 near Alexanderplatz |
 the Fernsehturm (TV Tower) |
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 the Rotes Rathaus (Red State House) |
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 Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church) |
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 the Spree River |
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 Berliner Dom (Cathedral) |
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 Altes Museum (Old National Museum) |
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 Unter den Linden (und Unter den Cranen!) Boulevard |
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 at the VW showroom |
 in front of our hotel |
 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtnis-Kirche (remnant/memorial from WWII bombing, with new church added) |
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 as it appeared before the war... |
 ...and after the war |
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 inside the new church |
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 some pix frm around Potsdamer Platz |
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 the Sony Center |
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 the preserved Kaisersaal (fragment of the Kaiser's dining room,now in the Sony Center) |
 fragments of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz |
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 the Holocaust Denkmal (Memorial) |
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 Brandenburger Tor (Gate) |
 a view toward the Reichstag |
 memorial to those who died crossing the border |
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 at the Bundestag (Government) complex |
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 on the steps of the Reichstag |
 on the roof of the Reichstag |
 in the glass cupola |
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 looking out over the Tiergarten |
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 in the Tiergarten (former imperial deer park) |
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 the Global Stone Project |
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 Hey! Ducks! |
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 No grilling! |
 the Siegessaule (Goddess of Victory) |
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 bears are the symbol of Berlin |
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 in the S-bahn (surface trams) |
 heading for the Museuminsel (island) |
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 the Pergamon Museum... |
 ...and the Pergamon Altar inside |
 scenes of the battle between gods and giants |
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 from the Telephos Frieze |
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 in the Ancient Near Eastern collection |
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 the Ishtar Gate from Babylon |
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 it says "No grilling!" |
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 in the Islamic art collection |
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 the Mshatta facade from Jordan |
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 in the western antiquities collection |
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 a street market on the Spree River |
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 the Bode museum |
 the Postfuhramt (mail delivery horses house) in the Scheunenviertel (old barn district) |
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 Attention, Rauchers! |
 the Heckmann-Hofe (house) |
 the Neue (New) Synagoge (new in 1886 and again in 1995) |
 memorial to Berlin Jews sent to Auschwitz and Theresienstadt |
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 the Berlin pedestrian crossing figures |
 in the Hackesche Hofe (a labyrinth of courtyards) |
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 the shopping center Quartier 206, outside... |
 ...and inside |
 at the former Checkpoint Charlie on the east-west border |
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 marking the former line of the wall through the city... |
 ... and under the Starbucks |
 in the U-bahn (underground tram) |
 at the Zoo! |
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 Hello from Bao Bao! |
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 Eisbaren? |
 Eisbaren! |
 they're laughing, too |
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 Guten Tag! |
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 it's not a leaf... |