Berlin

=== Cityscape ===
[[File:16-07-04-Abflug-Berlin-DSC 0122.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial photo over central Berlin showing [[City West]], [[Potsdamer Platz]], and [[Alexanderplatz]]]]
[[File:Alexanderplatz from the tube, Berlin D.jpg|thumb|right|Alexanderplatz panorama]]
[[File:Bebelplatz Night of Shame Monument.jpg|thumb|right|A memorial to the [[Nazi book burnings|Nazi book burning]] by [[Micha Ullman]] set into the Bebelplatz]]

Berlin's history has left the city with a polycentric [[metropolitan area]] and an eclectic mix of architecture. The city's appearance today has been predominantly shaped by German history during the 20th century. 17 % of Berlin´s buildings are [[Gründerzeit]] or earlier and nearly 25 % are of the 1920´s and 1930´s, when Berlin played a part in the origin of [[Berlin Modernism Housing Estates|modern architecture]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/so-alt-wohnt-berlin/ |title=Alt- oder Neubau? So wohnt Berlin |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528095512/https://interaktiv.morgenpost.de/so-alt-wohnt-berlin/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1239 |title=Berlin Modernism Housing Estates |access-date=29 March 2024 |archive-date=28 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228161839/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1239 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Devastated by the [[bombing of Berlin in World War II]] many of the buildings that had survived in both East and West were demolished during the postwar period. After the reunification, many important heritage structures have been [[Reconstruction (architecture)|reconstructed]], including the ''[[Forum Fridericianum]]'' along with, the [[Berlin State Opera]], [[Charlottenburg Palace]], [[Gendarmenmarkt]], [[Alte Kommandantur]], as well as the [[City Palace, Berlin|City Palace]].

The [[list of tallest buildings in Berlin]] spreads across the urban area, they can be found for example at [[Potsdamer Platz]], the [[City West]], and [[Alexanderplatz]].

Over one-third of the city area consists of green space, woodlands, and water.<ref name="gruen"/> Berlin's second-largest and most popular park, the [[Großer Tiergarten]], is located right in the center of the city.