Berlin
20th July 2004
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Pictures from a day in Berlin on my way home from Poland.
Unfortunately I can't remember a lot of the names of these places, but hey ho. Here's that famous statue along the road from the Brandenburg Gate!
Unfortunately I can't remember a lot of the names of these places, but hey ho. Here's that famous statue along the road from the Brandenburg Gate!
This being the road to the Brandenburg Gate.
This being the road to the Brandenburg Gate.
The Soviet WW2 Memorial. Rather odd as this was West Berlin!
The Soviet WW2 Memorial. Rather odd as this was West Berlin!
The Gate itself.
The Gate itself.
Some of the nearby redevelopment.
Some of the nearby redevelopment.
That statue again!
That statue again!
One slab of the Wall still standing in Potsdamer Platz.
One slab of the Wall still standing in Potsdamer Platz.
Here's the Platz! Since being reunified the whole city's been madly rebuilding.
Here's the Platz! Since being reunified the whole city's been madly rebuilding.
The TV Tower in Alexanderplatz.
The TV Tower in Alexanderplatz.
From the top of the tower, a view of the Reichstag.
From the top of the tower, a view of the Reichstag.
The river Spree, also being redeveloped!
The river Spree, also being redeveloped!
The EU Embassy. Do we have one of those in London?
The EU Embassy. Do we have one of those in London?
The Reichstag, rebuilt by Foster & co.
The Reichstag, rebuilt by Foster & co.
From the roof, one of the corners.
From the roof, one of the corners.
You can climb inside the dome, and get views like this of the Brandenburg Gate.
You can climb inside the dome, and get views like this of the Brandenburg Gate.
See it now?
See it now?
Checkpoint Charlie, devoid of its previous importance.
Checkpoint Charlie, devoid of its previous importance.
Well, there you go. Nowadays of course, it's a tourist trap.
Well, there you go. Nowadays of course, it's a tourist trap.
A slab of the wall from the East side.
A slab of the wall from the East side.
The destroyed church near Zoo. Garten, for some reason never rebuilt.
The destroyed church near Zoo. Garten, for some reason never rebuilt.