GERMANY Across The Rolling Plains To Berlin Photography by Geoff and Brian
Jan 12, 2015
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The Reichstag is now the second most visited attraction in Germany, not least because of the huge glass dome that was erected on the roof as a gesture to the original 1894 cupola giving an impressive view over the city, especially at night.
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Berlin Hauptbahnhof, or Berlin Central Station is the
main railway station in Berlin and the largest crossing
station in Europe. It began full operation opening on 26 May 2006. It is now Europe's
largest two-level railway station.
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Dome roof of the Sony Centre
The Sony Centre contains a mix of shops, restaurants, a conference centre, hotel rooms, luxurious rented suites and condominiums, offices, art and film museums, cinemas, an IMAX theatre, a small version of LEGOLAND, and a "Sony Style" store.
Free Wi-Fi connections are available for all visitors. During major sport events like the 2012 FIFA World Cup, the centre also has a large television screen on which the events can be broadcast to viewers sitting in the large open area in the middle.
GERMANYAlexanderplatz
Originally the square was called the Ochsenmarkt or ox market, but in 1805, after a visit by Russian Tzar Alexander I it was renamed to Alexanderplatz. The locals simply call this large square 'Alex‘
Most of the buildings on the square were destroyed by allied bombing during the Second World War. After the war it became the centre of East-Berlin and the square was used as a showcase of socialist architecture. This resulted in some plain bulky buildings and a huge television tower.
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Ten days after closing the border on August 13, 1961
tourists from abroad, diplomats and the military personnel of the Western
Powers were only allowed to enter East Berlin via the crossing point at Berlin
Friedrichstrasse.
This is the Museum at the crossing point today. The checkpoint at Friedrichstrasse got the name Charlie.
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The most famous painting on the Berlin Wall, depicting Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German counterpart Erich Honecker
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Tiergarten Park
Our tour party entering the Tiergarten Park in the
centre of Berlin. With 210 hectares, it is the largest
park in Berlin.
The park also has one of the three Soviet War Memorials in Berlin.
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It consists of a 19,000 square metre site covered with 2,711 concrete slabs arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field.
The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
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Jean and Anne welcome you to a
brief tour of Dresden on the way to Prague.
Photography by Geoff and Brian