Zoo Berlin
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Zoo Berlin is Germany’s oldest and most frequently visited zoo, in Berlin’s Tiergarten district south of Großer Tiergarten.
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What's on here
Morgenpost Great 10K durch den Zoo
Sunday · All day
Ferienprogramm Herbst
19 Oct – 23 Oct
Gruselige Tierwelt
Monday · All day
Ferienprogramm Herbst
26 Oct – 30 Oct
Gruselige Tierwelt
Tuesday · All day
Gruselige Tierwelt
Wednesday · All day
Gruselige Tierwelt
Thursday · All day
Gruselige Tierwelt
Friday · All day
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Why go
- See Germany’s only giant pandas.
Opening hours
Today09:00 – 18:30Show all
Monday09:00 – 18:30
Tuesday09:00 – 18:30
Wednesday09:00 – 18:30
Thursday09:00 – 18:30
Friday09:00 – 18:30
Saturday09:00 – 18:30
Sunday09:00 – 18:30
Don't miss
- Elephant GateThe original gate was built in 1899 and reconstructed to its original plans in 1984.At Zoo Berlin
- TuataraZoo Berlin is among the few zoos exhibiting tuatara.Aquarium
- Bird houseExplore the walk-through aviary and large aviaries for waders and herons; hornbills and parrots breed here regularly.Bird house
- Pang PhaElephant Pang Pha is known for peeling bananas with her trunk.Zoo Berlin
Know before you go
- Staff shortages led the zoo to limit guided-tour offerings.
- Through its Berlin World Wild programme, Zoo Berlin supports animal and habitat protection worldwide.
Best time to visit
- The zoo is open every day of the year.
Entrances
- Elephant GateEnter beside the aquarium.Budapester Straße
- Lion GateEnter on Hardenbergplatz.Hardenbergplatz
Shorts
History
Bombing damaged the zoo and destroyed the aquarium in 1943.
- 1844Zoo Berlin was founded. Frederick William IV donated its first animals from Pfaueninsel and the Tiergarten pheasantry.
- 1878The zoo hosted the “Nubian Caravan,” its first human exhibition, organized by Carl Hagenbeck.
- 1878–1932The zoo held 25 human exhibitions.
- 1881Kawesqar people were forcibly exhibited in the Ostrich House for about five weeks. Rudolf Virchow examined ten of them and presented his findings on November 14.
- 1913The aquarium opened.
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- 1938Jewish board members were removed, and Jewish shareholders were forced to sell their shares at a loss.
- 1939Jewish visitors were barred from the zoo.
- 1941Allied bombs hit the zoo.
- 1943A direct hit in November destroyed the aquarium building.
- 1945A count on May 31 found that only 91 of 3,715 animals had survived.
- After World War IIThe zoo and aquarium were rebuilt with animal settings resembling natural habitats.
- 1974Gorilla Fatou gave birth to Dufte, the first gorilla raised in Berlin.
- 1995–2007Panda Yan Yan lived at the zoo from 1995 until her death in 2007.
- 2006Polar bear Knut was born at the zoo and raised by keeper Thomas Dörflein after his mother rejected him.
- 2009A woman who entered the polar bear enclosure was mauled but survived.
- 2011Polar bear Knut died.
- 2012Bao Bao, a male panda who arrived in 1979, died.
How to get there
- TrainZoo Berlin is near Zoologischer Garten station, which connects U-Bahn, S-Bahn and bus services.
Sources: Berlin Zoo - Wikipedia · Berlin Zoo - Wikipedia (part 2) · Zoo-Berlin · Tickets & Pricing – Zoo Berlin · Opening hours – Zoo Berlin · Zoologischer Garten Berlin - Wikipedia · Jardin zoologique de Berlin - Wikipedia · checked 24 Sep 2026
Where
Hardenbergplatz 8, Berlin
- Website
- zoo-berlin.de/de
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Questions and answers
Which other Berlin zoo does Zoo Berlin cooperate with?
Since reunification, it has cooperated closely with Berlin-Friedrichsfelde Zoo.
Who donated its first animals?
Frederick William IV donated animals from Pfaueninsel and the Tiergarten pheasantry.
When did the aquarium open?
In 1913.
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