The World’s 100 Best Parks · 2026
The Best Parks in Germany
8 of the 100 parks in The World’s 100 Best Parks 2026 are in Germany. The highest placed is Englischer Garten in Munich, at number 19 in the world. Tiergarten in Berlin (number 30) and Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel (number 35) follow.
Landscape parks
Wörlitzer Park, Muskau Park, Babelsberg Park in Potsdam and Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe in Kassel are landscape parks of the 18th and 19th centuries, and all four are free to enter. Schwetzingen Palace Gardens combine a French layout with English landscape areas and charge about nine euros.
Munich and Berlin
The Englischer Garten in Munich has wide meadows and fast streams such as the Eisbach. The Olympiapark was built for the 1972 Olympics around a lake and artificial hills. The Tiergarten is in the centre of Berlin and has little food or drink for sale inside.
Parks
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N° 19
Englischer Garten
Munich
City park
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N° 30
Tiergarten
Berlin
City park -
N° 35
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
Kassel
Landscape park -
N° 39
Wörlitzer Park
Wörlitz
Landscape park -
N° 57
Muskau Park
Bad Muskau
Landscape park -
N° 84
Olympiapark
Munich
City park -
N° 89
Babelsberg Park
Potsdam
Landscape park -
N° 91
Schwetzingen Palace Gardens
Schwetzingen
Palace park
Best by region
- The NordicsFrogner ParkOslo, NorwayN° 23
- EuropeKrasnodar ParkKrasnodar, RussiaN° 1
- AsiaLumphini ParkBangkok, ThailandN° 32
- The Middle EastAl-Azhar ParkCairo, EgyptN° 48
- North AmericaGolden Gate ParkSan Francisco, United StatesN° 3
- Latin AmericaParque IbirapueraSão Paulo, BrazilN° 41
- OceaniaPukekura ParkNew Plymouth, New ZealandN° 62