Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by area and population. It has become the European Union’s most populous city with its more than 3.85 million inhabitants.
This beautiful city is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate due to its location in the European Plain.
View over the River Spree to Nikolaiviertel and Alexanderplatz. The Nikolaiviertel is the reconstructed historical heart of the German capital Berlin. The Nikolaikirche (Saint Nicholas Church) gives its name to the neighbourhood five minutes away from Alexanderplatz. The Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin, near the Fernsehturm the Rotes Rathaus, the town hall of Berlin.
The history of the Berlin Cathedral dates back to the Middle Ages, when in 1465 the construction of an upper parish and cathedral church on the Spree Island was begun.
In 1747, Frederick the Great had a baroque church with a tambour dome built by the master builder Johann Boumann the Elder.