Brandenburg Gate. During the division of Berlin, this sat in the No Man's Land or Death Strip - 100 metres or so between the inner and outer Berlin wall.
Reichstag - house of parliament. Suspiciously burned in 1933 leading to Hitler acquiring special powers.. didn't house parliament again until 1999 after reconstruction with the glass dome designed by architect Norman Foster.
Top of Reichstag
Berlin has no real skyline. It's quite dispersed.
Kaieser Wilhem Gedaechtnis church - bombed during WWII and left like that as a memorial.
Jewish Synagogue in background
The recent monument to the Jews of WWII. Controversial because it does not include other terrorised groups; it is strange, and the lack they used to protect the slabs from grafitti came from a company which manufactured gas chemicals used in the concentration camps.
The longest stretch of still-intact Berlin wall starts here - it is now a "gallery" of grafitti art. Strange bridge building in the background was a checkpoint between east and west.
Some art.
Iron sculpture at the back of a dilapidated building, Tacheles, a hangout for punks and artists in Mitte (central Berlin). There are bars and art spaces/workshops. But the lease runs out soon and maybe it will become a shopping mall.
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum of Modern Art - was previously a train station
Just dunk.
Public viewing of Fussball (soccer) in Admirals Palast - an old theatre complex - Germany vs Austria
Great garden cafe/bar. Inside there is a big hall for balldancing and also a concert hall where I saw some Chamber music.
GDR mural on what was during Nazi times the airforce administration building.
Cafe area in Friederichschain - former east.
Cool beer garden in Zoologischer Garten. Here I spilt a tray of beer over myself and they replaced my beer for free.
The river spree which runs through the city. Bodemuseum and the TV tower in the background.
Outside theater and statue of Schiller at Gendarmenmarkt.
Next to the Dom (church) that building frame was the "Palast der Republic" - house of parliament of the GDR and a cultural centre. The East Germans built on the site of prussian castle ruins. The castle will be resurrected - controversial as the Palast was also a place of historical and cultural significance.
Really cool old pub in Charlottenburg with lot of photos of old european movie stars/singers. I didn't recognise any of them.
Fine dining!
3 comments:
Hi Duana,
Great photos! Looks like you are having a great time in Germany.
Cheers,
Michael.
These posts are great!
Rebuilding the old palace that was destroyed to build Palast der Republik is also controversial because the old palace was seen as a symbol of Germany's military history.
Hey you look great on that picture!!!
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