Balancing Act
Balancing Act is a work of art in Berlin, Berlin. Balancing Act is situated nearby to the college Reha Akademie Berlin, as well as near the community center Kinder- und Jugendkulturzentrum.Photo: L. Beck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture by Stephan Balkenhol in Berlin, Germany
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Checkpoint Charlie and Jewish Museum Berlin.
Checkpoint Charlie
Photo: Adrian Purser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West. Checkpoint Charlie is situated 560 metres west of Balancing Act.
Jewish Museum Berlin
Museum
Photo: Slimark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jewish Museum Berlin was opened in 2001 and is the largest Jewish museum in Europe. On 3,500 square metres of floor space, the museum presents the history of the Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day, with new focuses and new scenography. Jewish Museum Berlin is situated 670 metres south of Balancing Act.
Berlinische Galerie
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Berlinische Galerie is a museum of modern art, photography and architecture in Berlin. It is located in Kreuzberg, on Alte Jakobstraße, not far from the Jewish Museum. Berlinische Galerie is situated 460 metres south of Balancing Act.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.
Friedrichstadt
Quarter
Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.
Friedrichswerder
Neighborhood
Friedrichswerder is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. It is identical to the town of Friedrichswerder, founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.
Mitte
Mitte, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.
Balancing Act
- Categories: sculpture, monument, and tourism
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.50802° or 52° 30′ 29″ northLongitude
13.39861° or 13° 23′ 55″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG95X+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 1200367951OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q804621
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In Other Languages
“Balancing Act” goes by many names.
- German: “Balanceakt”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Reha Akademie Berlin and Kinder- und Jugendkulturzentrum.
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