Zoologischer Garten Berlin

Located in the heart of Berlin, the famous Zoologischer Garten is one of Europe's biggest zoos, and boasts the largest variety of animals in the entire continent. An interesting fact states that the first bomb dropped on Berlin in the World War 2 did not kill a single human, only an elephant. The zoo we see today has evolved much like the city surrounding it. Berlin Zoo is a surprisingly large expanse for its location. This is no out-of-town park, Berlin Zoo lays right in the thick of things; only a few meters from the famous Gedächtniskirche and the hustle and bustle of Berlin. So what is the big appeal of Berlin Zoo? Recently, a big crowd puller ...

Ok here is my second Zoo review! ;D I couldn't possibly go the year in Berlin without visiting the well known Zoo at Zoologischer Garten. Easy to get to- just take either S bahn, U bahn, or Regional Bahn to Berlin Zoologischer Garten, cross the road, and you are there. The entry costs are Euro12 for adults, Euro6 for children, but if you want to visit the aqaurium too, you will have to fork out Euro18 for an adult and Euro9 for children. May seem rather a lot, but like Cologne, the zoo is pretty big (although maybe not quite as big?), and the aquarium is something special in itself. Unlike at Cologne, i was not given a map, but its a ...

Berlin's Zoo is located right in the centre of the commercial district of West Berlin, just a couple of minutes walk from the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche, and opposite the Zoologischer Garten S-bahn and U-bahn station. I hadn't really planned on visiting the zoological gardens during my visit to Berlin in August 2000, but I was disappointed to find that many of the city's museums and galleries are closed on Mondays – the zoo was one of the few attractions which wasn't. The zoo consists of the west-most portion of the Tiergarten, a large park in the centre of Berlin which was once a royal hunting estate. The land was made into a ...