The Elephant Gate
An arch on stone elephants with a Chinese roof.
Adamantios โ CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท Cherubino โ CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท Susanne Nilsson โ CC BY-SA 2.0 ยท Susanne Nilsson โ CC BY-SA 2.0
Yes, administratively and physically, though they adjoin and share management โ each has its own entrance and ticket, with a cheaper combined ticket if you want both. The aquarium is an enclosed three-storey building and so the better option on a wet day, while the zoo itself is almost entirely an outdoor experience.
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Berlin's zoo is the oldest in Germany, opened in 1844 with animals the king gave from his own menagerie, and it is today among the most species-rich in the world, with over twenty thousand animals representing around a thousand species โ a figure rarely gathered in one place. Its history carries the scar of the war: bombing at the end of the Second World War destroyed the zoo almost completely, and of thousands of animals only ninety-one survived. Rebuilding took decades, and the zoo today is as much a symbol of the city's recovery as it is a family destination. Its best-known entrance is the Elephant Gate: a double arch on columns carved as stone elephants beneath a Chinese-style roof, which has become the emblem of the whole district. The most popular section inside is the giant panda house โ Berlin is one of few European cities to host pandas. Its position is entirely central at Zoologischer Garten station, making it one of the easiest zoos to reach in Europe.
An arch on stone elephants with a Chinese roof.
Berlin is one of few European hosts.
Hardenbergplatz 8, 10787 Berlin