Berlin TV Tower Tickets

The cheapest Berlin TV Tower tickets on GetYourGuide cost $22.48 for the standard fast track entrance ticket, which is also the most reviewed option at 4.41 from 17,420 reviews. The tower is 368 m tall, according to Wikidata, and its viewing platform is about 203 m up. For the view I’d book a slot in the hour before sunset.

Berlin TV Tower at a Glance

I compared the five Berlin TV Tower tickets and tours that GetYourGuide sells for this landmark, and I list all of them on this page. Four are sold by the tower’s own operating company, TV-Turm Alexanderplatz Gastronomiegesellschaft mbH, and one is a private photo walk from another operator. Locals call the building the Fernsehturm, so Fernsehturm tickets and Berlin TV Tower tickets are the same product. The figures below come from Wikidata, Wikipedia and Open-Meteo.

What	Detail
Visitor levels	Panoramic floor at about 203 m, with the Sphere restaurant a few metres above at 207 m, per Wikipedia
Open air or indoor	Indoor, a glazed sphere with a bar on the panoramic floor
Address	Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin (per Google Maps)
Opening hours	9 AM to 11 PM every day (per Google Maps)
Time to allow	45 minutes for the standard ticket, 2 hours for a Sphere restaurant booking, per the listings

“Two lifts transport visitors to the sphere of the tower within 40 seconds.”

Berlin TV Tower Observation Deck Tickets

If you search for Berlin TV Tower observation deck tickets, the product you want is the one in this section. It is called Ticket for TV Tower - The Highest Berlin Experience, and of all the Berlin TV Tower tickets it is the plain admission one, with no meal attached. The listing says it includes fast track entry, access to the viewing platform, free Wi-Fi and unlimited viewing time once you are inside.

TV-Turm Alexanderplatz Gastronomiegesellschaft mbH

Ticket for TV Tower - The Highest Berlin Experience

• ★ 4.4 (17,420 reviews)
• 45 minutes

My pick: My first-visit pick: the cheapest way up, with the most reviews of any option here.

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Among Berlin TV Tower tickets the price is $22.48 and the rating is 4.41 from 17,420 reviews, far more than any other listing on this page. Reviewers mention a bar on the platform; one wrote that they had a piña colada while the whole of Berlin spread out below. Plan for about 45 minutes, which is the duration the listing gives. The ticket is non-refundable, so choose a date only when you have checked the forecast.

“Well organized- never felt hurried- beautiful views of the historic city! Definitely recommend!”

Berlin TV Tower Tickets and Prices

The full list of Berlin TV Tower tickets and prices runs from $22.48 to $173.09, and the cheapest and the dearest are both bookings in the same tower. The one in this section is the Sphere restaurant entry ticket, listed as TV Tower Sphere by Tim Raue - Dine at 207 Meters. It is rated 4.38 from 1,787 reviews and lasts 2 hours.

TV-Turm Alexanderplatz Gastronomiegesellschaft mbH

TV Tower Sphere by Tim Raue - Dine at 207 Meters

• ★ 4.4 (1,787 reviews)
• 2 hours

My pick: Choose this if you would rather sit at a table than stand at a window.

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Of the Berlin TV Tower tickets, this is the one for the restaurant rather than a standard deck visit. The listing includes admission to the Sphere restaurant, a table reservation, fast track entry, the lift ride and the 360 degree view, along with food and drinks. It carries the same $22.48 price as the standard ticket, so I’d read the options on the booking page to see what is charged at the table. One reviewer who went for lunch said the food was better than they expect at a tourist venue.

Of the five Berlin TV Tower tickets and tours, only the standard ticket and this one are plain entry tickets. The other three are a breakfast, a set menu and a photo walk, and each is covered in the sections below, so you can see all the Berlin TV Tower tickets in one place.

Berlin TV Tower Restaurant

The Berlin TV Tower restaurant is the Sphere, which the listings name after the chef Tim Raue, and it sits a few metres above the panoramic floor at 207 m. Wikipedia says it rotates once every 30 minutes, so a 2-hour table sees the whole skyline several times. Wikipedia also states that around 1,500 of the up to 5,000 daily visitors go to the restaurant.

TV-Turm Alexanderplatz Gastronomiegesellschaft mbH

TV Tower Sphere by Tim Raue - The highest Breakfast

• ★ 4.5 (241 reviews)
• 2 hours

My pick: The breakfast table is the cheapest way to get a seat in the Sphere, and it works for a family morning.

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$55.08

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Among the Berlin TV Tower tickets, the restaurant booking in this section is the highest breakfast: $55.08, rated 4.45 from 241 reviews, for 2 hours. It includes admission, the table reservation, a TV Tower breakfast or a vegan breakfast and one cup of coffee or tea. Children get one cocoa, juice or other non-alcoholic drink. Reviewers liked the family atmosphere, though one complained that orange juice and cappuccino are charged extra. That is $32.60 more than the standard ticket, and you get a seat for 2 hours in place of 45 minutes of standing.

