Berlin-Tegel Airport (TXL/EDDT) |
Berlin-Tegel Airport |
Natural gas powered Volvo taxi, Berlin |
Berlin license plate on a Smart car |
DHL Smart Car - Reinhold's fault! |
Bahnhof Berlin Zoologischer Garten, formerly the main railway station for West Berlin |
Joachimstaler Strasse, south of Bahnhof Zoologischer Garten |
Erotik Museum, near the Berlin Zoologischer Garten station |
West Berlin |
West Berlin |
West Berlin |
Hardenbergerstrasse |
Zoo Palast |
Main gate to the Berlin Zoo |
Berlin Zoologischer Garten |
Another gate to the Berlin Zoo |
Gate to the Berlin Zoologischer Garten |
Berlin Aquarium |
Berlin Aquarium |
Lendwehrkanal, between the Zoologischer Garten and the Tiergarten |
A glimpse into the Zoo |
Tiergarten - sculpture of a foxhunt |
Tiergarten - detail of the foxhunt sculpture |
Tiergarten - sculpture of a wild boar hunt |
Tiergarten - sculpture of a bison hunt |
Siegessäule - Victory Column |
Sigessäule - built to commemorate the Prusso-Danish War of 1864 |
Goldelse, the figure atop the Siegessäule |
The golden angel was added after victories over Austria (1866) and France (1871) |
Bas relief at the base of the Siegessäule |
Bas relief at the base of the Siegessäule |
Bas relief at the base of the Siegessäule |
Bas relief at the base of the Siegessäule |
The base of the Siegessäule is surrounded by mosaics |
Mosaics, Siegessäule |
Mosaics, Siegessäule |
Straße des 17. Juni, through the Tiergarten east to the Brandenburger Tor |
Monument to Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) Großer Stern |
Monument to Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke, Großer Stern |
Großer Stern |
Tiergarten |
U-Bahnhof Kurfürstendamm |
Kurfürstendamm, the main commercial street of West Berlin |
Berlin manhole cover |
KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens, Berlin |
KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens, Berlin |
KaDeWe |
Europa-Center, Berlin |
Europa-Center, Berlin |
Europa-Center, Berlin |
Europa-Center, Berlin |
Mercedes star atop the Europa-Center, Berlin |
Europa-Center, Berlin |
Europa-Center and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Europa-Center and the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Gedächtniskirche, Kurfürstendamm |
Sculpture "Berlin" 1987 representing the two halves of Berlin, by Brigitte and Martin Matschinsky-Denninghoff |
"Berlin" Skulptur, Tauentzienstraße |
Gedächtniskirche, Kurfürstendamm |
Gedächtniskirche, Kurfürstendamm |
Gedächtniskirche, Kurfürstendamm |
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
The Gedächtniskirche, Memorial Church, was built 1895 in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I |
The Gedächtniskirche was mostly destroyed in 1943 |
The main tower has been left in ruins as a reminder of the destruction of Berlin in World War II |
A modern tower and new church were built in 1963 |
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Old and new towers of the Gedächtniskirche |
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Fountain, Breitscheindeplatz |
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Plaque on the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Gedenkhalle, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Almost completely covered in mosaics, much of the memorial hall below the main tower was saved |
Mosaic angel, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
St. George and the Dragon on the floor of the Gendenkhalle |
Floor mosaic of St. George, Gedächtniskirche |
Gedenkhalle - Memorial Hall, Gedächtniskirche |
Wilhelm I King of Prussia German Kaiser |
Wilhelm I König von Preussen Deutscher Kaiser |
Gedenkhalle, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Wilhelm I König von Preussen Deutscher Kaiser |
Standard-bearer mosaic, Gedächtniskirche |
Standard-bearer mosaic, Gedächtniskirche |
Standard-bearer and coat-of-arms, Gedächtniskirche |
Coat-of-arms, Gedächtniskirche |
Standard-bearer mosaic, Gedächtniskirche |
Standard-bearer mosaic, Gedächtniskirche |
Kaiser Heinrich I mosaic, Gedächtniskirche |
Kaiser Heinrich I mosaic, Gedächtniskirche |
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Der Hohenzollernzug - Procession of the Hohenzollerns Mosaic, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, lead by Queen Luise |
Kaiser Wilhelm I , center, with his sucessor Friedrich III who reigned 99 days in 1888, and his father Friedrich Wilhelm III |
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) grandson of Kaiser Wilhelm I and Queen Victoria of England |
Kaiser Wilhelm II with wife Princess Augusta Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein |
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Ceiling of the Gedenkhalle |
Angel, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche |
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The new octagonal church built in 1963 |
New Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche |
Alter of the new church |
Model of the old church |
Marmorhaus, Kurfürstendamm |
H&M, Kurfürstendamm |
Concorde Berlin |
Concorde Berlin |
Swissotel, C&A, Berlin |
Tourist sites, West Berlin |
Augsburger Straße/Passauer Straße, West Berlin |
Hotel Alsterhof, a good mid-range option in West Berlin |
West Berlin |
West Berlin |
West Berlin |
Pirates of the Caribbean II, Berlin |
Nollendorfplatz Theater, Berlin |
Nollendorfplatz Theater, Berlin |
West Berlin |
West Berlin |
Wittenbergplatz, West Berlin |
Wittenbergplatz |
Wittenbergplatz |
Remembering the concentration camps |
Dorint Sofitel Schweizerhof, Berlin |
Bus stop for the express bus to Tegel Airport |
Berlin Telel Airport |