The town’s food might not be the best, its museums merely adequate, but nobody does zoos like Berlin. Opened in 1844 as Germany’s first, Berlin Zoo now houses 14,000 animals representing 1,500 species – the greatest number found anywhere in the captive animal world. Brave the queues and see its latest star, Knut, the polar bear, whose every burp is diligently reported in the press and broadcast to a loving public.