Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
It is one of the biggest botanical gardens in Germany on an area of 43 hectares containing 22000 different plants: the Botanischer Garten of Berlin, Germany. It belongs to the Freie Universität Berlin and serves scientific purposes, but it is also a tourist attraction (attracting half a million visitors each year). Some bars and restaurants offer ice cream and drinks. And it is in fact so large that you can walk around there for hours and easily get lost.
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Finding a hotel in the South of Berlin, Germany can be quite a problem. I wanted to attend a confirmation ceremony at a church in Lankwitz, but there isn’t any place to sleep. An area full of residential homes far away from the touristy capital. Therefore I booked the nearest hotel at Steglitz, the Hotel Steglitz International.
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The summer residence of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover is a wonderful palace in the West of Berlin, Germany and with its garden it invites for long walks. It was opened in 1699 and was named Lietzenburg after the village next to it. It was extended continuously, especially after she became queen of Prussia. When Sophia Charlotte in 1705 (aged 36 then) her husband named the castle and the village after her: Charlottenburg. Still today the city quarter name Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf refers to her.
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It is a retirement home for old illuminated letters and advertisement signs: the Buchstabenmuseum (letter museum) at Berlin, Germany. Since already 14 years a club of volunteers collects and exhibits letters and advertisement signs with a history. They had to change their location already five times and are now located under a Stadtbahnbogen near S-Bahn stop Bellevue.
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I never went to the Ku’damm to find something to eat. I thought the restaurants in that area might not fit to my needs but I had to learn that I am wrong. When meeting some colleagues for dinner close to the Café Kranzler I just started the right app and was directed to a burger bar with free tables. Continue reading “Upper Burger Grill”
The word ‘Tiergarten‘ refers to two different things in Berlin, Germany: a city quarter and the vast park west to the Brandenburg gate – better called ‘Großer Tiergarten‘. It is 210 hectares large and some streets cross it. It was created in the 16. century as a hunting area for the king; therefore it’s name. Continue reading “Großer Tiergarten”
The 67 meters high Siegessäule is an iconic memorial in Berlin, Germany. It was built between 1864 and 1873 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the wars against Denmark, Austria and France. On top a large golden statue of the Viktoria is standing which is also called Goldelse by the locals.
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When the Red Army freed Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II (in April and May 1945) around 80000 Soviet soldiers lost their life. They have been buried there and different memorials throughout the city commemorate them. The biggest one is located in the Treptower Park, the one probably most often visited within the Großer Tiergarten. Continue reading “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal Tiergarten”
For many people it is interesting to find places where something historical happened. And sometimes I have the feeling that this is especially true when it is about dark times. For me as a German it feels a bit strange when people search for traces of Adolf Hitler – at the Obersalzberg, the Wolfsschanze in Poland or at Berlin. Continue reading “Führerbunker”
The Potsdamer Platz is a very well-known public space at Berlin, Germany with high buildings and great architecture. Here you can see Berlins first traffic lights and they are still operating (even though the traffic is not directed by it). It is a hub from which you can easily reach many interesting places on a short walk. Continue reading “Potsdamer Platz”