“Where were you in Berlin?”, visitors to Berlin are often asked. Most then answer “Alexanderplatz”, but do they really mean Alexanderplatz?
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Cemeteries in front of the Halleschen Tor
A total of 6 Berlin cemeteries are located on the contiguous area of the cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor between Mehringdamm and Zossener Straße in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
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In tethered balloon high above Berlin
One of the truly exceptional viewpoints in Berlin is the large HiFlyer a tethered balloon near Checkpoint Charlie.
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Artpark Tegel – Open Air Gallery with Murals
42 metres high are the murals in Berlin’s highest open-air gallery in the Artpark Tegel, located on eight high-rise walls in the immediate vicinity of the Tegeler See lake.
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The Pregnant Oyster and the Carillon in the Tiergarten
If you walk along John-Foster-Dulles-Allee from the Reichstag in Berlin towards Bellevue Palace, you can’t miss the Pregnant Oyster and the Carillon – provided you know what to look for.
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Soviet Memorial in Schönholzer Heide
The Soviet Memorial in Schönholzer Heide is rather unknown, but I find it no less impressive than the memorials in Treptow and at the Brandenburg Gate.
A tip brought the memorial to my attention, so we went to Pankow to discover it.