Opening Hours and Public Transport
Summer (1. April bis 31. October)
Mon-Fri 09.30 - 18.30
Sat-Sun 09.30 - 19.00
Winter (1. November bis 31. March)
Mon-Fri 10.00 - 17.00
Sat-Sun 10.00 - 17.30
Tickets for the Museum and Monument: EUR 2,20 (reduction EUR 1,50)
Present your ticket at Café Victoria to get a discount of EUR 0,50 on all drinks.
Underground Hansaplatz (U9, Bus 123)
S-Bahn Bellevue (S3, S5, S7, S9)
Bus (100, 187, 341)
Technical Information
  • pile foundation on about 250 concrete stilts with a total length of 3.400 m
    beneath a slab of reinforced concrete 2 m thick and 16 m wide
  • total weight of column and ambulatory about 5.000 tons
  • altitude of the main entrance 36.3 m above sea level
  • height to platform 50.66m
  • total height to top of ensign 66.89 m
  • length of one side of the base 25.3 m, height 7.2 m
  • diameter of hall 15.7 m
  • diameter of column base 6.7 m
  • height of column shaft 26.9 m
  • weight of one of the granite pillars of the ambulatory about 9 tons
  • height 4.7 m, diameter 0.94 m
  • height of the Victoria/Borussia: 8.32 m
  • weight about 40 tons consisting of 17 parts
  • minimum wall thickness 3 cm
  • total surface, gold leaf on oil foundation about 200 square meter
  • »shoe size: 21«
  • building materials: Swedish granite, gun bronze, Oberkirchen limestone,
    Carrara marble, gold leaf