Take a walk around the magnificent Brandenburg Gate. Following the Batavian Revolution in 1788, Prussian King Frederick William II built the gate modelled after the Propylaeum of Athens’ Acropolis. Look out for the 120 sandstone statues from various German states. The Brandenburg Gate has been the site of significant events. To commemorate Hitler’s ascension to power, the Nazis held a torchlit procession through the Gate in 1933.
Despite being heavily damaged during WWII, it has stood the test of time, and today, it represents peace and unity. This is where hundreds of thousands of people gathered to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. A couple of decades later, in 2015, thousands gathered here to prevent supporters of the anti-Islam right-wing group Pegida from marching to the City Hall. In 2016, it was the site for massive protests against the infamous attacks on a gay club in Orlando, USA.