Berlin is one of those cities where modern art can be found on every corner. It’s a place where the cityscape is constantly changing – new works of art can appear overnight. Perhaps the most famous place for street art is in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, where part of the historic Berlin Wall is now used as the world’s longest open-air gallery.

The city’s East Side Gallery is the world’s longest open-air art gallery and is a 1,316-meter long, preserved fragment of the Berlin Wall painted by hundreds of paintings. However, if you want to avoid the crowds of tourists, you can just as easily find the best of the world’s best street art throughout the city. Each neighborhood has its own unique atmosphere, but the alternative streets of Kreuzberg are a great place to start your artistic journey if you want to see amazing art on almost every wall, doorway, and even rooftop.

If street art doesn’t appeal to you, you can visit Berlin’s countless galleries and museums. There’s even an entire island in the middle of the city, aptly named Museum Island (Museumsinsel), where you’ll find five world-famous museums. Among the many works on display you can see masterpieces by artists such as Monet, Renoir and Manet in the Old Nationalgalerie (Alte Nationalgalerie); in the New Museum (Neues Museum) you can explore ancient Egyptian art, and in the Old Museum (Altes Museum) you can see the largest collection of Etruscan art outside of Italy.

Another piece of art you can’t miss in Berlin is Jonathan Borofsky’s giant Molecular Man sculpture. Erected on the River Spree in 1999, the sculpture is a composition of three male silhouettes made of perforated aluminum. The monument symbolizes the unity of the three districts of Kreuzberg, Alt-Treptow and Friedrichshain and the reunification of West and East Berlin.