Gaslaternen-Freilichtmuseum Berlin

Gaslaternen-Freilichtmuseum Berlin a permanent exhibition of historical gas lanterns in Tiergarten park in Berlin, Germany.

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Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Museum
Description: museum
Also known as: “Gas Lantern Open-Air Museum Berlin”, “Gaslaternen-Freilichtmuseum”, and “Museum of Gas Lamps”
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Berlin-Tiergarten station and Siegessäule.

Berlin-Tiergarten station

Railway station

Photo: Jivee Blau, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Berlin Tiergarten is a railway station on the Berlin Stadtbahn line in the Tiergarten district of Berlin. It lies between the stations of Zoologischer Garten and Bellevue on the Straße des 17. Juni in the Hansaviertel locality of the Mitte borough. Berlin-Tiergarten station is situated 210 metres north of Gaslaternen-Freilichtmuseum Berlin.

Siegessäule

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory over Denmark in the Second Schleswig War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War and France in the Franco-Prussian War, giving the statue a new purpose. Siegessäule is situated 1 km east of Gaslaternen-Freilichtmuseum Berlin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hansaviertel and City West.

Hansaviertel

Suburb

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The Hansaviertel is the smallest Ortsteil of Berlin and is between Großer Tiergarten and the Spree River, within the central Mitte borough of Berlin. The district was almost completely destroyed during World War II but was rebuilt from 1957 to 1961 as a social housing project by international master architects such as Alvar Aalto, Egon Eiermann, Walter Gropius, Oscar Niemeyer, and Sep Ruf.

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.