Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Named after a militant urban guerilla, this famous former squat is a graffiti-covered stronghold of leftist culture.

Berlin's old airport.

A 12th-century fortress containing some of Berlin's oldest buildings.

A tree-like building perches on its trunk in the Steglitz neighborhood of Berlin.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

Home to 10,000 medical specimens including the remains of Rudolf Virchow's extensive collection of pathological specimens.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

Dozens of musicians have planted trees in this Danish park, and donated songs to go with them.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.