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Explore our Little BIG City Timeline

Experience the history of Berlin, brought to life by impressive 3D models. With captivating special effects and projections, the small and big stories from different eras are told in a new way. Many people have shaped Berlin. On your way you will meet more than 5,000 of them, some of which are brought to life with the help of state-of-the-art technology.

Discover the different eras of Little BIG City and learn more about them:

a kid with his family watches a miniature knights' competition at Little BIG City Berlin

Early Berlin

Help build the city castle and win the interactive knight tournament.

Early Berlin

a couple of kids watch a historical reconstruction of a factory at Little BIG CityBerlin

The Industrial Revolution

Celebrate the 1,000th locomotive leaving the Borsig factory and meet the great inventors, explorers and poets of this era.

The Industrial Revolution

A couple looks together at the replica of the Haus Vaterland in Little BIG City

Weimar Republic

Marlene Dietrich or Harry Houdini - choose who gets to be on the big stage and revel in the glitter and glamour of the Golden Twenties.

Weimar Republic

The Reichstag is in flames - visitors to Little BIG City can watch the extinguishing work

Berlin 1933

Impressive projection mapping recreates the Reichtstag burning.

Berlin 1933

Visitors take a look at bombed-out Berlin at Little BIG City Berlin

Devastated Berlin

Discover the devastating effetcs of World War II and see how the rubble women helped clear and reconstruct the city.

Devastated Berlin

a boy and a girl watch the reconstruction of the Berlin wall with graffiti at Little BIG City Berlin

Divided City

Experience the most spectacular escapes from East to West and bring the Berlin Wall down with your own two hands.

Divided City

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