Berlin is Europe’s third most-visited city. So it is inevitable that there are tourist traps lurking among the its dozens upon dozens of  sights. Our list of the city’s top five tourist traps helps you to avoid the biggest turkeys.  But don’t avoid all of the city’s tacky attractions. Our list of top five guilty pleasures points to sights that we love despite their heavy flirtation with tourist trap status.

Berlin’s Top Five Tourist Traps

Currywurst Museum

Sorry Wallpaper magazine. We know you named this museum one of Germany’s Fab 40. But we think that the information conveyed in the exhibits is as empty as the calories in the street food it chronicles. A visit to one of the city’s famed Currywurst slingers—Konnopke’s Imbiß or Curry36—should sufficiently quench any curiosity you have about this cult-like snack.

East Side Gallery

This 1.3-kilometer stretch of the original Berlin Wall adorned with paintings by more than 100 artists was an exciting symbol of the fall of the Wall. But the paintings, which had fallen victim to the weather and graffiti, were recently restored or re-painted.  In the process, the magic of this open-air gallery was somehow lost.

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