Step into a time capsule at the insightful yet entertaining DDR Museum (ddr-museum.de; adult/concession €13.50/8), which dives into daily life in socialist East Germany. You'll learn how kids were put through collective potty training, engineers earned little more than farmers, and everyone, it seems, went on nudist holidays. Perennial crowd-pleasers include taking a virtual spin in a Trabi, the tinny East German standard car, and nosing around a GDR flat fully furnished with original objects.
The more sinister sides of daily life, including the chronic supply shortages and surveillance by the Stasi (secret police), are also addressed.
