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The corner used to be in the East Berlin. I'm sure that looked very different 50 years ago. Between 1949 and 1990 it comprised the eastern regions of Berlin and consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors became West Berlin. Since reunification, the German government has spent vast amounts of money on reintegrating the two halves of the city. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
The East Side Gallery is possibly the largest and longest-lasting open air gallery in the world. It is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall located near our hotel. The Gallery consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
What a view from 203 metres high. There was a little colorful plant in the grey. We looked out over the entire city and recognised a large number of familiar places: the Reichstag (Parliament building), the Brandenburg Gate and the Main Railway Station. The History of the Berlin TV tower is interesting: In the sixties the GDR government had the TV tower built, not least, to demonstrate the strength and efficiency of the socialist party system. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
Advent is the time for Christmas markets: there are about sixty markets across the city. Weihnachtsmärkte is one of the most popular Christmas markets in Berlin during the festive season. Framed by the Französischer Dom, the Konzerthaus and the Deutscher Dom, a small tent city with more than 1,000 strings of light appears like magic each year in this centrally-located square. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
The view from the West could look like this. The artist Yadegar Asisi consists of a panorama of the daily routine on both sides of the Berlin Wall on an autumn day in the 1980s at Checkpoint Charlie at the corner of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße. The Berlin Wall was a barrier that divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
The Potsdamer Platz was the biggest construction site in Europe, a new urban centre arose from scratch in a period of just five years. During the war, Potsdamer Platz was almost completely destroyed and it spent more than 40 years in a state of slumber as the city’s wasteland located between East and West. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
Hipster loves Berlin. And why not. The atmosphere is so cool and relax. Berlin is intriguing because it is so versatile and so multi-faceted. You can hang out in cool bars and people are walking with they beer bottles on the streets. Here in Berlin lives 3,5 million people, it is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
We walked through the Holocaust Memorial in any direction as there is no set pattern to the stones. The slabs undulate in a wave-like pattern. Each is a five-sided monolith, individually unique in shape and size. The Memorial designed to commemorate the murder of six million Jews at the hands of Hitler and his forces. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
We eated our lunch at KaWeDe. The 6th floor food hall is called "Delicatessen" and is famous for its wide variety of food and beverages. It has around 110 cooks and 40 bakers and confectioners supplying more than 30 gourmet counters. The Kaufhaus des Westens it is the largest department store in Continental Europe. There is over 60,000 square metres of selling space and more than 380,000 articles available. #Berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland
Our first dinner was in Kreuzberg. We walked there in a couple of minutes from our hotel. Restaurant Bosco serves creative Italian cuisine featuring seasonal offerings. Simple wooden tables, copper lightshades, a solid timber counter backed by a white tiled wall. We liked it. #berlin
Anna Availa
Deutschland