Beginner
≈ 1 h 45 minSuggested range1 h – 3 h
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Architecture · SET 21027
Berlin, Germany
Berlin’s skyline brings the Brandenburg Gate, television tower and other architecture together on a compact base.
- Pieces
- 289
- Release year
- 2016
- Theme
- Architecture
- Set number
- 21027
- LEGO recommended age
- 12+
- Archived regional retail price · Germany
- 29.99 €
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
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Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 1 h 15 minSuggested range45 min – 2 hExperienced
≈ 45 minSuggested range30 min – 1 h 30 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment: Berlin’s skyline brings the Brandenburg Gate, television tower and other architecture together on a compact base. Each landmark uses a separate small assembly before positioning on the base. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks and subsequent play are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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BEYOND THE BRICKS
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Inside the set
Contrasting heights
The slender tower rises above lower buildings, shaping the composition’s rhythm.
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Each landmark uses a separate small assembly before positioning on the base.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
A German landmark
The Brandenburg Gate, one of the country’s best-known landmarks, was built between 1788 and 1791 to Carl Gotthard Langhans’s design.
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Langhans designed Brandenburg Gate with inspiration from Athens’ Propylaea. Construction ran from 1788 to 1791; Schadow’s quadriga followed in 1793. Architecture and sculpture were successive additions to the image now perceived as a unified monument.
A travelling quadriga
Taken to Paris by Napoleon in 1806, the quadriga returned eight years later. Today’s sculpture is a copy replacing the war-damaged original.
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Napoleon took the quadriga to Paris after Prussia’s 1806 defeat; it returned eight years later. Severe Second World War damage later led to replacement by a copy. The sculpture’s history includes removal, damage and reconstruction rather than one object remaining untouched above the gate throughout its existence.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
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THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE
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Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works and Concertos
Seong-Jin Cho, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons
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