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Berlin’s Zoo

Much like the Giza zoo of Egypt, Germany’s Berlin zoo was a byproduct of a royal’s obsession with collecting exotic animals. King Frederick William II gifted the menagerie of wildlife to his son William IV in 1840, just four years before the new king and his trusted zoological advisor, Professor Lichtenstein, used the royal pheasant house as Germany’s Berlin Zoo.

After barely surviving massive destruction from World War II, the zoo still remains standing as the 8th oldest in the world and the largest in all of Germany. Today the thriving zoo welcomes one of the most diverse groups of animal species and offers up close and personal experiences with elephants, hippos, meerkats and even penguins! With a Penguin World, Nocturnal House, Hippo exhibit, World of Birds and Great Apes section, Berlin welcomes all species to its beautiful home.