Oberbaum Bridge
A double-deck bridge over the River Spree in Berlin and one of the city's landmarks. It links Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, two former boroughs divided by the Berlin Wall. Its brick towers and arches were built in 1896, and an underground railway line runs along the upper deck.
- Where
- Berlin, Germany
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 52.5019, 13.4456
Get the Oberbaum Bridge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Oberbaum Bridge. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Berlin volume with your photos and a note.
Near Oberbaum Bridge
East Side Gallery 0.3 km
A 1.3 km stretch of the Berlin Wall along the Spree in Friedrichshain, painted by artists in 1990 after the border opened. It is the longest surviving section with art on it, including the famous Fraternal Kiss mural by Dmitri Vrubel.
Soviet War Memorial, Tiergarten 2.5 km
A Soviet war memorial near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, opened in 1945 as the first of its kind in the city. It has a colonnade, a bronze soldier on a plinth and two T-34 tanks believed to have been the first to enter Berlin.
Alexanderplatz 3.1 km
A large public square and transport hub in the Mitte district of Berlin, named after Tsar Alexander I in 1805. It is overlooked by the Fernsehturm television tower, 368 metres high, and has a World Time Clock from 1969.
Rotes Rathaus 3.1 km
The Red Town Hall, on Rathausstraße in the Mitte district near Alexanderplatz. It is the seat of the Governing Mayor of Berlin and of the city state government. Its name comes from the red brick facade, and the building was constructed between 1861 and 1869.
Berlin Palace 3.4 km
The former royal and imperial palace of Berlin beside Museum Island, badly damaged in the war and demolished in 1950. Its three Baroque facades were rebuilt and the palace reopened in 2020 as the Humboldt Forum, a museum and cultural centre.
Jewish Museum Berlin 3.4 km
Opened in 2001, the largest Jewish museum in Europe. Across 3,500 square metres it presents the history of Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages to the present day. The zigzag building by the architect Daniel Libeskind stands next to an older Baroque courthouse in Kreuzberg.
Berlin Cathedral 3.6 km
A large Protestant church on Museum Island facing the Lustgarten, completed in 1905 in a High Renaissance and Baroque style. Its green copper dome rises about 114 metres, and the crypt holds the tombs of the Hohenzollern family.
Altes Museum 3.7 km
A neoclassical museum on Museum Island in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel and opened in 1830. Its front is a long row of Ionic columns facing the Lustgarten, and it now shows the antiquities collection of the Berlin State Museums.
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Questions
Where is Oberbaum Bridge?
Oberbaum Bridge is in Berlin, Germany. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are East Side Gallery (0.3 km), Soviet War Memorial, Tiergarten (2.5 km), Alexanderplatz (3.1 km).
How do I get the Oberbaum Bridge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Oberbaum Bridge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Berlin volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Oberbaum Bridge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Berlin volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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