Reichstag Building

nice place with free entry. pre booking online is a must, opens one month before

The German Parliament Building is very memorial. If you come, you can ask a local guide or ask local passers-by or friends. Because this is really memorial, it is worth visiting.

The German Parliament building, a historic building in Berlin, opened in 1894 and was abandoned in 1933 after the fire was severely damaged and was not fully restored until the reunification of Germany in 1990. The Parliament building was once again the meeting place of the German Parliament in 1999.

The Capitol in central Berlin was decided to build after the defeat of France in the German-French War in 1871, during the last battle of the European battlefield in World War II. On April 28, 1945, German contact with the outside world was interrupted, and Soviet 152 mm and 203 mm howitzers entered Berlin city, attacking the German Parliament building. The Germans deployed light howitzers on the roof of the Capitol were not able to defeat the Soviets' large-calibre howitzers either destroyed or dumbed down. Red Army soldiers stormed into the Capitol through a gap bombed by shells, and fought with the Germans on a floor by floor. After a hundred years of vicissitudes, after several wars, the old Capitol has been incomplete, and the construction of the Capitol in 1995 has once again become the focus of the press and public attention. On 19 April 1999 the Bundestag officially moved into the restored and renovated Parliament building, which was re-entered into the center of German political life.

To visit the House of Parliament, you need to apply in advance on the official website of the Parliament. You can choose to visit the Dome freely (including audio tours), or a total of 90 minutes including the inside of the Parliament. Since the application was late (about two weeks in advance), only the application was made. Present the confirmation letter, pass the security check, and the staff will lead the admission. After the front facade of the Parliament Building, the towering Ionian column rises above the gables similar to the Greek temple, and the door is marked "DEM DEUTSCHEN VOLKE" － for the people of Germany. Take the classic porch to the modern hall and take the elevator to the upper dome. Take the Chinese audio guide first, then take the spiral trail. At the center of the dome is a funnel-shaped column covered with 360 mirrors to refract sunlight, providing natural light and heat to the room, and these mirrors can also be adjusted through computer control to achieve maximum efficiency. The dome is a large opening. Although the rainwater enters the room directly, it will not affect the parliament venue at all through the internal pipe of the column, but can play a function of centralizing the rainwater reuse. The fully transparent dome will unfold the 360-degree view of Berlin in front of it; If it wasn't rainy, it should be a great view. But even on rainy days, through the step-by-step guided audio introduction, from the dome to the four directions, the solemn Brandenburg Gate, the modern Berlin railway station, the winding Spree River, the Berlin TV Tower like the Oriental Pearl Tower, the "deep autumn" Diergato Park, And the flying of the parliament building, the unified German flag, the 360-degree panoramic view of the new Berlin unfolds in front of the eyes, plus the construction of the building itself, you can feel the vitality of the new Berlin and the new Germany.

Visitors need to make an appointment to visit the Parliament. Please make an appointment in advance for easy access. The only part of the sphere is the work of the British designer. The design is very beautiful. Visitors can walk up the sphere, the top is open, and the glass below the sphere can see the Parliament Hall. Below the sphere is an introduction to the Capitol. This is not a new building, but a new and old building. It is worth noting that the original building of the German Parliament building was severely damaged in World War II, and was retained after reconstruction, fused with the new part, adding the ball part.

The 1884 Capitol itself is a tortuous history, its dome destroyed in World War II and creatively restored to glass dome after the reunification of Germany. Although its appearance is simple and solemn, but has a modern core, the facilities are very advanced, the most impressive is the environmental protection of the building! This is also a personal favorite of Berlin architecture landscapes - the German Parliament building, where the aesthetics of architecture, the history, the technology of environmental efficiency, the concept of power and supervision are integrated.