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Berlin Wall Memorial

Stolpersteine – Commemorating the Victims

Finding Stolpersteine Map

Murdered Jews of Europe Memorial

Tiergarten, Global Stone Project, Soviet War Memorial and the Victory Column

The Art Gallery and the Reichstag

Potsdam and the Schloss Sanssouci – a day trip from Berlin

Berlin again, more Museums, this one is the Technical Museum, huge place, very interesting.

Next stop the Stasi Museum, the Stasi were the East German secret police who spied on the German people, they had about 100,000 employees and 200,000 informants.

An interesting movie about the Stasi “The Lives of Others”

Topography of Terror seeks to explain how the Third Reich happened, definitely worth a visit and its free as well.

17 June 1953 memorial, when the workers of the GDR revolted and a slice of Italy in Berlin

The Berlin Story – Having already visited the Berlin History Museum there were no surprises here, the visit to the Nuclear Bomb Shelter was the highlight.

East Side Gallery – A section of the old Berlin dividing wall turned over to artists

Four hour cruise around the River Spree and Landwehr canal

The Jewish Museum and Checkpoint Charlie

Berlin TV tower great view from the top, get there early, the Cathedral, Chocolate House amazing creations and ice-cream, Jewish Synagogue, a bit rundown, no photographs and Hackescher Market

Berlin, a big modern city with a notorious past. Museums and memorials everywhere all commemorating the mayhem that originated here. Lots of tourists, public transport that will get you anywhere and everything is well organised. Population 6 million and about one-third of the city’s area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

The ride from Veghel to Berlin was uneventful, autobahn all the way, some rain, many trucks, roadworks and not very interesting.

The first thing I did when I got to Berlin was to get a German SIM card, Vodafone, valid for 30 days, cost 10 Euro with 750 Mb of data and 15 Euro credit. Next a Welcome Berlin Card for 6 days 41.50 euro gives you free public transport and 25% discount off most tourist destinations. You can buy them at any railway station ticket vending machine. Otherwise a single ride will cost you 2.70 euro good for 2 hours travel.

The Berlin History Museum and a Memorial