Philological Library

The Philological Library is a component of the "Rust and Silver Lodges" complex in the main campus of the Freie Universität Berlin. It was designed by internationally known architect Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank in the shape of a human brain, and opened in 2005.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—10:00 PM
    Saturday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—8:00 PM
  • Type: Library
  • Description: Library in Berlin
  • Also known as: “Philological Library of Freie Universität Berlin”
  • Address: Habelschwerdter Allee 45, Dahlem, Berlin, 14195
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of European Cultures and Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum.

Museum
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The – National Museums in Berlin – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation came from the unification of the Europe-Department in the Berlin Museum of Ethnography and the Berlin Museum for Folklore in 1999. is situated 500 metres northeast of Philological Library.

Park
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The Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum is a botanical garden in the locality of the borough of , , Germany.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 440 metres northwest of Philological Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lichterfelde and Künstlerkolonie.

Suburb
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is a locality in the borough of in , Germany. Until 2001 it was part of the former borough of Steglitz, along with and .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Philological Library.

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is the sixth borough of , formed in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform by merging the former boroughs of and Zehlendorf.

Philological Library

Latitude
52.45191° or 52° 27′ 7″ north
Longitude
13.28825° or 13° 17′ 18″ east
Operator
University Library of Freie Universität Berlin
Open location code
9F4MF72Q+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 379437309
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q875031
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Philological Library” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مكتبة فقه اللغة”
  • Chinese: “語言學圖書館”
  • Esperanto: “fililogia biblioteko de la Libera Universitato Berlino”
  • German: “Berlin Brain”
  • German: “Berlin UBFU Philolog. Bibl.”
  • German: “Foster-Bibliothek”
  • German: “Philologische Bibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin”
  • German: “Philologische Bibliothek”
  • German: “The Berlin Brain”
  • Indonesian: “Perpustakaan Filologi Universitas Berlin Gratis”
  • Japanese: “ベルリン自由大学文学・語学図書館”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Filologisk bibliotek i Freie Universität Berlin”
  • Norwegian: “Filologisk bibliotek i Freie Universität Berlin”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه دانشگاه آزاد برلین”
  • Russian: “Филологическая библиотека Свободного университета Берлина”
  • Russian: “Филологическая библиотека”
  • Ukrainian: “Філологічна бібліотека Вільного університету Берліна”

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