Berlin on Street View

How to recognise the city from a panorama

Berlin stands out with wide cycle lanes cut into the pavement, Ampelmännchen crossing lights and yellow U-Bahn carriages. Street names hang on white signs with black frames, mounted on poles.

What the streets look like

Cycle lanes are wide and cut into the pavement, marked out by paving colour. Buildings run five or six storeys with flat facades and green courtyards. Lamp posts are thin and grey.

How to tell it from lookalikes

Panel housing in the east and traces of the GDR separate it from Hamburg and Munich. From Vienna it differs by the absence of stucco and plainer facades.

Useful details

Crossing lights in the eastern half show the hatted Ampelmännchen. Underground carriages are yellow, and street plates are white in black frames on their own posts.

Geogessr drops you somewhere random in the world — sometimes in Berlin. Work out where you are and drop a pin on the map.

Country giveaways

A quick check when the panorama looks unfamiliar: these signs are visible almost anywhere in the city.

Country	Germany
Driving side	right-hand
Licence plates	white · blue EU band on the left · letter city code at the start
Script on signs	Latin
Currency	EUR €
Time zone	UTC+1/+2
Domain	.de

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