Named after the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin's ‘Red Town Hall’ and seat of the Governing Mayor.
Built from 1861 to 1871 to plans by Hermann Friedrich Waesemann, the town hall owes its name to its red brick façade. The station in front of it opened on 4 December 2020; until 31 August 2016 its working title was Berliner Rathaus. Its mushroom-shaped columns recall the vaults of the medieval town hall, whose remains archaeologists found in front of the Rotes Rathaus.