Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

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

Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

An old Danish political institution where members of government can grab a drink off the record.

This pair of gilded girls atop an Art Deco building in Copenhagen were built to function as a weather indicator.

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Site of the first radio and telephone broadcasting companies in Copenhagen.

The art museum is decorated with creatively remodeled pre-Nazi swastikas.

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.