Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten, Bell tower and carillon in Tiergarten, Germany

The carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten stands in a tower in the northeastern section of the park near the House of World Cultures. The tower houses 68 bells that are played from a keyboard spanning five and a half chromatic octaves.

The carillon was proposed by musicologist Jeffrey Bossin, who moved to West Berlin in 1972, for Berlin's 750th birthday in 1987. Daimler-Benz AG, under CEO Edzard Reuter, donated five million marks for the instrument, which was cast by the Royal Dutch foundry Eijsbouts. It stands near the site of the Kroll Opera House, destroyed in 1951, and commemorates the carillons of the Parochial Church and the Potsdam Garrison Church, both lost in World War II.

The carillonneur plays with fists and feet on a baton-and-pedal keyboard, and the purely mechanical action allows all dynamic gradations from very soft to very loud. Concerts are given every Sunday at 3 p.m. from early May to late September, and on major national holidays at 2 p.m. in December. After the concerts the carillonneur leads tours of the tower and answers questions in English and German.

Concerts run Sundays at 3 p.m. from early May to late September, and at 2 p.m. on major national holidays in December. After each concert the carillonneur leads tours up the tower, answering questions in German and English and demonstrating the playing technique. Inside, a spiral staircase of 187 steps climbs to the playing cabin at 33 metres.

The tower is made of four individual towers grouped into a square, each 42 metres high and clad in black granite, designed by the architects Dietrich Bangert, Bernd Jansen, Stefan Scholz and Axel Schultes. A spiral staircase of 187 steps leads up to the player's cabin at 33 metres, where the ten heaviest bells hang below and the remaining 58 above.