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1. Travel Tip:
Brandenburg Gate
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When I was there a big soccer ball sat next to the gate, but that is probably not the strangest here that evered happened here. Napoleon visited here and took the sculpture of the goddess Viktoria... Tags for this Travel Tip: berlin brandenburggate goddessofviktoria ronaldreagan berlinwall germany |
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2. Travel Tip:
The remaining pieces of the Berlin Wall
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The wall that once ran around West Berlin to prevent those from East Germany escaping was a little disappointing when I first saw it! I really expected something the size of the Great Wall of China... Tags for this Travel Tip: berlinwall history ddr gdr nazi memorial culture |
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3. Travel Tip:
The Story of Berlin - an interactive city museum
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The 'Story of Berlin' museum takes you through an unbiased view of the history of the city - from the foundations to the Berlin Wall - while you stand in rooms made to look like they come from the... Tags for this Travel Tip: history berlin berlinwall culture museum |
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4. Travel Tip:
New Berlin Tours - Red Berlin
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The most interesting thing for myself as an expat living in Berlin is the thought of the divided city. I often find myself looking at the older generation in former East Berlin - where I live - and... Tags for this Travel Tip: history berlin berlinwall stasimuseum eastsidegallery |
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5. Travel Tip:
The East Side Gallery
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The East Side Gallery is the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall and has become one long art gallery, in effect. Most of the “original” graffiti was done by numerous international... Tags for this Travel Tip: berlinwall berlin ostbahnhof germany eastsidegallery art |
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6. Travel Tip:
The Dedenkstaette Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Memorial Site)
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The Dedenkstaette Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Memorial Site) is definitely worth the trek out to it. Today, you see parts of the wall all over down with lots of graffiti and of course you’ll see... Tags for this Travel Tip: berlinwall mauer berlin germany deathstrip |
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7. Travel Tip:
Potsdamer platz
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Potsdamer platz was where “The Wall Live in Berlin” was filmed. Assuming you are not a Pink Floyd or Roger Waters fan, try to imagine that before world war II this square was one of the... Tags for this Travel Tip: potsdam berlin germany sony daimlerbenz berlinwall |
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8. Travel Tip:
The Checkpoint Charlie Museum
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The Checkpoint Charlie Museum (Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, also known as the mauer museum, or wall museum) is one of those things that just about everyone wants to go to, and you should too. The... Tags for this Travel Tip: checkpointcharlie berlinwall berlin germany museum |
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9. Travel Tip:
The East Side Gallery - Art Or Graffiti?
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One of my favourite things to do in Berlin on a sunny day is walk the length of the East Side Gallery taking photos. One of 3 surviving pieces of the Berlin Wall, it is decorated with over 100... Tags for this Travel Tip: berlinwall graffiti art |
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If you want to learn more on the terrors that took place during Hitler's reign over Germany this free exhibition is a must see. It is situated on Niederkirchner straße behind one of the remaining... Tags for this Travel Tip: nazi exhibition memorial berlinwall |
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