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Place du Trocadéro
Okay, let’s be real: When you visit Paris, you kind of expect to nab some epic photos of the Eiffel Tower. So you might as well head straight to Place du Trocadéro, an elevated, open space with a stellar view of Paris’s most iconic landmark.
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Père Lachaise Cemetery
Pretty much everything in Paris is next-level beautiful, so it’s no huge surprise that its cemeteries skew more divine than dismal. Spend an overcast afternoon walking across Père Lachaise’s 108 acres, then pay your respects at the graves of Gertrude Stein and Oscar Wilde.
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Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Featuring cliffs, lakes, and waterfalls, the 62-acre Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is an au naturel alternative to Paris’s more manicured, rigidly formal parks. Traipse up rocky elevations to catch amazing views of the city, including the aforementioned Sacré-Coeur.
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Built by Hitler’s henchmen and used as a lifeline by some two million people during the Allied Airlift, Tempelhof Airport is now a sweeping urban playground that’s larger than Central Park. On sunny days, thousands of Berliners come to jog down the abandoned runways, bike under the old radar station, and grill next to grounded Cold War-era planes.
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As you push past the heavy iron gates separating modern-day Berlin from Friedrich the Great’s Court of Honor courtyard, you’ll be transported back to an 18th-century world of opulence. The Altes Schloss, the main part of the main building, is where Friedrich and his wife lived in a blur of extravagant tapestry, furniture, and imported china. If lavish porcelain leaves you cold, make your way to the Neuer Flügel (New Building), home to one of the largest collections of French paintings outside of France. But regardless of your taste and budget, it’s hard not to be transported to Zen-like bliss as you walk, sunbathe, or lay down amid the vast Italianate gardens and splashing fountains.
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Imagine 1,000 curved glass panels set atop Hamburg’s biggest warehouse, all glittering in the sun: The stunning new-meets-old structure alone, designed by Tate Modern architects Herzog & de Meuron, is reason enough to visit the Elbphilharmonie. One of the world’s largest concert halls, it officially opened in January 2017 after 10 years of construction (and a price tag of more than €800), and today it's rightly the showpiece of the city. You don’t even have to see a concert to come here (though you should, if you can); with a free ticket, you can visit the panoramic deck on the eighth-floor plaza for awesome harbor and city views, glass of wine in hand.
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