Explore the impressive terracotta timeline of Berlin's history stretching all around the Red Town Hall. See the origins of the city and the cause for the most important uprising in Berlin's early history depicted in stone.

Catch sight of a prime example of socialist kitsch built for the 750th anniversary of Berlin and the last remnants of the Palace of the Republic - the seat of the East German parliament and the most famous entertainment venue in the socialist half of the city at the same time.

Explore the East German answer to the Red Town Hall's terracotta timeline - this timeline shows the most important moments in the history of the socialist country, with such pivotal moments as the building of the Berlin Wall suspiciously absent from it.

Meet the authors of The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. The statue of the two socialist philosophers has been a subject of much debate over the years.

See the reconstructed Berlin Palace and find out how the original palace was a witness to several protests and revolutions, most notably the March Revolution of 1848, which sowed the seeds of democracy in Germany.

See the Rosenstrasse monument for the women who staged a courageous act of civil disobedience in the cold winter of 1943 - the only protest by Germans against the Final Solution. Hear about Jewish life under Nazi rule and see the foundations of the oldest synagogue in Berlin.

Marvel at one of the oldest churches in Berlin, where Martin Luther King delivered a sermon to a huge crowd in 1964.

Catch sight of Berlin's Television Tower - the landmark of the city and a symbol of communist power.

Explore the history of the Peaceful Revolution of 1989 by tracing the events that led to the Fall of the Wall. Hear about young East German oppositionists who staged a "T-shirt protest" by the fountain in autumn 1989.

Stand at the most popular meeting spot in East Berlin - a rotating clock of a unique design showing time in 148 cities around the world.