Tiergarten is the oldest and most renowned public park with a large amount of the city’s green space. Accessible from any part of Berlin, the park also includes monuments, memorials and other attractions.
A former hunting ground was converted into Tiergarten, a leisure park for the people. Peter Lenne designed the landscape, now used by the locals for picnics, jogging, skating, walking or simply lazing, especially on sunny days. On the edge of the park is the official residence of the president of Germany.
The park is closer to other famous attractions like the Brandenburg Gate, Museum Islands, and Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The Spree River on the northern side and the Zoological garden on the south-western side, Tiergarten as the park is now called, remain situated in the area with the same name.
An expansive inner-city green park spread across 210 hectares of land and 23 kilometres of routes; the area is also known as the city’s green lung. Similar to New York’s Central Park or London’s Hyde Park, Berlin has Tiergarten as the most extensive garden in the city.