BerliNike – The Golden Nike of Gendarmenmarkt Speaks

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BerliNike – Berlin’s speaking monument

Since 1818 a gilded figure has stood on the dome of the French Cathedral at Gendarmenmarkt – Berlin calls her Nike. Here she speaks: live, in her own voice, in your language, goddess of victory and Berlin’s “Icke” in one. Five more landmarks speak with her, each on documented art and city history. You ask, she answers, and she asks back.

The six voices

• BerliNike – the golden figure on the dome of the French Cathedral at Gendarmenmarkt, gilded in 1818
• Friedrich Schiller – the Schiller Monument in front of the Konzerthaus, the poet who lived from 1759 to 1805
• Saint George – the dragon slayer on the Spree bank in the Nikolaiviertel, cast in bronze from 1853 to 1855
• Neptune – the great fountain between the Red City Hall and St. Mary's Church, built from 1888 to 1891
• Victoria – the Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate, created in 1793
• Goldelse – the Victoria on the Victory Column in the Tiergarten, completed in 1873

How a conversation works

Tap, speak, listen. The first 1:11 minutes of voice are a gift every day, writing is free. To keep listening, you get talk time: from €1.11 for one voice, €11.11 opens all six together with the Hero’s Journey, €111.11 is BerliNike GOLD – minutes that never expire. No subscription, no account.

Ways through the city

Speaking monuments explains what happens at the six places. The Hero’s Journey: twelve stations on foot through Mitte, in a circle. The radio play at the Schlossbrücke: eight marble groups, three voices, free. The landmarks with direction and distance. The guide with the background to Gendarmenmarkt, Nikolaiviertel and Tiergarten. The knowledge gallery with the paintings behind the goddesses.

What you hear

Art figures from documented history, spoken alive — a creation of the Gendarme of Gendarmenmarkt. What you say stays between you.