Panoramapunkt Tickets

The cheapest Panoramapunkt tickets cost $15 for the skip-the-line elevator ticket, which is also the most reviewed option at 4.4 stars from 1,305 reviews. The platform is 90.15 m up, according to the official Panoramapunkt site, and I’d book a slot in the hour before sunset.

Panoramapunkt at a Glance

I compared the four Panoramapunkt tickets and bundles that GetYourGuide sells for this deck, and all four are on this page. Two are sold by the operator, Panorama Punkt GmbH, and two are bundles from other companies that add an audio tour or a bus pass. The deck is on the top level of the Kollhoff Tower, a 25-storey building completed in 1999, per Wikipedia, and it has been open to the public since April 2000. The figures below come from the sources named in each box. All Panoramapunkt tickets are for the same deck, so the choice is about what else you want in the booking.

What	Detail
Floor	24th floor of the Kollhoff Tower, per the official site
Open air or indoor	Open-air terrace plus a fully glazed Panorama Cafe, per the official site
Address	Potsdamer Platz 1, 10785 Berlin (per Google Maps)
Opening hours	10 am to 7 pm every day (per Google Maps)
Time to allow	About an hour for the lift, the terrace and the exhibition; 2 hours for the audio tour bundle, per its listing

“Take Europe's fastest lift on 90,15m to Berlin's best views in just 20 seconds.”

Panoramapunkt Observation Deck Tickets

Panoramapunkt tickets split into plain admission and bundles, and this is the plain one. If you search for Panoramapunkt observation deck tickets, the product you want is this one. It is called Panoramapunkt Skip-the-Line Elevator Ticket, and it is the plain admission ticket with no meal or tour attached. The listing says it includes the ride in the lift and entrance to the exhibition about Potsdamer Platz, with a skip-the-line option at the lift.

Panorama Punkt GmbH

Panoramapunkt Skip-the-Line Elevator Ticket

• ★ 4.4 (1,305 reviews)
• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

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

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$15

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The price is $15, the rating is 4.4 from 1,305 reviews, and cancellation is free up to 24 hours before. No table or time-slot reservations are possible with this one, so it suits a visit where you just want the view. Of all the Panoramapunkt tickets this is the one I send friends to first. The exhibition is called Berliner Blicke auf den Potsdamer Platz, and it tells the story of a square that was a wasteland while the Wall stood.

Panoramapunkt Tickets and Prices

Panoramapunkt tickets and prices are simple compared with other decks, because there is only one operator and a short price list. The next step up from the plain ticket is the Combo-Ticket for Panoramapunkt with Crémant at Café, a pass that adds a glass of Crémant in the Panorama Cafe and a table or time reservation.

Panorama Punkt GmbH

Combo-Ticket for Panoramapunkt with Crémant at Café

• ★ 4.6 (120 reviews)
• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

My pick: Worth the extra $4 if you want a seat by the glass and a guaranteed table at the top.

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$19

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At $19 it costs $4 more than the plain ticket, and its rating is higher at 4.6 stars, but it has only 120 reviews, so treat the gap with care. Reviewers on GetYourGuide mention the attentive staff and the view over the city when visibility is clear. The listing includes the same lift ride and exhibition as the cheaper ticket.

If you are visiting as a group, the calculator below works out the total for any of the four products and links to the booking page.

Observation Deck Near Me

If you are searching for an observation deck near you while already in the centre of Berlin, Panoramapunkt is at Potsdamer Platz 1, and the entrance is in the Kollhoff Tower opposite the DB Tower, per the combo listing. Potsdamer Platz has its own station, and the Brandenburg Gate is only 0.8 km (0.5 mi) away on foot, so it fits easily into a walk through the middle of the city. Tickets for Panoramapunkt can be bought on the day, but I’d still book ahead. Google Maps shows the deck at 4.7 stars from 1,757 reviews.

The nearest deck I cover is the Reichstag dome, about 1.1 km (0.7 mi) away, and the Berlin TV Tower is 2.7 km (1.7 mi) to the east. The comparison table further down has all three, plus smaller viewpoints.

Panoramapunkt Berlin Tickets

Panoramapunkt Berlin tickets are sold online in advance and at the cash desk in the building. A Panoramapunkt ticket bought online is a voucher you show at the desk, per the listing. Booking Panoramapunkt tickets ahead means you choose a day and are not guessing at the queue, and the skip-the-line option on the $15 ticket lets you go straight to the lift once your voucher is checked. The cancellation window on all four Panoramapunkt tickets is 24 hours before the start, so you can book a few days out and still change plans if the forecast turns grey.

