Ringbahn series · Part 4
Ringbahn, part 4: from Westkreuz to Wedding
In the west and north the Ringbahn runs through Berlin's working side: trade fair, harbor, industry. In between are a hundred-year-old radio tower, a baroque palace and a former crematorium that now hosts concerts. Here it pays to choose your stops.
Section Westkreuz to Wedding, 7 stations
Direction Clockwise on the S41
Good for Towers, palaces and industrial history
Walking times Measured on OpenStreetMap footpaths
The Ringbahn series
- Part 1: all 27 stations
- Part 2: Ostkreuz to Tempelhof
- Part 3: Südkreuz to Halensee
- Part 4: Westkreuz to Wedding
- Part 5: Gesundbrunnen to Frankfurter Allee
08 Westkreuz · For changing trains
A crossing of the Ringbahn and the Stadtbahn. This is where to switch to the forest.
Grunewald and Teufelsberg
Take the S7 one stop to Grunewald and walk through the forest to Teufelsberg with its old listening station.
09 Messe Nord/ICC · Worth getting off
Two landmarks of West Berlin architecture stand side by side here.
about 8 minutes on foot from the station
Radio tower
The "Langer Lulatsch" opened on 3 September 1926 for the radio exhibition and is around 147 meters tall including the antenna. The viewing platform at about 126 meters has been open again since March 2026 after renovation, with the restaurant below at around 55 meters. The platform closes in storms and icy weather; check times with Messe Berlin.
about 9 minutes on foot from the station
Haus des Rundfunks
Opposite stands Hans Poelzig's broadcasting house, opened in 1931 and one of the oldest in Europe. The rbb broadcaster occasionally offers tours, and dates vary.
ICC
The silver congress center right by the station has been closed since 2014 and still looks like a landed spaceship.
The classic
The TV tower
Long queue, expensive ticket, view to the west.
Kieznah tip
The radio tower
Its older brother turned one hundred in 2026. Up top you stand in the open air and look out over the trade fair, the Grunewald and the whole city.
10 Westend · Worth getting off
The easiest way from the ring to Charlottenburg Palace.
about 8 minutes on foot from the station
Klausenerplatz
A neighborhood of restored 19th-century houses with small shops and pubs that feels like a small town. More in the Kiez atlas.
about 10 minutes on foot from the station
Charlottenburg Palace
From 1695 the Lietzenburg was built here as a summer residence for Sophie Charlotte, and after her death in 1705 the palace was named after her. Behind it lies one of the earliest French-style baroque gardens in Germany, ideal for a long walk down to the Spree.
11 Jungfernheide · For changing trains
Change here for the U7 and regional trains, with two destinations for people with time to spare.
about 27 minutes on foot from the station
Water tower in the Volkspark Jungfernheide
At around 146 hectares the Volkspark is one of the largest parks in the city. Its landmark is the expressionist brick water tower from 1927, 38 meters high, with a beer garden in front of it in summer.
Siemensstadt
Take the U7 three stops to Siemensdamm, where the Siemensstadt housing estate from the 1920s and early 1930s begins, one of the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
12 Beusselstraße · Just ride through
On the edge of Moabit, mostly industry and the wholesale market. Best to stay on the train.
13 Westhafen · For changing trains
Industrial history to ride past.
Westhafen harbor
Berlin's largest port opened in 1923 and is one of the few still handling containers, scrap and cement today. You get the best view of the old warehouses along the canal from the train. This is where you change for the U9.
14 Wedding · Worth getting off
Two destinations that show how varied Wedding is.
about 7 minutes on foot from the station
silent green Kulturquartier
The Wedding crematorium was inaugurated in 1912 and operated until 2002. After years standing empty it has become a cultural venue, and the domed hall hosts concerts, readings and film screenings. A quiet urn cemetery surrounds it.
about 10 minutes on foot from the station
Leopoldplatz
The square is home to the Alte Nazarethkirche, one of Karl Friedrich Schinkel's four suburban churches, consecrated in 1835. A weekly market is held in front of it. More on the canal bank in the Kiez atlas.