After 3 years of living in Germany we finally made it to Berlin! It was on our list of must see cities in Germany from the very beginning & this time was even better to take our trip there because we had our friends with us & we love traveling together!
From Brandenburg Gate & Pariser Platz to Berlin Wall,
The Parliament building - Reichstag , Postdamer Platz,
Siegessaeule, Unten den Linden, Nikolai quarter and last but least
Museum Island , where we got to visit the DDR Museum, Museum of
Arts & many more!
But for now I'll stick to just some of these places we
got to visit in our first day there!
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The Brandenburg Gate & Pariser Platz
For us this place was the very first on our must
see list & that is why we headed first to the Pariser Platz &
enjoyed the perfect view of the Brandenburg Gate!
The gate used to represent the separation of the city between East and West Berlin, since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 the Brandenburg Gate has now come to symbolise German unity. Built according to the plans of Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is modelled on the Propylaeum of Athens’ Acropolis. In 1793, a quadriga designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow was placed on the gate, which points to the east in the direction of the city centre.
The gate used to represent the separation of the city between East and West Berlin, since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 the Brandenburg Gate has now come to symbolise German unity. Built according to the plans of Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is modelled on the Propylaeum of Athens’ Acropolis. In 1793, a quadriga designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow was placed on the gate, which points to the east in the direction of the city centre.
Pariser Platz
Always full of tourists taking picture with the
gate, the Pariser Platz in Berlin is considered as the city’s "best
room” and indeed is also one of the most beautiful places in the
capital. Around Pariser Platz, elegant town houses, embassies and
the luxurious Adlon Hotel were built. The French
Embassy and the Embassy of the United States are two additional
prominent establishments to be found at this historical
place.
Ampelmann Shop
I really loved the atmosphere here, it's the perfect
place to find a symbolic souvenir from Berlin, plus the coffee
there is delicious! More about the "Ampelmännchen " and its
history:
Symbols were developed for traffic lights in many
countries independently of one another, usually in the form of
little people.Thereby, the first Ampelmännchen were created in a
variety of versions worldwide. But no other symbol was preceded by
such extensive, well-founded development on the basis of traffic
psychology as the famous East German Ampelmännchen.
The developer of the Ampelmännchen, Karl Peglau, was a
traffic psychologist, technical draftsman and functional designer
all at the same time – and was happy to involve other people too.
His wife Hildegard supported his work with affectionate interest –
she remains a member of the AMPELMANN family to this very day and
attends every company celebration. She was frequently the first
person to test his new developments. His secretary Anneliese Wegner
had a gift for drawing; she added a few details at Karl Peglau’s
request, making her contribution to the personality of the
Ampelmännchen. As an example, according to Karl Peglau, the shape
of the hat goes back to her input.
Unter den Linden
We took a long walk along the beautiful streets of
Germany, enjoying also a delicious pasta at Vapiano & taking
pictures with the well known Berlin Bear, also visited the second
most generous Mercedes-Benz Gallery.
Unter den Linden ("under the linden trees") is a
boulevard in the central Mitte district of Berlin, the capital of
Germany. Running from the City Palace to Brandenburg Gate, it is
named after the lime trees that line the grassed pedestrian mall on
the median and the two broad carriageways. The avenue links
numerous Berlin sights and landmarks.
Situated "Unten den Linden" the Mercedes-Benz
Gallery follows a compelling idea: to create
forums where the brand can exchange ideas with an urban public.
This is the second and the most generous Mercedes-Benz Gallery is
situated not far from where the first Mercedes-Benz dealer
conducted his trade a century ago.Memorial to the Murdered Jews of
Europe
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in the
centre of Berlin is the German Holocaust Memorial honouring and
remembering the up to six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Located between the Brandenburg Gate and Potsdamer Platz, the
Memorial consists of the Field of Stelae designed by Peter Eisenman
and the subterranean Information Centre. The exhibition at the
Information Centre documents the persecution and extermination of
European Jewry as well as the historic sites of the
crimes.
Reichstag
Reichstag building is a historical edifice in Berlin,
Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German:
Reichstag), of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed
the Diet until 1933, when it was severely damaged after it was set
on fire. After World War II, the building fell into
disuse.
The ruined building was made safe against the elements
and partially refurbished in the 1960s, but no attempt at full
restoration was made until after German reunification on 3 October
1990, when it underwent a reconstruction led by architect Norman
Foster. After its completion in 1999, it once again became the
meeting place of the German parliament: the modern
Bundestag.
This was if for the first day, stay close for more
Berlin sites in the next blogpost!
