Victory Column
A 67 metre column topped by a golden statue of Victoria in the middle of the Tiergarten in Berlin. It was built from 1864 to 1873 to mark Prussian military victories, and visitors can climb 285 steps to a viewing platform.
- Where
- Berlin, Germany
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 52.5145, 13.3501
Get the Victory Column stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Victory Column. 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 Victory Column
Berlin Zoological Garden 1.1 km
The oldest zoo in Germany, opened in 1844 in the Tiergarten in western Berlin. It keeps more species than any other zoo in the world, and has a famous aquarium and an elephant gate with Indian style architecture.
Großer Tiergarten 1.1 km
The large inner city park of Berlin, once a royal hunting ground and opened to the public in the 19th century. It covers about 210 hectares of lawns, lakes and woodland, and has the Victory Column and Bellevue Palace at its edge.
Gemäldegalerie 1.2 km
An art museum at the Kulturforum in Berlin that shows European painting of the 13th to 18th century, opened in its present building in 1998. Its collection includes works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio and Botticelli.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church 1.5 km
A church on Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, bombed in 1943. The ruined west tower was kept as a memorial, and a modern octagonal hall of blue glass by Egon Eiermann was added next to it in 1961. Locals call the ruin the hollow tooth.
Reichstag 1.8 km
The seat of the German parliament in Berlin, completed in 1894 and badly damaged in the war. Norman Foster rebuilt it in the 1990s and added a glass dome that visitors can walk up, with views over the city.
Brandenburg Gate 1.9 km
An 18th century neoclassical gate in central Berlin, built on the site of an older city gate that marked the start of the road to Brandenburg an der Havel. It stood beside the Berlin Wall for decades and is now one of Germany's best known landmarks.
Potsdamer Platz 1.9 km
A public square and busy crossing in central Berlin, about a kilometre south of the Brandenburg Gate. It was a no man's land beside the Wall and was rebuilt in the 1990s with the Sony Center, offices, cinemas and the Berlinale Palast.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe 1.9 km
A field of 2,711 concrete slabs of different heights near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, designed by Peter Eisenman and opened in 2005. An information centre below ground tells the stories of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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Questions
Where is Victory Column?
Victory Column is in Berlin, Germany. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Berlin Zoological Garden (1.1 km), Großer Tiergarten (1.1 km), Gemäldegalerie (1.2 km).
How do I get the Victory Column stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Victory Column 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 Victory Column 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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