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Spandau Citadel

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moderate

9/10

best: morning, afternoon

historic, dramatic, out of the way

A local would say...

A fully intact Renaissance fortress in the middle of a Berlin river — complete with moat and drawbridge, as if the 16th century simply forgot to end.

A 16th-century Renaissance fortress on a small island in the Havel River, considered one of the most important and best-preserved in the world. The moat, drawbridge and arrowhead-shaped bastions make it a textbook of military architecture. Climbing the crenellated Juliusturm offers views of the Havel and surrounding landscape.