The TV Tower stands near Alexanderplatz. It was completed in 1969 and stands 365 metres high. It was intended as a symbol of the permanence of East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic.
The St. Marienkirche (Church of St. Mary) is a church in Berlin, capital of Germany. The church is located in Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse (formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse) in central Berlin, near the Alexanderplatz. Its exact age is not known, but it was first mentioned in German chronicles in 1292. It is presumed to date from earlier in the 13th century. It was originally a Roman Catholic church b...
Historical Airplane at the Airport Berlin-Tempelhof, Germany. Its a Douglas DC-3/C 47, a so called Rosinenbomber. During the blockade of Berlin in 1948/1949, those planes supplied with an airlift from West-Germany the City of Berlin. Today you can go with this plane on sightseeing flights.
The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. The East German authorities, called it the “antifaschistischer Schutzwall” (Anti-Fascist Protection Wall) . Its intent was to restrict access between West Berlin and East Germany. It was built in 1961 and fortified over the years, but was opened to u...
The Karl-Marx-avenue is an important road in Berlin. A number of magnificent blocks of flats is worth seeing from the 1950er years. The avenue was called only large one Frankfurt road, on 21 December 1949 (Stalins 70th birthday) in Stalinallee and on 13 November 1961 in Karl-Marx-avenue was renamed. It leads the underground line 5 from the Alexanderplatz to Frankfurt gates the underground runs....
City Airport Tempelhof in Berlin Germany, one of three airports in Berlin area but the only one with over 70y of history. Today it's commuted into a park and concert venue.
Beach at Wannsee, Berlin. The sand was carried in 1956 from the Baltic Sea to Berlin. The lido is located near to the House of the infamous Wannsee-Conference.
A 42 hectare botanical garden with over 18,000 species of plants. The oldest botanical garden in Germany was founded by the king in the 17th century as a place to grow medicinal plants and vegetables, The garden fell into decay and was restored after 1801 by the botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow.
