Mitte

The neighbourhood

Staying in Mitte

Mitte is the Berlin that arrives on postcards: Museum Island in the river, Unter den Linden running west to the Brandenburger Tor, and the television tower standing over all of it. It is the most convenient place in the city to stay and makes no apology for it.

The trick is knowing where the centre stops being a monument and starts being a neighbourhood. Walk north of the Spree into the courtyards around Hackescher Markt, or east towards Torstraße, and the crowds thin out within a block. Breakfast is unhurried, the galleries are free to walk into, and everything else is a few U-Bahn stops away.

• Central
• Museums and galleries
• Best connected
• Walk everywhere

Worth walking to

Museum Island

Five museums and the Berliner Dom, on one island

Brandenburger Tor

Pariser Platz, and the Tiergarten beyond it

Unter den Linden

The boulevard through the historic centre

Hackescher Markt

Courtyards, small shops and late cafés

Alexanderplatz

The city’s main S- and U-Bahn interchange