| Page Views: 880 Last Visit to Berlin: June, 2005 | BERLIN AND THE WALL by Frisbeeace - last update: Aug 24, 2005 |
Since 1999 as Germany’s capital, Berlin is trying to find its place among the great European cities like Paris, London and Madrid. Old buildings and monuments are being renovated while new modern steel and glass buildings pop up everywhere. Both parts of the city gradually merge and blend leaving behind the trails of the wall and the comunist scene.
My Eastern Europe trip started here to then follow with Prague, Vienna, Bratislava and ending in Budapest. Berlin is less related to the other four in historical terms but it is so close to Prague that I thought it made a good start specially as my Lufthansa overseas flight was landing in Germany.
I really liked Berlin and I would recommend anyone to include it in your trip. However, I didn’t find Western Berlin very attractive and was the Eastern part which made the visit worthwhile. In between the ultramodern Potsdamer Platz center is emerging and many think that this area will be the center of the new Berlin. I stayed there, at the Marriott, but the area felt a bit cold to us despite its perfect location for sightseeing.
In this page I won’t spend time getting into historic details as you can read them in your travel book. I only hope to drop a few tips that others may find useful regarding how to organize your visit and make the most advantage of it.
# of days suggested: 3
Berlin Card: NO
Highlights: East Berlin
Best season: Summer |
|  | Comunism to Capitalism - Non stop I like the image of this Capitalism icon pictured from the old Luftwaffe building. What a change of lifestyle for East Berliners!!! |
| Einstein exhibition in Berlin |
| | Einstein lived here The great Einstein studied here during his young years. I admire him as well as all the major scientist in history, starting with Newton. |
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MichaelFalk1969 Wed Mar 5, 2008 16:45 UTC
Hi Sebastian, you have built a nice Berlin page here ! | grishaV1 Mon Aug 1, 2005 20:40 UTC
nice tips beginnings here on berlin, am glad you enjoyed visiting, it is a beautiful city especial in summer | TempNomad Mon Aug 1, 2005 02:42 UTC
I just finished my Berlin pages, so I thought I'd check some others out. I wish I'd known about those tours before...ah well, next time. We loved Berlin, too. Thanks for the pages. |
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