...everybody probably knows 1936 is the Olympic summer Games in Berlin.
On 9./10 November 1938 follows the Crystal Night National Socialists destroy the Berlin synagogues. The second World War which lasts for six years starts with Berlin 1.5 m. . inhabitants and 32% of the complete flat stock costs and-as known this one has dividing Berlin the consequence into an east and a western part in 1939. After some political discussions of the one to the other side of the divided town one starts with the Mauerbau in 1961. The wall gets 161 km long, 45 km of this go across Berlin.
After many protests on the two sides the wall is opened again only on November 9th, 1989, the DDR is dissolved and Berlin becomes capital of Germany again on October 3rd. The allied defense forces leave Berlin but only in June 1994. Then stretch the Federal Government...
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...to see before we even got to Berlin. The Sony Centre is located in Potsdamer Platz (the new centre of Berlin) and it houses apartments, offices, trade and catering businesses and a cinema with a film museum. We walked round and took some photos but we didn't really know what was there so we didn't go inside any of the buildings. We intended to go back and have another look round but we never really got the chance.
We went for a walk not really knowing where we were going but it wasn't long before we came across Brandenburger Tor (The Brandenburg Gate). The Brandenburger Tor is a former city gate and the symbol of Berlin. It was built between 1788 and 1791. In 1961, the gate was closed when the BerlinWall was built. When the BerlinWall fell in 1989, the gate symbolised freedom and the unity of the city. It re-opened on 22 December 1989...
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Advantages: Germany's capital and most interesting city Disadvantages: a bit too large, distances too long
...'the front city', the 'island in the Red Sea', the 'stronghold against communism'. I saw the wall and am glad I did, although I knew it from pictures, I didn't imagine how gruesome it was. My fourth Berlin is the capital of the reunited Germany; after the fall of the wall in 1989 I've visited the city several times, there is no other capital in Europe for which you need a new guide every time you go because so much changes, so many buildings are renovated or rebuilt from scratch or are completely new.
Berlin has not one centre but several, this has nothing to do with the partition, it has always been like that, the different boroughs have quite independent sub-centres, too, a tourist should know this in order not to be disappointed. I think it's a good idea if I take you through the city from West to East, starting at Bahnhof (train...
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Stayed in City Pension Berlin for 2 nights in December 2005 with another two friends. Three of us booked a triple room and the shower is in the room but toilet outside. We paid Euro 53 only (this is very good value).
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There are two Sofitel hotels in Berlin, and this review is for the Dorint Sofitel Schweizerhof, not the Dorint Sofitel am Gendarmenmarkt. Both are part of the Accor hotel chain.
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