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Central Eastern
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BERLIN

2000-2023

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)
is a country at the intersection of Central and Western Europe.

It is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south.
It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and
Switzerland to the south, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west

YES ! I LOVE BERLIN !

One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital.

Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern
boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee.

Berlin straddles the banks of the River Spree,
which flows into the River Havel, a tributary
of the River Elbe, in the western
borough of Spandau.

Tiergarten Siegessäule Mitte Berlin July 2023

Tiergarten Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Siegessäule Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Rotes Rathaus Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

The TV Tower Berliner Fernsehturm, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

The TV Tower Berliner Fernsehturm, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

The Gendarmenmarkt (German for 'Men-at-arms market') is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble that includes the Berlin concert hall, along with the French and German Churches.
In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Friedrich Schiller.

The Gendarmenmarkt is named after a Prussian cuirassier regiment called the Gendarmen, which had stables at the square until 1773.

The Gendarmenmarkt Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

The Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin concert hall, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

The Berlin Cathedral, Berliner Dom, Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate ChurchBerlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

The Berlin Cathedral, Berliner Dom, Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate ChurchBerlin, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Tempodrom Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Kreuzberg Schöneberg Breitscheidplatz Hauptbahnhof Berlin july 2023

Kreuzberg, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Breitscheidplatz, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Schöneberg, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Hauptbahnhof, Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

East Side Gallery Mühlenstraße Berlin-Friedrichshain july 2023

The East Side Gallery (German: East-Side-Gallery) memorial in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving
section of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree.

It consists of a series of murals painted directly on a 1,316 m long remnant of the Berlin Wall, located near the centre of Berlin, on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.

In the spring of 1990, after the opening of the Berlin Wall, this section was painted by 118 artists from 21 countries.

The artists commented on the political changes of 1989/90 in a good hundred paintings on the side of the Wall that was formerly facing East Berlin.

Due to urban development measures, it is no longer completely preserved, and instead of the originals from then, only the replicas from 2009 exist today.

The gallery is located on the so-called hinterland wall, which closed off the border area to East Berlin.

Mühlenstrasse, one of the main arterial roads to the south, ran along these border installations.

The East Side Gallery, Berlin Wall, Mühlenstraße, Berlin-Friedrichshain, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Oberbaumbrücke Spree Berlin-Friedrichshain july 2023

Oberbaumbrücke Spree, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland. July 2023

Berlin Schloss Charlottenburg september 2021

Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.

The palace was built at the end of the 17th century and was greatly expanded during the 18th century.

Schloss Charlottenburg includes much lavish internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles.

The original palace was commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich I, Elector of Brandenburg in what was then the village of Lietzow.

Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

A large formal garden surrounded by woodland was added behind the palace, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion.

Schloss Charlottenburg garden, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

Volkspark Hasenheide, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

Grunewald, Famous for the homonymous forest, within the Berlin borough (Bezirk) of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf.

Grunewald Teufelssee, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

Volkspark Friedrichshain is a large urban park on the border of the Berlin neighborhoods of Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg.

The oldest public park in Berlin, at 52 hectares, it is also the fourth-largest, after Tempelhofer Park. September 2021.

Volkspark Friedrichshain, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

Berlin Schöneberg, Das durchbrochene Haus in der Bülowstraße, Germany, september 2021.

The Victory Column Siegessäule (from Sieg ‘victory’ + Säule ‘column’) is a monument in Berlin.
Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Second Schleswig War

The Rotes Rathaus (Red City Hall) is the town hall of Berlin, located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz.

U Alexanderplatz, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

The Fernsehturm, Berlin Capital City, Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, september 2021.

Berlin-Brandenburg airport banner, Germany, september 2021.

Berlin BVG floor-sticker, september 2021.

Walking & Touring in Downtown

Due to its location in the European Plain, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate.

Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media and science. Its economy is based on high-tech firms and the service sector,
encompassing a diverse range of creative industries, research facilities, media corporations and convention venues.

Berlin serves as a continental hub for air and rail traffic and has a highly complex public transportation network.

Berlin contains three World Heritage Sites: Museum Island; the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin; and the Berlin Modernism Housing Estates.

Other landmarks include the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag building, Potsdamer Platz, the Memorial to the
Murdered Jews of Europe, the Berlin Wall Memorial, the East Side Gallery, the Berlin Victory Column,
Berlin Cathedral and the Berlin Television Tower, the tallest structure in Germany.

Germany Berlin, 20-29 july 2019.

About one-third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers, canals and lakes.

Germany Berlin, 20-29 july 2019.

Berlin has numerous museums, galleries, libraries, orchestras and sporting events.

These include the Old National Gallery, the Bode Museum, the Pergamon Museum, the German Historical Museum,
the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Natural History Museum, the Humboldt Forum, the Berlin State Library,
the Berlin State Opera, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Berlin Marathon.

Germany Berlin, 20-29 july 2019.

Berlin Cathedral, Germany 20-29 july 2019.

Germany Berlin, 20-29 july 2019.

Berlin Kreuzberg July 2017

Berlin Kreuzberg, Bezirk district, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, July 2017.

My Place in Berlin Kreuzberg, Bezirk district, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, July 2017.

Berlin Kreuzberg, Bezirk district, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, July 2017.

Berlin City Landmarks July 2017

Berlin AlexanderPlatz, Mitte district, july 2017.

Berlin Potsdamer Platz, july 2017.

Berlin The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, july 2017.

Reichstag Tiergarten Schöneberg July 2016

Berlin Reichstag, july 2016.

Berlin House of World Cultures, july 2016.

Berlin Siegessäule victory monument, july 2016.

Berlin Street ART, july 2016.

I love the black Mustang, Berlin Schöneberg july 2016.

Berlin Potsdamer Platz november 2015

Berlin, Potsdamer Platz november 2015.

Berlin Schöneberg november 2015

Street ART, Berlin Schöneberg, november 2015.

Berlin XMAS 2014

Winter in Berlin, Christmas DECEMBER 2014.

Berlin June 2014 - View from KA-DE-WE Tauentzienstraße 21-24.

Berliner Fernsehturm - City Hall - Potsdamer Platz 2013

With its height of 368 meters, BerlinerFernsehturm (TV Tower) is the tallest structure in Germany and remains a
symbol of the city today, as it is easily visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin.

BerlinerFernsehturm (TV Tower) at Alexanderplatz in Mitte is among the tallest structures in the European Union at 368 m.

BerlinerFernsehturm - City Hall - 2013.

Potsdamer Platz - Sony Center - 2013.

Potsdamer Platz - Sony Center - Polizei - 2013.

Potsdamer Platz is an entire quarter built from scratch after 1995 after the Wall came down.

Potsdamer Platz - Bahnhof - 2013.

Potsdamer Platz - Sony Center - 2013.

Potsdamer Platz - 2013.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof - me walking around - June 2013.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof is the largest grade-separated rail station in Europe.

Friedrichshain - Kreuzberg - Elsenstraße.

Friedrichshain - Kreuzberg - Stralauer Allee.

Friedrichshain - Kreuzberg - Elsenbrücke.

Around Alexanderplatz & Schloss Charlottenburg 2012

Behind me, The Bode Museum, one of the groups of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin.

Since German reunification, Alexanderplatz has undergone a gradual process of change with many of the surrounding
buildings being renovated. Despite the reconstruction of the tram line crossing, it has retained its socialist character,
including the much-graffitied "Fountain of Friendship between Peoples" (Brunnen der Völkerfreundschaft), a popular venue.

Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin, near the Fernsehturm.
Berliners call it simply Alex, referring to a neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the northeast to Spandauer Straße and the City Hall in the southwest.

Berlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom) is the colloquial name
for the Evangelical (i.e. Protestant) Oberpfarr - und Domkirche.

(English analogously: Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, literally Supreme Parish and Cathedral Church) in Berlin

It is a member of the umbrella organisation Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian
Upper Lusatia. Its present building is located on Museum Island in the Mitte borough.

The Altes Museum is one of several internationally renowned museums on Museum Island in Berlin.
Since restoration work in 1966, it houses the Antikensammlung (antique collection) of the Berlin State Museums.

Charlottenburg Palace (German: Schloss Charlottenburg) is the largest palace in Berlin, and the
only surviving royal residence in the city dating back to the time of the Hohenzollern family.

It includes much exotic internal decoration in baroque and rococo styles. A large formal garden surrounded
by woodland was added behind the palace, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre and a pavilion.

Germany Brandenburg 2000 - 2005

BERLIN is the capital city and one of 16 states of Germany. Located in northeastern Germany, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Area

When I falled in LOVE with Berlin... August 2000 ! The Brandenburg gate and the Siegessaule. City Symbols.

Berlin 2005 . Brandenburg gate - Historical Retrospective Art Installation . Holocaust Memorial .

Walking around the city... Berlin 2005 . Bear-Calcio-Balilla installation.

Berlin Contemporary Architecture, The Reichstag building Inside. Berlin DB Central Station.

Berlin 2005 . Bundestag . The Reichstag building is the traditional seat of the German Parliament, renovated in the 1950s after severe World War II damage.

Berlin's history has left the city with a highly eclectic array of architecture and buildings. The city's appearance
today is predominantly shaped by the key role it played in Germany's history in the 20th century.

Berlin Brandenburg Germany 2005 - 2008

Walking around Berlin 2005... Pop Bear, Street Art Installation.

Walking around Berlin 2008... Berlin Siegessäule, The Victory Column.