Saturday, February 20, 2010

Berlin: route concerning the wall

There is no doubt that the fall of the wall of Berlin was one of the events that has marked the contemporary history. That's why, to visit Berlin means to bring us over also to one of the cities that has been the most recent protagonist of our history.

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From the trips blog, we are going to recommend to you some of the places that you can visit in your trip for the area of the wall of Berlin, a piece of history.

  • Mauerpark, the Park of the Wall, in which you will be able to find remains of the wall with graffiti realized by some artists. He remembers that to come so far you have to come to the metro station Eberswalder Str.
  • The Door of Brandemburgo, which is one of the principal symbols of Germany, is other of the points that I recommend to you to visit. You will see how the crown a sculpture of the goddess of the victory, which turns out to be mounted in his cuádriga. From here, I recommend to you to approach the Tiergarten, the green lung of the city.
  • A visit that is worth doing, to reflect on other of the episodes of the history of the humanity (this one of the darkest) is the commemorative Monument of the holocaust, formed by 2711 blocks of concrete. It is sure that it does not make you indifferent.
  • The Museum of the Wall (Mauermuseum) and Checkpoint Charlie is one of the most famous frontier steps between the secotres of the Antigua Soviet Union and the Allied Forces.
  • The art gallery outdoors bigger than the world is here. His name is East Side Gallery and measures 1,3 kilometers. In her you will be able to see the paintings of more than 100 artists of 21 different countries, on the biggest and better preserved remains of the wall.
  • As for the Museums, he emphasizes the Museum of the RDA, in which you will be able to see objects, curiosities … and the whole recreation of how it was the life in the west before falling down the wall. Also it is worth doing a museum visit of Pérgamo and Ancient Museum.

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Related posts:

  1. To learn German in Berlin
  2. What to see in Berlin
  3. Berlin:ciudad in works

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