kollhoff building to the Panoramapunkt viewing deck for an explained skyline view.
- KERB Food Hall, on two floors of the former IMAX cinema in the old Sony Center, is the easy place to eat.
- The Kulturforum museums, including the Gemäldegalerie and the Neue Nationalgalerie, are a short walk west.