The 125m deck
A western view, the reverse of the TV Tower.
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The TV Tower is far higher (203m to the deck) and central, so the famous landmarks lie directly below — but it is the most crowded and expensive and needs booking. The Funkturm is shorter and further out but nearly free of crowds and much cheaper, and gives you Berlin from a western angle most visitors never see. First visit, take the TV Tower; a repeat visit, take this.
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Berlin's Funkturm is a latticed steel tower a hundred and forty-seven metres tall, built in 1926 for radio broadcasting and the city's trade fairs. Its open lattice form makes it resemble the Eiffel Tower, though it is far smaller, and Berliners call it the tall thin one. Its technical peculiarity is charming: it is close to the only tower in the world standing on ceramic insulators — its four feet do not touch the ground directly but rest on insulators, because the steel structure itself served as the broadcast antenna and had to be electrically isolated from the earth. The observation deck sits at a hundred and twenty-five metres, with a restaurant below it at fifty-five. The view differs from the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz: you are in west Berlin here, so you see the exhibition grounds, the Grunewald forest and the historic AVUS racing circuit, with the city centre in the distance — an entirely reversed perspective for anyone who has seen Berlin from the east. The tower is a protected technical monument.
A western view, the reverse of the TV Tower.
The world's first car racing road, seen from above.
Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin