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| Philip Game | profile | all galleries >> Germany and Austria, 2012-2017 (16 galleries) >> Berlin, 2014 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
A few days in Berlin, a city reunited since my first visit so many years earlier. Back then, the journey entailed tense transits of the DDR (East Germany), submitting to the scrutiny of Communist border police. Now, relatively little tangible evidence remains of the Berlin Wall following the collapse of the Soviet-sponsored regime in 1989. However, the new Berlin can still appear to be a work in progress, with the Under den Linden torn up for subway extensions during our visit.
This gallery now includes images from our 2015 visit, where these relate to the same sights and experiences.
Images captured in RAW format with Nikon D300 and are available for licensing. Please visit my blog.
 Riders on the storm... atop the Brandenburg Gate |
 The Brandenburg Gate |
 2015: The horses and their rider remain as striking as ever... |
 Unofficial memorial to murdered would-be escapees over the Berlin Wall |
 Berlin's Reichstag building, restored from its destruction by fire in 1933. |
 Inside the dome of the rebuilt Reichstag building |
 Inside the dome of the Reichstag |
 Approaching the dome of the Reichstag, designed by Sir Norman Foster |
 A contrast in styles: skyline looking east from the roof of the Bundestag |
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (the Holocaust Memorial) |
 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe |
 2015: A monument that repays contemplation... |
 The Television Tower (Fernsehturm), once the showpiece of East Berlin |
 Looking out over Tiergarten from the Television Tower |
 Bode Museum on Museumsinsel |
 Alte Nationalgallerie on Museumsinsel |
 Alte Nationalgallerie |
 Queen Nefertiti of Egypt at the Neues Museum |
 Egyptian bust - Queen Nefertiti again? |
 Berlin Cathedral Church, beside the Spree |
 Looking out from the Berliner Dom |
 From the Dom: The Red Town Hall |
 Just another day on the job... Berlin |
 Brewery slogan: Berlin, you're so wonderful |
 U-Bahn station named for Richard Wagner |
 The century-old New Synagogue in central Berlin |
 German composers monument, Tiergarten |
 Houseboats on the Spree |
 Leisurecraft on the Spree |
 Control tower at Tegel Airport |
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