I really enjoyed Berlin. Once a jewel in the Imperial crown, Berlin was left to languish in the chaotic period after World War Two, becoming more a centre for espionage and intrigue than a tourist stopover. One of the ways you can explore this interesting past is to trace the path along the former Berlin Wall, along PotsdamerPlatz, Checkpoint Charlie, and the fantastic look out point at The Berlin Wall Documentation Center on Bernauer Strasse. With the toppling of The Berlin Wall in 1989 Berlin tried to reassert itself as Germany’s leading city. Town planners and architects got together to solve the Berlin Problem: reunifying two parts of a very divided city that evolved under different id
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