Berlin Germany Insider Sightseeing - Top Sights - Part 1 of 4

With about 3,400,000 inhabitants, Berlin is thetransparent dome, in which you can walk through
largest City in Germany. It is 38 kilometres longand "participate" and view how political decisions
and 45 kilometres wide. Consider that Berlin has aare made. One says, "We (the government) want
lot of suburbs and districts. As you know, the cityto show that we have nothing to hide".
was divided in its history. You will still recognizeFriedrichstrasse
that there is/was East-Berlin and West-Berlin so itThis is the most legendary street in the whole
has a "City East" and a "City West".city. It combines the architecture of the New
Arrival is possible with four different options.Berlin with the tradition of the "Golden Twenties".
1. By aircraft - Berlin has three airports.In the Twenties, the 3.5 km long street was the
2. By train - it's a junction of the German Raillocation for pleasure palaces, cafés,
Network. Example, the station "Bahnhof Zoo" istheatres and variety theatres such as the famous
located within Belin Mitte (City East), thus you"Wintergarten". After the division of the city, the
have "instant access" to a lot of sights and pubs.Wall also cut through this street. The world
3. By Car - All motorways to Berlin lead to thefamous Checkpoint Charlie was located at the
"Berliner Ring". From there you can get to theborder of the districts of Kreuzberg and Mitte and
inner city on various access roads.thus at the border of East and West Berlin. Not
4. By Bus - it's a well-priced and comfortable wayonly visitors but also the employees from the
to travel to this (or any other) city. Thenew, chic offices, agencies and media centres all
"Zentraler Omnibusbahnhof" (ZOB - Central Busenjoy the urban spirit and New York flair of the
Station) is situated near the Exhibition Centrenew Friedrichstrasse.
(ICC), in Charlottenburg, City West. From there,Checkpoint Charlie
you have connections to over 350 destinations inFrom 1961 to 1990, Checkpoint Charlie was the
Germany and Europe!only border crossing point for the Allies,
Now, shall we get started? Okay, c'mon, take myforeigners, employees of the Permanent
hand, let's go sightseeing! :-)Representation, and officials of the GDR. And it
Reichstagwas the place where Soviet and American tanks
The Reichstag was constructed from 1884-94 bystood face to face. Today, the checkpoint is
Paul Wallot, is the seat of the German Bundestagcommemorated by a border sign and a soldier's
or federal government and, with its newpost.
transparent dome, one of the biggestStuck for a moment, the second part arrives
crowd-draws in Berlin. Its colorful past reflects thesoon :-) Then you can go on with your Berlin
turbulence of German history since the 19thSightseeing Tour. In it we will go to places like the
century. From 1994-99, the Reichstag wasAlexanderplatz, the Brandenburg Gate, and the
reconstructed and extended by the Architect SirMuseum's Island.
Norman Forster. He decided to add an accessible