Transportation to the start point: U-Bahn lines 9, 15 (Kurfuerstendamm station), or 15 (Uhlandstrasse station).
Although this route deals primarily with shopping, recreation and entertainment, there are sites along it that are worthy of consideration.
The route starts at the Zoo train station. It is recommended to include a visit to the zoo. Most of the track is in the eastern part of the street, close to Breitscheid square (Breitscheidplatz). The most prominent structure is the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Another important structure is the commercial center "Europe House".
From the railway station, we walk to Tauentzien Strasse, one of the most important commercial streets of Berlin. Germany's flagship store ka-We-De is located there.(Click here).
From Breitscheidplatz, we enter Tauentzien street.
This street was built by the Kaiser, imitating the Paris Boulevards. In 1864 it was named after a Prussian army officer, called von Tauentzien (1760-1824), under a decree of the Prussia's cabinet, which made it compulsory to call streets and squares after the name of officers who participated in the wars of liberation against Napoleon.
In the street section between the Marburger Strasse and Nuernberger Strasse, on the traffic island, where the tramway rails had been located, a silver statue is placed. Officially, it is called "Berlin", but Berlin residents gave it its sardonic nickname, "twisted intestines".
The sculpture was created in 1987 on the occasion of the Berlin's 750th anniversary. It's made of four giant chrome-nickel twisted tubes, meant to be, on the one hand, a symbol of the division of the city, and on the other hand, a symbol of the non-integral relationship between its parts. However, two years later, the statue lost its actuality. Berlin was reunited.
Several stores in this street are interesting places: Ka-De-We, C&A, Peek & Cloppenburg (click here to visit them).
