Berlin - Treptow Park Treptower Park

Treptow Park (area 230 hectares/570 acres) was a popular place of recreation for the people of Berlin even before it formally became a municipal park. The park and the adjoining Plänterwald were laid out in the style of an English landscaped park in 1876-88 by the first municipal Superintendent of Parks, Gustav Meyer, a pupil of the great landscape-gardener Peter Joseph Lenné. The Berlin Industrial Exhibition was held here in 1896, when the Archenhold Observatory was built.

Must-see attractions nearby:

Brandenburg Gate

Charlottenburg Palace

Pergamon Museum

Gendarmenmarkt

Zoological Gardens

Under the Lime-Trees Avenue

Museum of Applied Art

Coming from the S-Bahn station, you will see on the left the River Spree, with the river port used by the Weisse Flotte (White Fleet), from which there are numerous boat services on the waterways of Berlin reaching as far afield as the Spree Forest. To the right, beyond a large expanse of grass, stands the Soviet Memorial. Farther on is the Rose Garden. Near the Zenner Restaurant is the Archenhold Observatory. Behind it lies the Plänterwald.

Transit: S-Bahn: Treptower Park Planterwald (S8, S85, S9S, 10).