Rotes Rathaus

5 Monika Monique - a month ago

The Red City Hall is another landmark in Berlin. It is located in the Mitte near Alexanderplatz and St Nikolai Quarter - the oldest area of Berlin. It is the seat of the governing Mayor and the Senate. The eye-catching building was created between 1861 and 1869 and it has over 247 rooms. It can be visited for free, no admission fee.

4 Robin Irwin - 2 years ago

Made by the Soviets? It actually predates it. This building was designed by Hermann Friedrich Warsemann in the late 19th century.

During that time it functioned as the municipality building for Berlin till ut got heavily bombed by WW2 allied forces.

When East Berlin became part of the Soviet republic, ut joused the East Berlin Soviet politicians untill the wall fell.

From 1991 became again municipality building for the whole of Berlin.

4 BradJill - 4 years ago

Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall) is the monument building and landmark just off Alexanderplatz. It is a beautiful building to see from the outside if you enjoy architecture and is open to the public for visitation from 9am to 6pm daily.

Sadly, the building is closed at times for scheduled events and when security issues arise. This may affect your sightseeing intentions when attempting to visit. This was the case on the day we attempted to visit, preventing us from entering and enjoying the galleries and sight rooms within Rotes Rathaus.

Regardless, the exterior of Rotes Rathaus is delightful and worth spending a few minutes to enjoy even if you are unable to enter the building. Built between 1861 and 1869 by German architect Hermann Friedrich Waesemann, Rots Rathaus is made with red brick and of Neo-Renaissance design. The facade is attractive and the building is fronted with a single clock tower that resembles Notre-Dame de Laon in France. All makes for very nice pictures or Rotes Rathaus.

Sadly, like much of Berlin, Rotes Rathaus was heavily damaged during WWII but was restored between 1951-1958, returning the building to its former glory. This is what you see today when viewing and/or hopefully visiting Rotes Rathaus.

Note: Presently there is a tremendous amount of construction taking place in the square directly in front of Rotes Rathaus which limits the positions you can take to photograph the building.

5 pts pts - 2 years ago

Beautiful building that surpringly survived a very hard history. It's a beautiful brick building, neo-classical? Northern Gothic? Not sure of the style- just Love it.

4 Norma Jean Vergara - 5 years ago

We weren't able to get inside but sure looks stunning from outside! One of the best city halls I have seen so far. It's so huge that it's difficult to take a decent photo of it. There is construction work all around when we visited.

5 Mykhailo Sukhonosov - 3 years ago

This is a remarkable building! I love how the Rathaus is red with this clock. You can sit down there for a minute, take a rest, drop a coin into the Neptune's Fountain. Berlin is a place to be!;)

5 BUMBLE BEE - a month ago

minimum a picture to be do there ;-)