Zoo sights in Berlin

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   Sea Life Berlin

   • Berlin, Germany
   • Sights › Zoo

   Pricey but entertaining, this aquarium follows the Spree River into the North Atlantic, introducing you to local aquatic denizens along the way. Visits conclude with a glacial lift ride through the Aquadom, a 16m-tall cylindrical tropical fish tank. Catch a free preview from the lobby of the Radisson SAS Hotel.

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   Berlin Zoo

   • Berlin, Germany
   • Sights › Zoo

   Germany’s oldest animal park opened in 1844 with furry and feathered critters from the royal family’s private reserve. The zoo made worldwide headlines a few years ago with the birth of a polar bear named Knut, which, alas, died suddenly in 2011. Still, an astonishing 18,000 critters representing 1570 species make their home here, many of them in open - but moated - enclosures. The menagerie includes such crowdpleasers as cheeky orangutans, cuddly koalas, endangered rhinos, playful penguins and Bao Bao, the only giant panda on view in Germany.

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3. Tierpark

   • Berlin, Germany
   • Sights › Zoo

   Thanks to polar bear Knut, the Berlin Zoo in Charlottenburg may have been more in the spotlight recently, but with gorgeous landscaping and around 8000 critters in often generously sized enclosures, its eastern cousin is definitely an attraction in its own right. Perennial crowd-pleasers include the tigers and lions in the Alfred-Brehm-Haus; the elephants (including adorable little ones born at the zoo) and rhinos that reside in the Dickhäuterhaus; and the Schlangenfarm, which has more slithering, poisonous snakes than even Harry Potter could handle. The zoo is particularly proud of its oryx antelopes and Vietnamese sika stags, which are extinct in the wild. Before…

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