‘Berlin Brain’

Around Berlin


British architect Norman Foster was the brain behind the ‘Berlin Brain’, a cranial-shaped 2005 masterpiece of modern architecture that houses the Freie Universität Berlin’s Philological Library. Inside are four floors sheltered within a naturally ventilated, bubble-like enclosure draped in aluminium and glazed panels. An inner membrane of translucent glass fibre filters the daylight, while scattered transparent openings allow momentary glimpses of the sky.

Transportation

  • ubahn: Thielplatz

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Around Berlin attractions

1. Freie Universität Berlin

0.07 MILES

The Free University is one of three public universities in Berlin, with nearly 31,500 students hitting the books in numerous buildings spread across…

2. Museum Europäischer Kulturen

0.32 MILES

Everyday culture and cultural contact in Europe from the 18th century to the present is the focus of this museum, which also examines such topical themes…

3. Freilichtmuseum Domäne Dahlem

0.44 MILES

Pat a potbellied pig or clamber on a historical tractor at this open-air museum that’s actually a modern working farm attached to a rambling manor house…

4. AlliiertenMuseum Berlin

0.73 MILES

The original Checkpoint Charlie guard cabin, a Berlin Airlift plane and a reconstructed spy tunnel are among the dramatic exhibits at the Allied Museum,…

5. Botanischer Garten & Museum

0.81 MILES

Berlin’s vast Freie Universität Berlin–affiliated botanical gardens boast 22,000 plant species. It's an inspirational spot to reconnect with nature…

6. Kunsthaus Dahlem

1.16 MILES

This private art museum in the monumental studio of Nazi-era sculptor Arno Breker presents modernist works created in Germany in the years between WWII…

7. Brücke-Museum

1.19 MILES

In 1905 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner founded Germany’s first modern-artist group, called Die Brücke (The Bridge)…

8. Marlene Dietrich Grave

2.23 MILES

Germany's first actress to hit the big time in Hollywood, Marlene Dietrich was born in Schöneberg in 1901. In 1992 the 'Blue Angel' moved into her final…

  • placement: superzone
  • path: Destinations/POIs/superzone
  • possible size: [970, 250], [970, 90], [728, 90], [1, 1],
  • targeting:
    {
      "url": "germany/grunewald-dahlem/attractions/berlin-brain/a/poi-sig/1540652/1340179",
      "destination": "Around-Berlin",
      "continent": "Europe",
      "country": "Germany",
      "region": "Around-Berlin",
      "position": "superzone"
    }