The Berlin trip also took advantage of the opportunity of a business trip, and went to Berlin on three days on the weekend. Historic cities are always full of charm, and Berlin has preserved many historical buildings, such as the main of the Two German periods

Berlin tour

Still taking advantage of the opportunity of a business trip, I went to Berlin for three days on the weekend. Historic cities are always full of charm, and Berlin has preserved many historical buildings, such as the main passages of the German period - Checkpoint Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate, the former Nazi headquarters, the Berlin Wall and the East Side Gallery. There are also many museums, mainly visiting the Museum of Terror Terrain, that is, the Museum of Nazi Crimes, which was very impacted, and the deepest impression was that the Nazi female soldiers in a photo were young and beautiful, with a gentle smile, but they could make inhuman human skins as lampshades, the contrast was too great, incomprehensible, and deeply terrifying. Because of the limited time, Berlin Museum Island only visited the old museum, but also a horse-and-see, have the opportunity to go again.

Figure 1: Marks left on the ground after the berlin wall was demolished. Previously, Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany. I have been to places that once belonged to two systems, and the cities that once belonged to West Germany would be more developed [proud]. Between 1961 and 1989, the Berlin Wall separated what was then West Berlin from the east and East German regions of Berlin. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the reunification of Germany in 1990, the Wall was mostly demolished, and only a small part was preserved as a memorial.

Figures 2 and 3: A section of the original Berlin Wall that has survived

Figures 4 to 6: East Side Gallery. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, hundreds of artists from all over the world painted graffiti with different themes on sections of the Berlin Wall that remained for 1316 meters. In 1991, this section of the Berlin Wall was classified as a protected building and can no longer be painted. There is a famous picture of the leaders of the two countries kissing here, but it is too hot to be posted. If you want to see it, you can search for "Brother's Kiss" online. It is said that the original image has been erased, but it was still there when I went in 2016, and I don't know if it was repaired.

Figure 7: The Brandenburg Gate, located in the Place de Paris, was once a gate of the Berlin Wall. Parisplatz is a square in the center of Berlin, located inside the Brandenburg Gate, at the western end of the Lindenstraße, and outside the Brandenburg Gate in the west is the Tilgarten district.

Figure 8: Checkpoint Charlie. The place where people in East and West Berlin used to check their borders, now there are also special cosplay on duty every day, and they are quite handsome [cover their faces]

Figure 9: The elephant gate at the Berlin Zoo, looking at some Chinese style, I don't know if there is any origin. There are giant pandas in it

Figure 10: The Reichstag, also used by Hitler as the headquarters of the Nazis

Fig. 11: Bellevue Palace in Tiergarten Park, the official residence of the German president

Figure 12: Berlin City Hall, the official residence of the mayor of Berlin. Unfortunately, the main entrance was not photographed, because I did not know where this place was

Fig. 13: Berlin Cathedral, built between 1894 and 1905 at the eastern end of Museum Island in Berlin, Germany, on Am Lustgarten 10178 Berlin (Mitte) is a Renaissance-style Protestant church built during the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a monument to the Hohenzollern dynasty. Many members of the royal family are buried here. (from Baidu)

Fig. 14: The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, named in honor of his grandfather by Wilhelm II, was destroyed during World War II and is now the only remaining bell tower on the west side, which is also a ruined wall.

Figure 15: Overlooking the city of Berlin