Bahnhof Alexanderplatz
Mitte

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Do you know Berlin's first city wall? Have you heard of the famous Volksbühne theatre? Learn more about these landmarks as well as other interesting places near Alexanderplatz station. The information terminal categories also provide additional tips, from "most visited" to "outdoors". You can also follow the blue signposts to get to know Berlin.

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Text sources and picture credits
Text sources and picture credits

All texts researched, written, and edited (unless otherwise indicated) by:
Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart (bfgg), Monica Geyler, Reinhard von Bernus


introduction

Alexanderplatz
Text source: Stefanie Endlich

Picture credits::
1. Alexanderplatz,1925, Max Missmann, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Inv.-Nr. IV64/3128V
2. Alexanderplatz, 4. November 1989, Reinhard Kaufhold, akg-images AKG5021458

most visited

The Television Tower
Text source: Stefanie Endlich

Picture credit:
3. Fernsehturm, 2016, Franz Walter/imagesBroker, ullstein bild 2.4508781

unexpected

Ancient City Walls

Picture credit:
4. Alte Stadtmauer, 2018, Berthold Weidner, bfgg

personal

Alfred Döblin
Text source: Michael Bienert

Picture credit:
5. Porträt: Alfred Döblin, 1949, N.N., akg-images AKG4809840
6. Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz: Schutzumschlag der Erstausgabe, S. Fischer Verlag, 1929, DHM, InvNr. R81/398

outdoors

The Neptune Fountain
Text source: Cornelia Ganz

Picture credit:
7. Neptunbrunnen, 2017, Schöning, ullstein bild 01157621

In accordance with the Joint Agreement for the Improvement of Regional Economic Structures (GRW), the information panels were funded by the German government as well as the Berlin senate, represented by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, with additional financing provided by the Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection.