Berlin Attractions

Venue: Hamburger Bahnhof    When: Daily; not Mon

The Hamburger Bahnhof is architecturally and artistically the most interesting of Hamburg's various National Galleries, with a stunning selection of modern art in its permanent collection - including work by Warhol, Lichtenstein, Beuys, Naumann and Kiefer.

Housed in an old railway station (as is the Musée d'Orsay in Paris) and with a fluorescent light installation by the fashionable Dan Flavin on the exterior, the Bahnhof styles itself "The Museum for the Present". The emphasis is on forward-looking and ground-breaking modern art, with temporary shows that feature the latest contemporary work. The permanent exhibition, based largely on the collection of benefactor Erich Marx, is devoted to art of the last 50 years. Its secret treasures are the drawings - including more than 450 by Joseph Beuys and 60 by Andy Warhol.

Like London's Tate Modern, the museum's layout eschews chronology in favour of a melée of styles and ideas. The one exception is the devotion of the entire ground floor of the West Wing to Joseph Beuys - without doubt the most important German artist of this period.