Walking Tour:
Start at Reichstag Building and visit the dome at the top for a view of the city. You can see the towers at Teufelsberg in the distance. After leaving the Reichstag and just prior to passing through the Brandenburg Gate walk south to view the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe
Walk through the Brandenburg Gate to Unter den Linden and the new US Embassy will be on your right and the French Embassy will be on the left. The Hotel Adlon will be second building on the right after the US Embassy. The next block on the right will be the Russian Embassy. Big, but not much to look at.
When you reach Friedrichstrasse, walk to the right until you reach Galeries Lafayette turn left and walk one block to the Gendarmenmarkt which is considered one of the most beautiful squares in Berlin. When facing the Main Building, the German Church (picture below) is on the left and the French (Huguenot) is on the right. Return to Unter Den Linden via Markgrafenstrasse veering to the right when the street ends, you will pass by Bebel Platz where the Nazi book burning took place in 1933.
German Church
The next building on the right on Unter den Linden will be the Berlin Opera. Across the street will be the Neue Wache, a Memorial to War Dead and houses a Statue by Käthe Kollwitz (above). The next area is the Museum Insel and the Berliner Dom. This finishes this tour.
I have left out Checkpoint Charlie as to me it is only commercial but if you want and have the inclination you can continue on Friedrichstrasse from above to UBahn Kochstr or on another day combine a visit to the Jewish Museum with Checkpoint Charlie as they are near to each other.
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