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Famous Landmarks in Germany: 8 Sites Worth Seeing

Six days pairs Germany’s two poles, Berlin’s raw, history-scarred creativity and Munich’s polished Bavarian good living, connected by a train that does it in under four hours. See the full itinerary.

These are the 8 famous landmarks of Germany, from Petrel Voyage, a travel app that turns booking confirmations into a day-by-day plan. Each one says what it is and why it matters, grouped by city, and the free 6-day Germany itinerary fits 6 of them into a day-by-day plan with the transport between cities. One of 45 free landmark guides, readable without an account.

From the same hand-researched library as our Germany itinerary. Last reviewed 2026-07-29.

Berlin

No city wears the 20th century like Berlin: empire, war, division, and reunification are all legible in a single walk. What grew back in the gaps is Europe’s capital of subculture: creative, unpolished, and unfinished on purpose.

1
Brandenburg Gate
The 1791 gate stood inside the Wall’s death strip for 28 years; walk through it at dusk when the tour groups thin and the columns glow.
Berlin
2
Reichstag dome
Norman Foster’s glass spiral rises above the parliament chamber it watches over, a literal statement about transparency. Free, but register online in advance.
Berlin
3
East Side Gallery
1.3 kilometers of the actual Berlin Wall painted by 118 artists in 1990, the world’s longest open-air gallery, running along the Spree.
Berlin
4
Berlin Wall Memorial (Bernauer Straße)
The only stretch preserved with its full death strip: watchtower, inner wall, and all. The free open-air exhibition is the city’s most sobering hour.
Berlin

Munich

Munich is Germany’s good-living counterweight: a wealthy, walkable royal capital where beer gardens are public living rooms and the Alps hover at the end of the street. It is also the gateway to Ludwig II’s fairy-tale castles.

5
Marienplatz and the Neues Rathaus
The Gothic-revival city hall’s glockenspiel performs at 11 AM and noon (plus 5 PM March through October); the tower lift gives the best Altstadt-and-Alps view in town.
Munich
6
Munich Residenz
Germany’s largest city palace, 500 years of Wittelsbach rulers, the gilded Antiquarium banquet hall, and a treasury stacked with crowns.
Munich
7
Nymphenburg Palace
The Wittelsbachs’ baroque summer palace, its garden front wider than Versailles’, with swans on the central canal and pavilions hidden in the park.
Munich
8
Frauenkirche
The twin onion domes are the city’s silhouette and its unofficial height limit; climb the south tower for proof.
Munich

Museums, parks, and neighborhoods are on the full Germany itinerary, sequenced into a realistic day-by-day plan with transport between cities.

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