Dem Deutschen Volke

This is the seat of the German Parliament, reopened in 1999. The silhouette is recognized from the staged image of a Russian soldier raising a flag on its roof in 1945.

Reichstag

Contemplation

Sandra silently thinking something in German. Maybe her thoughts goes to Mies van der Rohe, the Bauhaus master who designed the building next to us.

Outside Neue Nationalgalerie

From the ashes

This church was built in 1890 but damaged during a bomb raid in 1943.

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche, Kurfürstendamm

Keep out

Why do humans always insist on building fences instead of bridges?

East Berlin

Du bist kein Berliner

Nobody likes George W Bush, especially not on his visit to Berlin earlier this year.

East Berlin

The wall

East Side Gallery is the largest remaining section of the Berlin Wall.

Reine at East Side Gallery

Beneath the dome

Berliner Dom

Construction time again

It's hard to believe that this area used to be a nomansland ten years ago.

Reine at Potsdamer Platz (photo by Sandra)

I want to be a Marilyn

Have you ever wondered what Victoria has under her skirt? Now you know.

The statue of Victoria at the top of Siegessäule

Edge of civilization

This is what you get for ascending 285 steps in a narrow spiral staircase. The angels in Wim Wender's Der Himmel über Berlin also met at this place.

View from Siegessäule

Train of thought

This ruin used to be the largest train station in Europe.

Anhalter Bahnhof

How to impale a sphere

Fernsehturm

Altitude caffeine

Surprisingly good coffee is served at the height of 207 meters.

Reine at the top of Fernsehturm

Here be Americans

The corner of Friedrichstrasse and Zimmerstrasse is the location of the well-known border station held by Americans, one of the Berlin Wall gates during the cold war.

Checkpoint Charlie