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Sights: Der Ampelmann!
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  • This little felow nearly went extinct until some kind of pan-DDR movement brought him back. I don't know all the particulars. The chubby little pedestrian known as the Ampelmann was developed in East Germany and used on East German street corners for most of the so-called DDR's lifespan. Now, he can be found in the former West Berlin as well, a pleasant concession to the Easterners who felt their culture was completely subsumed by the Westerners. (with good reason)

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    Sights: The GDR and the castle debate
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  • Fernsehturm reflection - Berlin
    Fernsehturm reflection
    by Sjalen
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    The GDR government did everything they could to disassemble national German monument related to military and royal historic events. It is surprising that so many are still standing in the eastern part of the centre as they do. One huge monument that unfortunately did not survive GDR is the Berlin Castle. This huge historic building was torn down, to the outcry of most of Europe. Instead, a horrible Culture Centre was built, where citizens could enjoy a cheap meal and listen to debates or see films. The building is full of windows and was always well lit up in GDR days so it is better known as "Erichs Lampenladen", i.e. Erich's (Honneker) lamp shop! Today, it is an embarassment to Berlin and as it has also been found to be loaded with asbestos, it is no longer used. There used to be guided tours of it in "ossi nostalgia" but today it is permanently closed and will be torn down. For several years, a debate has been going on whether to rebuild the castle in its place. It will cost an absolute fortune but right now it looks like it will in fact happen. The Berlin rulers want their castle back.

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    Sights: Untypical architecture
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  • CORNER  OF  KU-DAMM  AND  JOACHIMSTALER - Berlin
    CORNER OF KU-DAMM AND
    JOACHIMSTALER
    by matcrazy1
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    I found Berlin a city of well organized architecture both old and modern, often mixed in pretty way. Add wide boulevards and a lot of green areas which made the city less busy even quite relaxing. I would never guess that the city had 3.6 mln citizens. In the upclass downtown of Charlottenburg district only at the corner of Kurfürstendamm and Joachimstaler Straße I found a little chaotic and not so pretty architecture. Unique in Berlin.

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    Sights: Festival of Lights
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  • At the end of October many of Berlin's landmarks are illuminated for a couple of days. During those days a couple of special events take place aswell: e.g. late-night-shopping There are special "lightseeing" tours which take you to the main sights. Lets hope that the sponsors will let us see the lights in the coming years too!

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  • Website: http://www.festival-of-lights.de/

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    Sights: This is as close as I could...
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  • This is as close as I could get to the Brandenburger Tor .Upto 1850 this Tor was the connection between the huntingground Tiergarten and the city of Berlin. Then the city wall and the other 17 gates of the city were torn down leaving the Brandenburger Tor as only remaining gate.The architect of the Brandenburger Tor was inspired by the Propylaees, the entrance gate of the Acropolis in Athens (+/- 450 bf Christ).

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    Sights: Public sculptures
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  • It's not exclusively Berlin's local custom. Like in many old and full of heritage cities there were quite many old sculptures, monuments, fountains and other examples of small architecture put along Berlin streets. These sculptures of nude human beings on my pictures formed a fountain at Wittenbergplatz oposite to famous KaDeWe department store.

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    Sights: Berlin was pretty clean city
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  • I found Berlin pretty clean especially when I got to know that the city had over 3.6 mln citizens. Districts of Charlottenburg, Sch?neberg, Kreuzberg and Mitte I partly visited looked clean. Surely the most colorful and clean was rather upclass district of Charlottenburg (in former West Berlin). I did find only one place which was not pretty clean. Excuse, it is NOT a local custom of Berlin on my picture.

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    Sights: Street Musicians in the Bahns
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  • The street players in metro stations, or standing before theatres and museums, and in platz....like the wonderful cello player whose name I didn't know but whom I saw more than once. Makes you have tears sometimes its so beautiful! Many times walking down into the U-Bahn, you can hear the player before you see them, whether its guitar or cello or accordian. You don't have to give them some cents or Euros, but I always try to if I have them to give. Besides Zoologischer Garten, I know that inside the Ku'damm Station near the C&A corner, during evening times, there is often players there on the main level. Violin players and accordion, and an old man on the train level on Rathaus Steglitz platform. Almost always I give him a little something, if you see him...why not? He plays a harmonica.

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    Sights: Home of the Bundespräsident
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  • Isn´t that a nice house? It´s Schloss Bellevue, the home of the German Bundespräsident. It´s located in the middle of the Tiergarten close to the Siegessäule and the banks of the river Spree.

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    Sights: Berlin has highly...
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  • Berlin has highly recommendable museums - I like best the 'Gemäldegalerie' - seen the exhibition 'the little ice-age' ?

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