Brandenburg Gate
November 30, 2010 by Germany vacations · Leave a Comment
Brandenburg Gate – the former gate to the city One of the main symbols of Berlin, the Branderberg Gate is also a former gate of the city of Berlin. Constructed in 1791, this gate is situated to the west of the center of the city and at the crossing of Ebertstraße and Unter den Linden. [...]
Museumsinsel
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Museumsinsel Welcome to the island of museums. Enjoy your visit and check out the group of five museums that were constructed over a period of 106 years, stretching from 1824 to 1930. UNESCO awarded it the world heritage status in the year 1999. Situated on a small island in the Spree River of Berlin, this [...]
Deutsches Historisches Museum
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Deutsches Historisches Museum Situated in the Zeughaus, the German Historical Museum was founded in the year 1987 by Eberhard Dipgen, the mayor of Berlin and Helmut Kohl, the Chancellor of Germany. It was founded to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the founding of Berlin city. In the year 2004, an extension, designed by I.M. Pai, [...]
Altes Museum
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This is place to visit if you are interested to view lots of vases and statues from the Roman and Greek era. Constructed between 1823 and 1830, the Altes Museum is famous with tourists because of its huge collection of antique artifacts. Karl Friedrich Schinkel built this neoclassical style structure for displaying the art collection [...]
TV Tower
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Enjoy dinner perched high atop the rest of the city and watch the views from that vantage point. Known locally as the Fernsehturm, the Berlin TV Tower is one of the most popular amongst other tourist spots.
Berlin Wall
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Do you have the courage to cross the zone, crossing which was considered impossible a decade or so back? Officially demolished on 9 November 1989, the Berlin wall was infamous for being one of the most impenetrable barriers that divided the erstwhile divided East Germany and West Germany.
Berlin
November 3, 2010 by Germany vacations · Leave a Comment
Berlin is the capital of united Germany and prior to that it was the capital of Germany and before that the old capital of Prussia. It is also famous for its museums, including one that exhibits the bust of Nofretete-Nefertiti. Tourists are awe struck by the architecture of its buildings, for example the Brandenburger Tor [...]
Berlin TOP tourist attractions
January 15, 2010 by Germany vacations · Leave a Comment
Brandenburg Gate is the emblem of Berlin. It was engineered between 1788-1791. It separated Berlin in two (Western Berlin and Eastern Berlin). On December 22th, 1989 when the Berlin Fall had fallen, the Brandenburg Gate was once again opened.