1. Brandenburger Tor

Right on the border between East and West Berlin at the Pariser Platz, the Brandenburger Gate was the symbol of the city's divide.
 

2. Checkpoint Charlie

Ten days after closing the border on August 13, 1961 tourists from abroad, diplomats and the military personnel of the Western Powers were only allowed to enter East Berlin via the crossing point at Berlin Friedrichstrasse.
 

3. Holocaust monument

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
 

4. KaDeWe

Berlin would be unimaginable without the Departament Store of the West (Kaufhaus des Westens; KaDaWe).
 

5. Ged?chtniskirche

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (in German: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ged?chtniskirche) is located in Berlin at the Kurf?rstendamm.