Opening hours matter when you plan. Google Maps lists 10 am to 7 pm daily, while the official site shows 10 am to 6 pm in one place and 10 am to 7 pm in another, with the last ascent half an hour before closing. For any Panoramapunkt ticket I’d treat 6 pm as the safe time to arrive in winter and check the official site for holiday hours.

Panorama Tour Discount Code

I get asked about a Panorama tour discount code, and I don’t know of a code for these tickets. What I can show you is the price gap between the listings, which is the nearest thing to a saving on Panoramapunkt tickets. The cheapest way to get a ticket for the deck is the $15 elevator ticket, and the lowest-cost bundle is this audio tour, which is $18 and adds a self-guided walk of the city.

WeGoTrip USA

Panoramapunkt Ticket & City Highlights Audio Tour

• 2 HOURS
• Free cancellation

My pick: Pick this if you want a self-guided audio walk through central Berlin and the deck entry in one booking.

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It is sold by WeGoTrip, and the entry ticket and audio tour arrive in the WeGoTrip app, which you open on your own phone. The listing says it lasts about 2 hours and includes a live tour guide, though it also says an audio tour of the deck itself is not part of the bundle. It has no ratings yet, so I can only judge this Panoramapunkt ticket on the listing. For $3 over the plain ticket, the walk is the reason to buy it, not the view.

Observation Deck Price

Observation deck prices in Berlin range widely, and Panoramapunkt sits at the low end, and cheap Panoramapunkt tickets are the main reason people pick it over the TV Tower. The plain ticket is $15, which is the price I’d compare any other city viewpoint against. The most expensive listing here is a pass that includes far more than the deck.

MEGAPASS TURIZM VE TICARET A.S.

Berlin Panoramapunkt, 24h Bus, Cruise & Audio Tours

• ★ 5.0 (1 reviews)
• 24-hour ticket
• Free cancellation

My pick: Only worth it if you will also ride the hop-on hop-off bus and take the river cruise within 24 hours.

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The Berlin Panoramapunkt, 24h Bus, Cruise and Audio Tours pass costs $64 and covers VIP entry to the deck, a 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus ticket, a cruise, five audio guides in English and German, and an eSIM with 1 GB of data. It has one review so far, so I can’t call it proven. At $49 more than the plain ticket, the maths only works if you would buy the bus and cruise anyway.

Panoramapunkt Reviews

The reviews are the best argument for buying Panoramapunkt tickets. The plain ticket has 4.4 stars from 1,305 reviews on GetYourGuide, and Google Maps shows a higher 4.7 from 1,757 reviews for the deck itself. The two scores come from different audiences, so I read them as a pair rather than averaging them.

One GetYourGuide reviewer wrote:

“The view is mesmerising. Also the sweet dishes in the cafe taste good. Totally worth it!”

The pattern in the snippets is consistent. People like the speed of the lift, the café with its cakes, and the fact that the visit is short. The one caution is the one I’d give for any deck: a cloudy day takes away most of the point, and one reviewer on the bus pass noted that the clouds cleared and they saw the main sights in sunshine.

Panoramapunkt and Elevator Ride

The elevator is half the attraction. The official site says the ride up takes 20 seconds, and Wikipedia says the lift moves at 8.65 m per second and is the fastest passenger elevator in Europe. These numbers explain why Panoramapunkt tickets sell on speed. Those two figures fit together with a platform at 90.15 m, since the ride includes acceleration and braking.

Your ears may feel the change in pressure, and the ride is short enough that most people don’t mind. The plain ticket lists the lift ride as its main inclusion, which is why I call it the best value of the four Panoramapunkt tickets.

Panoramapunkt Cafe Menu

I can’t give you the menu, because I have no source for the dishes and prices and I won’t guess. What I can support is this much. The Panorama Cafe is on the platform level and fully glazed, per the official site, and its hours are shorter than the platform’s, so check them if you plan a late coffee. The combo ticket includes a glass of Crémant, and reviewers on the plain ticket mention the cakes and the service.

If the café is the point of your visit, the $19 combo among the Panoramapunkt tickets is the one to book, because it includes the drink and a reserved table. For a look at the menu itself, use the official site before you go.

Panorama Deck Plans

For deck plans, the facts I can support are these. The viewing platform is on the 24th floor, the official site mentions one of the highest open-air terraces in Berlin, and the glazed café is on the same level. The exhibition about Potsdamer Platz is part of the visit.

