Attraction · Berlin · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Brandenburg Gate is an attraction in Berlin, Germany. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 7 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 590 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet, a water point and a bike pump.
Audio tour · Brandenburg Gate
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You're standing at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. On one side is Pariser Platz, with the grand boulevard Unter den Linden beyond it. On the other side, the road carries on as the Straße des 17. Juni, towards the Tiergarten park.
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The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is a large city gate dating from 1788. It is the only surviving old city gate in the city. The gate is known for the wall that once ran past it. For almost 30 years, nobody could pass through the gate. Since reunification, it has become a symbol of unity. You will find it on Pariser Platz, at number 1 (10117). The Reichstag Building, where parliament sits, is 280 metres away.
Architect Carl Gotthard Langhans built the gate between 1788 and 1791 for the king of the time. He took the entrance gate of an ancient citadel as his model, which gave the gate its neo-Greek architecture. At the time, the city boundary ran through this spot, and anyone wishing to enter the city had to pay a toll. Ordinary citizens could only use the outer passages, while the middle one was reserved for the royal family. The gate also has a link to the Netherlands. It commemorated the invasion of the Netherlands in 1787, when a foreign army helped the ruler regain power. The trigger had been the detention of his wife Wilhelmina, the king's sister, at Goejanverwellesluis. In 1806, Napoleon took the quadriga away as war booty. The statue returned to Berlin years later. The original was lost during the war.
You can view the gate at any time of day. According to OpenStreetMap, the spot is open 24/7. There is no need to keep an eye on the time, so you can also stop by in the evening or early in the morning. The gate is also suitable for people using a wheelchair, so you can reach it without any problems. That makes the spot easy to include in a walking or cycling route through Berlin. You don't need to set aside a long time for it, as you will see the gate quickly and can then carry on.
You can find drinking water at the Brandenburg Gate on the Straße des 17. Juni. The tap is 115 metres from the gate and is the only one within 500 metres, so fill your bottle here. Benches at the Brandenburg Gate are plentiful. The nearest is 42 metres away, on the Ebertstraße, and there are 235 benches within 500 metres. The nearest public toilet is a 112-metre walk, and there are 4 public toilets within 500 metres. There is no bike pump nearby. The closest one is 588 metres away, on the Wilhelmstraße, and you can use it free of charge.
Beyond the gate, you can keep walking. There are places nearby that you can add to your route. The Reichstag Building is the first. After 801 metres you reach Potsdamer Platz, an attraction in the centre of Berlin. After 1,243 metres lies the Museum Neue Nationalgalerie. Checkpoint Charlie is the furthest of these places, 1,307 metres from the gate. At all of these places, you can listen to an audio story in the Outdoor Pitstop app. It also works on the spot, so you can hear the story while you are standing there. There is also a 2-minute audio story about the Brandenburg Gate itself. This way, you already learn more about the gate before you walk on to the next place.
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50 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 7 of the 50 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
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New ChurchAttraction · 1.1 km awayThe Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) is located at Pariser Platz 1 in Berlin, postcode 10117. On one side is the boulevard Unter den Linden; on the other side the road continues as Straße des 17. Juni towards the Tiergarten-park.
The Brandenburg Gate is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is an open-air monument, and looking around and walking under the gate costs nothing.
The nearest drinking water point is 115 metres from the Brandenburg Gate, on Straße des 17. Juni. There is no other drinking water point within 500 metres.
Yes, the nearest bench is 42 metres from the Brandenburg Gate, on Ebertstraße. Within 500 metres there are 235 benches.
Yes, the nearest public toilet is 112 metres from the Brandenburg Gate. Within 500 metres there are 4 public toilets.
At the Brandenburg Gate, a row of stones set into the roadway marks where the Berlin Wall ran. The wall itself no longer stands here, and for almost 30 years nobody could walk through the gate.
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