Sightseeing in Berlin

My day in Berlin would be completely insufficient to do justice to this city. To be reminded of the World War and Cold War associations would have to be enough.

Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church is an iconic landmark left in its damaged state, following wartime air raids, as a memorial to the war devastation.

Alexanderplatz and the Fernsehturm Tower (the one that still looks so futuristic) is so Cold War and so atmospheric. The Russians were still ahead in the Space Race in that era of course!














And the Wall, a section controversially retained, seen from a viewing platform above a memorial exhibition centre. It is decaying - perhaps intentionally? I see the dilemma of actually 'maintaining' this symbol of segregation and division.

The memorial to the murdering of Jews in Europe, the Holocaust memorial, is an extraordinary statement. Standing in close proximity to the Reichstag and Bradenburger Tor is  a statement in itself.

The unmistakable Reichstag building and the seat of the German Bundestag. See it in action through the Norman Foster glazed dome over. Intentionally avoiding 'closed doors' in these new times.