TIERGARTEN, Tiergarten

Hi, my name’s Rick, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the Tiergarten.

The Tiergarten is a huge park that acts as Berlin’s “green lung”.

Sandwiched between two waterways – the Spree to the north and the Landwehrkanal to the south - this area is today one of the largest urban parks in Germany, spread over 250 hectares and with over 25 km of paths.

The Tiergarten, or garden of the animals, was once a hunting reserve of the Prussian aristocracy. It was turned into a park at the beginning of the 19th century by the landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné, who gave it a romantic style and embellished it with numerous statues.

There is just one main road running through the park, the Strasse des 17 Juni, widened by 27 meters – at some points by up to 50 meters – on the orders of Adolf Hitler, who wanted the park to be the heart of the city. ...