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Olympiastadion Berlin

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easy

9/10

best: afternoon, summer

monumental, historic, sobering

A local would say...

Jesse Owens ran here in 1936 while Hitler watched — the stadium outlived the regime by nearly a century.

Werner March's monumental 1934 Olympic Stadium, one of the most ambitious Nazi-era architectural projects, rebuilt and refurbished in 2004 with new roofing and lowered playing field. The surrounding grounds form an expansive complex of athletic facilities. The stadium's travertine-clad grandeur is both imposing and historically loaded.