Berlin

By Travelog Editorial Team · Updated August 8, 2026

Berlin is one of Germany's three city-states, where the city and the federal state are the same entity, and today Berlin is the only city Travelog covers there: a city guide plus a standalone page on Museum Island, the UNESCO-listed complex of five museums UNESCO inscribed in 1999.

Berlin is both the city and the federal state, one of only three such city-states in Germany alongside Hamburg and Bremen. Museum Island is the single UNESCO site the city's heritage story is built around, so the city's own guide plus the island's standalone page underneath it cover what a genuine Berlin visit centers on.