Visit Tour Berlin TV: tickets, prices, schedules

Are you in Berlin, the German capital? So don’t miss out on discovering one of the icons of the Germanic metropolis, the amazing Tour Berlin TV!

Germany is the first European economic power. This nation with enlivened history is now internationally renowned for its leading role in European policy or high-tech industries, such as automobiles. But one cannot forget that Germany is also an attractive country, rich culture, and that millions of visitors come to discover the country of Goethe, each year, and in particular its capital Berlin: there are many tourist points of interest including the Berlin TV Tower, the latter representing one of the symbols of the city abroad.

To convince you to take a look at this European gem, and to help you organize your visit, we have prepared a complete program that crosses all the information essential to your stay: historic site, attractions not to be missed, access plan but also schedules and rates are presented below!

So, ready to visit the Berlin TV Tower?

History of the Tour Berlin TV

The Berliner Fernsehturm, the German name of the building, which means “the Berlin TV tower”, was built under the aegis of the leaders of the GDR who planned the installation of a technical tower in Berlin, allowing to broadcast television programmes. East-German. After considering the construction on the hills of Müggelberge, it was finally decided to place it on its current site as it might hinder an air corridor! The building was designed by the architect Hemann Henselmann as an arrow to the sky, and erected using the technique of formwork climbing: the internal metal structure is assembled before the concrete layer, which wraps around it. The sphere, raised several hundred meters above the ground, represented a puzzle for engineers and repeatedly failed to sign the failure of the construction!

It began in 1965 to finally end 53 months later, in 1969, which then constituted a record and a real technical prowess. It must be said that the communist leaders wanted, apart from the technical attributes of the building, to prove the power and effectiveness of the political system aligned with Moscow: the famous sphere was a tribute to the Soviet satellites of the Sputnik type, and had to light up in red, which is the color of socialism!

After the fall of the wall and the reunification of the country, voices rose to destroy this high-ranking communist symbol... 368 metres - in 1969, it was the third highest self-porting structure in the world! - but the government preferred to keep what was already and remained, until now, one of the unconditional elements of the city of Berlin and one of its main emblems on the international plane.

What to see and do in the Berlin TV Tower?

The “Telecommunications tower 32” – the official and technical name of the building – is therefore a transmitter used to broadcast programs for several radio and television stations: this is its main function. But she also plays the role of observation tower, with a platform perched at 203 meters and one rotating restaurant . Yes, turning: restaurant Sphere , at 207 meters high, makes a full tour in sixty minutes, which, the time of a meal taken in front of the windows, allows to observe the whole Germanic capital the time of a meal!

You will have understood it, to visit the Berlin TV Tower, it is not only to go in a tour of transmission but in a major tourist attraction, not to miss under any pretext. In addition, it can be arranged marriages and events and many couples privatize the bar to celebrate their weddings! Two lifts with a capacity of twelve people each catapult visitors to highest bar in Berlin 203 meters in less than forty seconds. Here you can enjoy a splendid panoramic view of the Berlin region through sixty windows, and directly access the panoramic restaurant a few meters higher. It is interesting to note that for security reasons and drastic fire standards, the kitchen of the tower is located at the foot of the tower: the dishes are directly powered by an elevator to the restaurant!

How to visit the Berlin TV Tower?

First of all, we recommend you arrive at the Tour Berlin TV with 20 minutes ahead , in order to bend you to security controls at your entrance into the building. The main entrance is located opposite the S-Bahn train station, on Alexanderplatz , just opposite the Gontardstraße exit of Alexanderplatz Metro Station.

It can be accessed in several ways, the city of Berlin being perfectly served by public transport:

• ♪ bus, via TXL lines, M48, 100, 200, 248, N5, N8
• ♪ train (S-Bahn, regional express network) via S5, S7, S75
• ♪ subway (U-Bahn), via U2, U5, U8 lines
• ♪ tram, via lines M4, M5, M6, M2
• ♪ regional train, via RE1, RE2, RE7, RB14

If you come to visit the Berlin TV Tour car , car parks await you all around: an underground garage and several car parks covered around the Alexanderplatz, as well as parking in Otto-Braun-Strasse and parking spaces are available in the parking lot of the Hotel Park Inn at the Rathauspassagen de la Grunerstrasse, in the Otto-Braun-Strasse or in the centre Alexa on Alexanderstrasse.

Tour rates Berlin TV

RATES

The price of tickets is very affordable:

• Adult : 16,50€
• Child (4-14) : 9,50€

European students will benefit from 20% discount subject to a supporting document!

Tips to optimize your experience

• Take one ticket cut-file, to book directly on the internet after choosing the desired date and time, to avoid long queues. In fact, only the latter provide access to the Sphere restaurant.
• For the visit of the observation platform, at bar 203, it will cost you 21,50 € per adult and 12 € per child from four to 14 years old.
• To visit the Berlin TV Tower by taking advantage of a good meal at the panoramic restaurant, where a table will be booked, the rates are identical to those of bar 203 unless you choose a table on the window: in this case you will have to pay 24,50 € per adult and 15 € per child. But the view is largely worth the slight overcost!