I haven’t seen a published floor plan, so I won’t draw one. Plan on a short loop: step out of the lift, walk the terrace, look at the exhibition and finish in the café. That is also why the visit takes about an hour, and why I don’t think any of the Panoramapunkt tickets needs more than a morning or an afternoon slot. The deck is small, so the whole experience stays simple, and there is nothing to plan beyond the time slot and the weather.

Best Time to Visit Panoramapunkt

The view depends on cloud, and Berlin’s year is uneven. I used a year of daily weather at the deck from Open-Meteo, which gives sunset, cloud cover, sunshine and rainy days by month for 2025.

Month	Sunset (Berlin time)	Cloud cover	Sunshine a day	Rainy days
Jan	16:22	77%	3.1 h	19
Feb	17:19	65%	5.4 h	7
Marclearest	18:11	45%	8.9 h	3
Apr	20:05	52%	10.6 h	4
May	20:56	59%	11.6 h	7
Jun	21:31	53%	13.5 h	15
Jul	21:21	63%	10.8 h	19
Augclearest	20:31	48%	11.4 h	8
Sepclearest	19:21	48%	9.7 h	9
Oct	18:11	72%	5.9 h	14
Nov	16:13	72%	4.5 h	10
Dec	15:52	70%	4 h	5

March was the clearest month with 45% average cloud cover, followed by August and September at 48% each. January was the cloudiest at 77%, and January and July both had 19 rainy days. Sunset ranges from 15:52 in December to 21:31 in June. Because Google Maps lists a 7 pm closing time, the long June evenings fall after the deck is shut, so in summer you’d go at the end of the day and watch the light change instead of the sunset itself. The planner below turns any date into a sunset time and an entry slot.

I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset with your Panoramapunkt tickets already on your phone. In autumn and winter that is the late afternoon, and the lights come on across the square while you are still on the terrace.

What You Can See From Panoramapunkt

From a platform at 90.15 m, the horizon is a long way off, and the calculator shows how far on a clear day.

Most of what you can pick out is close. Distances below are straight-line from the deck, from Google Maps coordinates. The Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz are both 0.8 km (0.5 mi) away. The Reichstag Building and the Platz der Republik in front of it are 1.1 km (0.7 mi) away, the French Cathedral is 1.3 km (0.8 mi), and Bebelplatz is 1.5 km (1.0 mi). The Berlin TV Tower stands out on the skyline at 2.7 km (1.7 mi), with Alexanderplatz 3.0 km (1.8 mi) away. Charlottenburg Palace is 5.5 km (3.4 mi) to the west.

Panoramapunkt vs Other Observation Decks in Berlin

Berlin has several viewpoints, and Panoramapunkt tickets start at a low price among the paid ones I cover. The table uses Google Maps ratings and distances from Panoramapunkt. I only call something free or paid where I have a source, otherwise it says to check locally.

Deck	Google rating	Reviews	Distance from Panoramapunkt	Free or paid
Panoramapunkt	4.7	1,757	0 km	Paid, from $15
Berlin TV Tower	4.4	53,637	2.7 km (1.7 mi)	Paid
Reichstag dome	4.7	11,183 (Reichstag Building)	1.1 km (0.7 mi)	Check locally
THF Tower	4.2	130	3.7 km (2.3 mi)	Check locally
Spreebalkon	4.2	83	4.2 km (2.6 mi)	Check locally
Drachenberg Viewpoint	4.8	192	8.5 km (5.3 mi)	Check locally
Wolkenhain auf dem Kienberg	4.6	1,443	14.2 km (8.8 mi)	Check locally

The TV Tower is much higher and much busier, and its tickets cost more than Panoramapunkt tickets do, so compare Panoramapunkt tickets with it on price first. Panoramapunkt is lower, quicker and cheaper, and it looks onto the new centre of the city rather than at a tower.

How I’d Choose

• Cheapest way up: the Panoramapunkt skip-the-line elevator ticket at $15.
• Sunset or a drink: the $19 Combo-Ticket with Crémant, which includes a table reservation. Book the slot close to sunset.
• No queue: the same $15 ticket, as it includes the skip-the-line option at the lift.
• First visit to Berlin: the $18 Panoramapunkt Ticket and City Highlights Audio Tour, if you want a guided walk as well as the view.
• Combo with a tour: the $64 pass, only if you will also use the 24-hour bus and the cruise.
• Families: the $15 Panoramapunkt ticket, because the visit is about an hour and the lift ride is a treat for children.