Sit on the Left side of the plane for the best views on flights from Paris to Berlin. The left side wins overall because the BER approach on the left delivers genuinely distinctive urban and lake scenery over Berlin. The CDG departure on the right is interesting but the flat Picardy farmland is less visually compelling than the Müggelsee and Berlin's waterway network on descent.

During takeoff from Charles De Gaulle (CDG), sit on the Right side for the best views. CDG typically departs eastward on runways 09L/09R, so the right side faces north toward the Oise valley and the flat agricultural plains of Picardy. The left side faces south toward Paris city center, but the right side gives a cleaner view of the departure corridor toward Germany without urban haze obscuring the view. Notable sights include: Oise River valley, Chantilly forest (one of France's largest royal forests, clearly visible as a dense dark green mass), Roissy-en-France town grid below the airport, flat Picardy agricultural patchwork.

When landing at Berlin Brandenburg (BER), sit on the Left side for the best views. BER's primary landing runway 25L/25R means aircraft approach from the east heading west, placing the left side facing south toward the city of Berlin. On left you get views over Köpenick, the Müggelsee lake, and the southeastern Berlin urban grid as you descend. The right side faces north toward the flat Brandenburg pine forests with little of interest. Notable sights include: Müggelsee (Berlin's largest lake, unmistakable blue oval southeast of the city), Köpenick district waterways where the Dahme meets the Spree, Berlin's southeastern urban grid, Spreewald canal network visible on the distant horizon during initial descent.

The flight from Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to Berlin Brandenburg (BER) takes Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.

The flight tracks northeast across the flat North European Plain the entire route — no mountains. You cross the Rhine-Meuse lowlands near the Belgian-German border, then overfly the Ruhr region's dense urban sprawl (visible as a continuous grey urban mass), then the flat Westphalian and Lower Saxon plains, before crossing into Brandenburg's pine forests and sandy heathland approaching Berlin. The Elbe River is a notable crossing point roughly 80 miles west of Berlin, appearing as a wide silver ribbon in the flat landscape.