If you want lunch or dinner instead, the entry ticket above is the one that lists food and drinks, and the 4-course menu below is the formal option. Check the official TV Tower website for the current menu and for the luggage rules, since the listings exclude large bags, strollers and bikes.

Berlin TV Tower Height

The Berlin TV Tower is 368 m tall including its antenna, per Wikipedia, which also calls it the tallest structure in Germany. The original height was 365 m, and it grew to 368 m in 1997 when a new antenna was fitted. The visitor platform is far lower than the tip, at about 203 m, and the Sphere restaurant is at 207 m.

The last of the Berlin TV Tower tickets tied to the tower itself fits this section because it is the dearest way to enjoy that height: TV Tower Sphere Tim Raue 4-Course Menu - My Home. It costs $173.09, is rated 4.46 from 49 reviews and takes 2 hours.

TV-Turm Alexanderplatz Gastronomiegesellschaft mbH

TV Tower Sphere Tim Raue 4-Course Menu – My Home

• ★ 4.5 (49 reviews)
• 2 hours

My pick: A dinner-style splurge for a special evening, with the restaurant turning around the city while you eat.

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The price includes admission and a table reservation, a sparkling wine aperitif of 0.1 l, a fixed 4-course menu in an omnivore or vegan version, a 0.1 l wine or non-alcoholic pairing and a specialty coffee. The listing notes that wheelchair users and people with mobility impairments are not covered. Reviews are mixed on the food, with one reviewer calling the atmosphere the best and another saying the setting could not fully make up for weaker dishes. With only 49 reviews, I treat this one as the least tested of the group.

Tv Tower Berlin Price

The TV Tower Berlin price depends on what you want to do once you are up there. Standing on the platform is $22.48, a breakfast table is $55.08 and the set menu is $173.09. Everything here is in USD from the GetYourGuide listings and can change by date.

The product I have left for this section is not a ticket to the tower at all. It is the Private Photoshoot at Museum Island & TV Tower from Waresulens, and I’d only book it for the photos. It costs $44.96 for a private 1.5-hour session for 1 to 6 people, with no rating yet.

Waresulens

Private Photoshoot at Museum Island & TV Tower

• 1.5 hours
• Free cancellation

My pick: A photo walk rather than a ticket: book it for portraits around Museum Island, not for the view from the platform.

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The walk meets at the Rotes Rathaus U-Bahn station and passes the Humboldt Forum, Berlin Cathedral and the museums on Museum Island. The listing excludes entrance fees to paid attractions, so you would still need one of the Berlin TV Tower tickets above to go up. It has free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead, which none of the other four products offer, and photos are delivered digitally within 3 days.

Use the calculator to work out what your group would pay for any of these Berlin TV Tower tickets.

Berlin TV Tower Opening Hours

Google Maps lists the Berlin TV Tower as open from 9 AM to 11 PM every day of the week. That is a long window, so I’d pick the slot for your Berlin TV Tower tickets by light rather than by the clock. Opening hours can differ on holidays and during maintenance, so check the official site before you travel, because I cannot see the live calendar.

Your Berlin TV Tower ticket is for a chosen entry slot, and the standard listing does not make you leave after a set time once you are in. If you book the last evening slots in winter, you will be on the platform after dark, since the sun sets at 15:51 in December.

Berlin TV Tower Tickets Online

Booking Berlin TV Tower tickets online is how you get the fast track entrance that the standard listing and the Sphere entry ticket both include. You pick a date and time on the booking page, pay in USD and receive a voucher. The meeting point is the security control point on the first floor of the tower, reached by steps on the northern side, opposite the Alexanderplatz S-Bahn station.

Four of the five Berlin TV Tower tickets are non-refundable, so I’d book online only when the date is fixed. The photo walk is the exception with its free cancellation up to 24 hours before. If your plans are open, watch the forecast and book a few days ahead rather than weeks ahead. Slots for the sunset hour are the ones I’d expect to go first, so don’t leave them to the last day in summer.

Berlin TV Tower vs CN Tower

Toronto’s CN Tower is the better-known comparison, and the numbers are different enough to matter. The Berlin TV Tower is 368 m tall, with its platform at about 203 m. The CN Tower is 553.3 m tall, with its highest public deck at around 447 m. On price, the cheapest ticket for each is also far apart: $22.48 here and $37.56 for the CN Tower.

I wrote a separate page on CN Tower tickets, with its own height, price and weather figures. If you only have a day in Berlin, I would not let the smaller number put you off. The TV Tower stands in the middle of the old East Berlin, next to Alexanderplatz, so the ride up gives you a view of the city’s history as well as its skyline. The CN Tower beats it on height, and the Berlin tower is the cheaper ride.

Berlin TV Tower Official Website

The operator’s site is tv-turm.de, and it is the place to check holiday hours, restaurant menus and any closure notice. GetYourGuide sells the same entrance as the tower, with the listing showing the operator as TV-Turm Alexanderplatz Gastronomiegesellschaft mbH, the company that also runs the restaurant. Because the operator and the seller match, I treat these four Berlin TV Tower tickets as official admission.

