Get to know the old heart of Berlin, where it first beat. This is where the city was founded almost 800 years ago, as a fishing village and small commercial settlement at a ford through the Spree. After almost 600 years of rule by the Hohenzollerns, rise from a margraviate to an electorate, the Prussian kingdom to the capital of the German Empire - and two lost world wars, this is where the metropolis shows its diversity. With all the breaks, radical upheavals, new beginnings and the desire to become eternal and never be finished. Experience architecture and history up close.