Walk, walk, walk. A good...
by jhawk1000
Walk, walk, walk. A good place to start is in the Tiergarten area by the zoo. Go to the Siegesaule and then go right past the Soviet war memorial to the Reichstag. Go down Unter den Linden.
You must also go to the Reichstag if nothing more than to hang around. It is easily the most accessible capital I have ever been around and just walking around it is full of historical references. This is a picture of the Victory Column.
go to Humboldt...
by zys1
go to Humboldt University.
Many famoous names are connected to this university. Hegel, the brothers Grimm, Planck, Einstein, Koch and Sauerbruch, to name but a few, all taught here.
( NOTE: IT is one stop of bus 100, you can arrive this place easily by bus 100.)
Stand above Hitler's bunker
by whvcebu
An in-depth account of the last days spent in the bunker. Hitler's suicide and the now known fate of his remains.
During construction work in 1990 a huge site was discovered that could have been the quarters of the SS-drivers for Hitler. This was a sensation for historians and further exploration was undertaken to discover the walls and buildings. Suddenly the question arose: What happended with Hitler'S bunker?
The coordinates are known, but real documents of the center of the III. Reich are rare. There are no construction plans. Many years this area was covered by earth and debris near the Berlin Wall. Thereafter, the uniform GDR houses were built. Possible remains are suspected to be under a parking place.
Werder/Havel
by sabsi
This is a little town outside Potsdam (You can get there by S-Bahn from Berlin). It's situated on an island, there are many apple trees, old houses, cobblestone streets, Fish restaurants and a gorgeous scenery there! Go there for a day to see something else than cars, houses and traffic jams.
You can see pics of our rowing trips in my travelogue!
Close to our
hostel, there...
by Cramer_3
Close to our
hostel, there was this building that was still bombed out from the War,
but currently was serving as a cultural center, complete with art galleries
and bars. The 'cultural' part must have referred to German culture,
because the places there totally reinforced whatever German stereotypes
I already had. The first place we went in was an art workshop for
this artist who was actually there working on his art. His pieces
consisted mainly of steel sculptures that he welded into weird demonic
evil looking scenes. They definitely elicited a reaction from the
viewer. In the background, there was some sort of death opera playing
and the walls were covered in graffiti. If that isn't enough,
he's in the background wearing huge goggles grinding his latest gothic
masterpiece as sparks shot everywhere. What a scene. From there
we walked a few doors down to this bar that looked as if they used that
artist work for their decorations. Cold hard steel everywhere.
The bar itself was made entirely of welded designs that were supposed to
represent stuff. Candles and some funky lighting really capped off
the place. As we were ordering drinks, we noticed this weird animal
looking sculpture reaching out over our heads that was made with bits and
pieces of old electronics and hardware. I thought it kinda looked
like a big giraffe-head looking out over the place. At about that
point, this giraffe blows a three-foot flame out of his mouth. Ok,
so maybe it was a dragon. Nonetheless, I had never been to place
like that. Maybe stereotyping is bad, but that whole building was
pure German.