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The Staatsbibliothek is awesome, what else am I missing in Berlin?
I've been in Berlin for a while but I don't think I'm good in p… I finally went for the first time to the Staatsbibliothek (Unter den Linden) and I'm still mindblown by how great it is. And it's free!
I've been in Berlin for a while but I don't think I'm good in picking up these types of things. So I thought I'd ask and see if you have any other suggestions of jewels Berlin offers that people might miss.
the jacob-und-wilhelm-grimm-zentrum is the humboldt uni library near friedrichstrasse, it's a massive modern building with this insane glass facade and a spiral staircase inside. way less touristy than the staatsbibliothek but free to walk in and browse the lower floors, feels like a spaceship for studying. also if ur into quirky free stuff, the vorderasiatisches museum on museum island has a free area in the lobby with a giant ishtar gate replica that most people walk past on their way to the paid sections
You've hit on something good with the Staatsbibliothek. For a similar kind of free, grand intellectual space, walk over to the Humboldt Forum's Schlüterhof courtyard. The building itself is a controversial rebuild, but the public areas are free and you can wander past the massive Ethological Museum vitrines in the lower level without a ticket. I'd also suggest the quiet reading room in the back of the Ehemalige St. Hedwigs-Krankenhaus on Große Hamburger Straße, it's a small public library in a former hospital chapel with a high wooden ceiling, about ten minutes from Hackescher Markt.
if you liked the staatsbibliothek, check out the amerika-gedenk bibliothek near nollendorfplatz. it's got this weird mix of cold war history and a chill reading vibe, plus the building itself is pretty cool
