The Reichstag front
The classic angle on the German parliament — columns, inscription and the glass dome behind.
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Platz der Republik is the wide green lawn stretching in front of the Reichstag. It is not a paved square but open grass, and it is where the famous photographs of the German parliament's columned front, with its glass dome behind, are taken. The square itself is free and always open and needs no booking — unlike entering the building, which requires advance registration. Around it stand modern government buildings and the Chancellery, with the Tiergarten behind. On major national occasions ceremonies are held here and parts of it may be closed.
The classic angle on the German parliament — columns, inscription and the glass dome behind.
A wide stretch of grass where people sit and children play, directly in front of parliament.
The Chancellery and modern parliamentary buildings around the square, their 1990s architecture worth a look.
Platz der Republik, 11011 Berlin
Reichstag BuildingThe Reichstag is the seat of the German parliament and one of Berlin's most impo3 minutes walk4.8
SpreebogenparkA public park on the bend of the Spree directly behind the Reichstag, in the hea5 minutes walk4.4
Brandenburg GateThe Brandenburg Gate is the landmark the whole of Berlin is reduced to. Carl Got5 minutes walk4.6
TiergartenThe Tiergarten is Berlin's great lung: a 210-hectare urban forest at the capital6 minutes walk4.7
Futurium — House of FuturesThe Futurium is a museum of a single question: how do we want to live? No antiqu8 minutes walk4.5No. It is an open public space, free at any time. Advance registration is only required to go inside the Reichstag and its dome — two different things.
From the middle of the lawn, straight at the front, so the columns, inscription and dome all appear together. After dark is much better, as the façade is lit. Early morning it is almost empty.
The Brandenburg Gate and Holocaust Memorial are ten minutes south, and the Tiergarten and Victory Column to the west. All walkable in half a day.