The Flow-of-Time Clock

The Clock of Flowing Time is a 13 metres high water clock extending over three floors in the Berlin Europa-Center. The clock was designed by the French artist Bernard Gitton and set up in 1982.

Photo: Fridolin freudenfett, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: sculpture
Description: water clock in Berlin
Also known as: “Clock of Flowing Time” and “Uhr der fließenden Zeit”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Europa-Center and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Europa-Center

Shopping center

Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Europa-Center is a building complex on Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, with a shopping mall and a high-rise tower 86 metres tall. Built between 1963 and 1965, by 2003 it had been designated as a historically preserved building.

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Church

Photo: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, mostly known simply as the Memorial Church is a Protestant church affiliated with the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia, a regional body of the Protestant Church in Germany. Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is situated 200 metres west of The Flow-of-Time Clock.

Breitscheidplatz

Square

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Breitscheidplatz is a major public square in the inner city of Berlin, Germany. Together with the Kurfürstendamm boulevard, it marks the centre of former West Berlin and the present-day City West. It is named after Rudolf Breitscheid. Breitscheidplatz is situated 160 metres west of The Flow-of-Time Clock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include City West and Kielgan-Viertel.

City West

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City West is the heart of former West Berlin and even after reunification it represents the main retail centre of Berlin — all the best and most expensive shops are here.