The Friedrichsfelde zoo is one of the two huge parks in Berlin. Their appearance, he, ironically, owes the Second world war. After its end, and the partition of Germany in 1955 the authorities and the city it was decided to allocate land and to organize in the East Berlin zoo, because that was before the city, remained in the West.

Today, the zoo covers about 160 acres of land on its territory there is the eponymous Palace, built in the style of early classicism. Thanks to a huge Park in it today are not only living for more than seven and a half thousand animals representing nearly a thousand different species, but also maintains a research and breeding work. In particular, in this the Berlin zoo to breed elephants, and today it operates a state program for their breeding.

The zoo Friedrichsfelde is one of the largest in Europe, and around it in one day could not yet do. Vivid impression after visiting the Park become animals and birds walking around on the loose: one of the traditional pastimes is to communicate with the pelicans, who are not afraid of tourists and are always ready to snatch from the hands of a white loaf or to profit a piece of Apple. They, by the way, welcome guests very first.

In the zoo keep statistics of tickets sold, and especially interested to learn that since its first opening on 25 July 1955 to the same day, but already in 2010 the zoo Friedrichsfelde visited no less than 90 million visitors! Goodbye every visitor can make a commemorative coin, scrolling through the workpiece in a machine: an elephant, a giraffe or one of the birds with a commemorative plaque will be a reminder of great time.