City Parks

Built in the 1980s on former slaughterhouse grounds, designed by Bernard Tschumi as a postmodern cultural park integrating architecture, arts and open lawns.

Opened in 1993 on a disused railway viaduct, pioneering elevated greenways and inspiring New York’s High Line with its linear gardens.

Originally a 16th century hunting ground for Brandenburg electors, transformed into a landscaped public park in the 18th–19th centuries and restored after wartime devastation.

Former Tempelhof Airport closed in 2008 and reopened as a massive public park preserving runways, open fields and aviation heritage for recreation and community projects.

Opened in 1848 as Berlin’s first municipal park, expanded with war memorials and postwar reconstruction, blending wooded hills with recreational areas.

Created in the late 19th century along the Spree, later home to the vast Soviet War Memorial built after World War II.

Opened in 1876, reshaped by wartime bunkers and later transformed into terraced gardens and lookout points with panoramic city views.

Built on the former Görlitzer Bahnhof railway site after reunification, evolving into a lively multicultural green space with community use.

Developed along the former Berlin Wall death strip, transformed into a vibrant park symbolizing reunification and creative urban culture.

Opened in 1985 for the Federal Garden Show, designed as a modern horticultural landscape with lakes, themed gardens and family‑friendly facilities.

Created in the late 17th century around Charlottenburg Palace, blending baroque formality with later English‑style landscaping.

Converted from disused railway yards into a contemporary urban park in the 2010s, integrating industrial heritage with modern recreation.

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Founded in 1626 as a royal medicinal garden, expanded into France’s main botanical centre with greenhouses, menagerie and scientific institutions.

Created in 1612 by Marie de’ Medici for the Luxembourg Palace, later redesigned with formal terraces, orchards and sculptures reflecting French classical garden design.

Commissioned in 1564 by Catherine de’ Medici, redesigned by Le Nôtre in the 17th century into a formal French garden linking Louvre and Place de la Concorde.

Established in the 18th century by the Duke of Chartres, redesigned under Napoleon III, known for eclectic follies inspired by global architectural styles.

Created in 1867 on a former gypsum quarry, transformed by Napoleon III into a dramatic romantic landscape with cliffs, grottos and a suspended bridge.

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1914 replacing the older city centre garden designed to support scientific research and public education in botany