Neighborhood 48H guide
Hauptbahnhof & Moabit: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
Contemporary art and dinosaurs by the main station.
Around Berlin’s main station, the Hamburger Bahnhof, a former railway terminus, is the national museum of contemporary art, and the Museum für Naturkunde, with its towering dinosaur skeletons, is a short walk east.
Photo gallery
Photo: John Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Direct links to the airport and long-distance trains.
Who it's for: Train travelers and families.
Pros
- Trains
- Museums
- By the Spree
Cons
- Few restaurants
- Quiet at night
- Office blocks
48H in Hauptbahnhof & Moabit
Contemporary art and dinosaurs by the main station.
10:00 – Hamburger Bahnhof
Contemporary art in the old station.
14:00 – Museum für Naturkunde
Dinosaurs and natural history.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
See / do
See / do
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
Invalidenstraße 50–51
Contemporary art in a 19th-century railway station.
Photo: John Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →See / do
Museum für Naturkunde
Invalidenstraße 43
Natural history museum with mounted dinosaur skeletons.
Official site / map →
Where to stay
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Hotel · Expedia
Steigenberger Hotel Am Kanzleramt
Hauptbahnhof
Hotel with a spa next to the main station.
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Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for Hauptbahnhof & Moabit.
Berlin’s ban on misusing housing (Zweckentfremdungsverbot) means renting out a whole flat to visitors needs a permit from the district office, which comes with a registration number that must be shown in every online listing. Second homes are generally limited to 90 rental days a year, and illegal rentals can be fined up to €500,000. Before booking on Vrbo, check that the listing shows a Berlin registration number.
Browse vacation rentals in Hauptbahnhof & Moabit on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in Berlin
- Mitte & Museum Island — Museum Island and the Humboldt Forum.
- Alexanderplatz — The TV Tower and East Berlin life.
- Brandenburg Gate & Reichstag — The Gate, the Reichstag dome and the Memorial.
- Potsdamer Platz & Kulturforum — Old masters, modern art and the Philharmonie.
- Kreuzberg — The Jewish Museum, market halls and canal bars.
- Friedrichshain — The East Side Gallery and Karl-Marx-Allee.
- Prenzlauer Berg — Mauerpark and the Berlin Wall Memorial.
- Charlottenburg — The palace, the Ku’damm and the Memorial Church.