I rely on the official site for anything time-limited, and on the listings for what Berlin TV Tower tickets include. If the two disagree on a date, the official site wins, and the listing’s cancellation terms still apply to your booking.

Berlin TV Tower Entrance

The entrance to the Berlin TV Tower is at its base, on the Panoramastraße side, a few steps from Alexanderplatz. The standard listing says the steps up to the entrance are on the northern side of the tower, directly opposite the Alexanderplatz S-Bahn station. Wikipedia adds that the middle exit of Alexanderplatz station leads to the entrance building, and that several U-Bahn, S-Bahn, tram and bus lines stop at the station.

Go straight to the security control point on the first floor with your Berlin TV Tower tickets. Large luggage, bags, strollers, bikes and scooters are listed as not allowed on the Sphere bookings, so leave them at your hotel. One reviewer found the signs to the tower hard to spot from outside, so look for the sphere above the rooftops and walk toward it. For the 4-course menu, one reviewer suggests reporting to the entrance 15 minutes before your booked time.

Best Time to Visit Berlin TV Tower

The tower works best on a clear day, and the Open-Meteo figures for 2025 show when those are likeliest. March was the clearest month at the tower, with an average cloud cover of 46%, followed by September at 48% and August at 49%. January was the cloudiest at 78%, and October and November were also grey at 72% and 73%.

Month	Sunset (Berlin time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	16:22	78%	3.1 h	19
Feb	17:19	64%	5.3 h	7
Marclearest	18:10	46%	8.8 h	2
Apr	20:05	52%	10.6 h	5
May	20:56	59%	11.7 h	9
Jun	21:31	54%	13.4 h	15
Jul	21:22	64%	10.8 h	18
Augclearest	20:31	49%	11.4 h	8
Sepclearest	19:21	48%	9.7 h	9
Oct	18:11	72%	5.9 h	14
Nov	16:12	73%	4.4 h	9
Dec	15:51	71%	3.9 h	4

Sunset ranges from 15:51 in December to 21:31 in June. Whichever of the Berlin TV Tower tickets you pick, I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset, so you see the city in daylight, the gold hour and the first lights. Choose your date below and the planner shows the sunset and the entry time to book.

What You Can See From the Berlin TV Tower

From the panoramic floor you look over the middle of Berlin. Wikipedia says visibility can reach 42 km on a clear day, while the geometric horizon from a height of 203 m is further out. The calculator shows both ends of that range for a deck height you choose.

Alexanderplatz is directly below at 0.29 km (0.18 mi) and Berlin Cathedral is the nearest big landmark at 0.6 km (0.37 mi). Checkpoint Charlie is 1.97 km (1.22 mi) away and the Brandenburg Gate is 2.2 km (1.37 mi). Potsdamer Platz is 2.6 km (1.61 mi) to the southwest, and the East Side Gallery is 2.7 km (1.68 mi) to the southeast. The Victory Column in the Tiergarten is 4.07 km (2.53 mi) off, and Charlottenburg Palace 7.7 km (4.78 mi). These are straight-line distances from Google Maps coordinates.

Berlin TV Tower vs Other Observation Decks in Berlin

Berlin has a handful of other viewpoints, and only a couple sit close to the tower. The Panoramapunkt at Potsdamer Platz, which sells its own tickets, is the nearest one I cover, at 2.67 km (1.66 mi), and the Reichstag dome has its own page. The Panoramapunkt tickets page has the full detail for that deck, and the table gives the Google Maps figures for the rest.

Place	Google rating	Reviews	Distance from the tower	Tickets
Berlin TV Tower	4.4	53,637	n/a	Yes, from $22.48
Panoramapunkt Berlin	4.7	1,757	2.67 km (1.66 mi)	See the Panoramapunkt page
Spreebalkon	4.2	83	2.49 km (1.55 mi)	None on this site
Funkturm Berlin	4.4	1,917	9.06 km (5.63 mi)	None on this site
Teufelsberg	4.4	7,136	11.79 km (7.32 mi)	None on this site
Grunewald Tower	4.4	3,407	15.15 km (9.41 mi)	None on this site

The tower has by far the most Google reviews of any deck in the city, with 53,637 against 7,136 for Teufelsberg. The Panoramapunkt scores higher at 4.7, but from a much smaller sample.

How I’d Choose

• Cheapest: the $22.48 standard fast track ticket, the lowest of all Berlin TV Tower tickets.
• First visit: the same ticket, booked for the hour before sunset, since it has 17,420 reviews.
• Sunset or a long stay: the Sphere restaurant entry ticket at $22.48, 2 hours at a table, if the booking page shows what you need.
• Families: of the Berlin TV Tower tickets, the $55.08 breakfast, which includes a drink for children and a table in the rotating Sphere.
• Special occasion: the $173.09 4-course menu, the dearest of the Berlin TV Tower tickets, with a sparkling wine aperitif and a pairing.
• Combo with a walk: the $44.96 private photoshoot for Museum Island portraits, plus a standard ticket for the view.