Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Berlin's most famous landmark: a neoclassical gate of 1791, topped by the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses. For almost 30 years it stood in the no-man's-land of the Berlin Wall, and since 1989 it has been the symbol of a reunited Germany.

Walk through it from Pariser Platz, at the end of the grand boulevard Unter den Linden, into the Tiergarten park. It's lit up at night and is the centre of Berlin's huge New Year's Eve party. The Reichstag and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a field of 2,711 concrete blocks, are a few minutes' walk away.