Brandenburg Tor (Gate)
by bugulma
Brandenburg Gate could be considered a symbol of the united city. In August GDR government prohibited to visit it and gate was closed till 1991. The Brandenburg Gate is only city gate that reached nowadays. The gate was built in 1788-1791 by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans as a model of the Athenian acropolis. On the top of the gate is quadriga with Victoria goddess by Shadov sculptor. First the sculpture symbolized Irena, goddess of the peace. In 1807 sculpture was removed to Paris by Napoleon. In 1814 the quadriga was placed back and began to symbolize Victoria.
Brandenburg Gate...
by CandS
Check out the Brandenburg Gate at the end of Unter den Linden...
It is pretty busy (the busiest place we found in all of Berlin!) around there but worth having a look.
When we were there it must have been a market day...there were little stalls and entertainment...it was fun...
If you travel with a kid
by matcrazy1
All worldwide baby care companies are present in Berlin but it's always better to bring already used toiletries for a small kid especially. When I was first time in Berlin, in East Berlin more exactly at age 7 or 8 I wanted to have binoculars to watch over the wall towards West Berlin. If you decided to take a small kid with you to Berlin you should bring a pram (baby carriage) with you. Just look at my picture what kind of 3 or 4 wheels prams Berliners use.
St Paul’s Church, Wedding, 1832-1835
by Kathrin_E
The extension of the northwestern suburbs required the building of four new churches. Karl Friedrich Schinkel planned all of them in 1832: St Paul’s, St Elisabeth, Nazareth church and St Johannis.
St Paul’s is a small but elaborate building in pure classicist style. The facades resemble an ancient temple. The separate campanile was erected in 1890. The building burnt down in 1945. The reconstruction began in 1952. The facades have been rebuilt exactly like Schinkel designed them, the interior has however been simplified and modernized.
Date: 1832-1835
Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Confession: protestant
Address: Badstraße 50
Location: Wedding-Gesundbrunnen, corner Pankstraße/Badstraße
How to get in: contact the parish
Many places at one place
by Gerrem about Hackesche Höfe
If you are coming to Berlin spend at least one evening at this place!
The painstakingly restored Hackesche Höfe are no doubt one of the most popular destinations for tourists at the present time.
The Hackesche Höfe consists of a web of eight courtyards for living and working, which together forms the largest of its kind in Germany. Like many Berlin courtyards, this complex of buildings, which arose around the turn of the last century, was a mixture of offices, workshops, multi-story factories (particularly in the front courtyards) and apartments. This concept was also adopted and successfully applied during the modernization of the courtyards, which were in serious need of renovation. Hof I (Endellscher Hof), which was designed by the Jugendstil artist and architect August Endell, houses the "Chamäleon" cabaret theatre, a film theatre, and several bars and restaurants; in Hof II (Theaterhof) there is the Hackesche Hof Theatre and a series of architects' offices; the remaining courtyards are occupied by numerous smaller shops and galleries. The area around the Höfe is also thriving: with countless bars, restaurants and clubs; it is one of Berlin nightlife's most talked-about districts. No dress code at all..
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Potsdamer Platz
The graves of the King's eleven dogs
Gustav-Adolf-Kirche
