‘Postcards From Berlin’

The Victory Column
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Under the Sony Centre
Alex
The TV Tower
East German car done up by Thierry Noir
Friedrichstrasse Train Station, a port of entry into the East for West Berliners
The Tränenpalast, an East German border control point
Sign boards of The Wall, circa 1970’s and 80’s
Friedrichstrasse Station
Nordbahnhof underground station, a ‘ghost station’ as the Stasi barricaded it off to prevent East Berliners escaping through the tunnels into the West.
East Side Gallery
East Side GAllery
Satire in art, the East Side Gallery
East Side GAllery
East Side Gallery
The work of Thierry Noir
Hackescher Hof
Berlin art
The River Spree in Charlottenbourg
The Spree, from the Reichstag
The Reichstag
East Side Gallery
The Victory Column
From the dome on the Reichstag
Modern Architecture, on the Reichstag
The Berlin Cathedral, the TV Tower and construction of the new Berlin City Palace
University building
Memorial to the world of lost books, a reminder of how important literature is.
Berlin pedestrian man
Potsdamer Platz, and the route of The Wall
The very first traffic light ever installed in Europe can be found on Potsdamer Platz
A recovered section of the Grand Esplanade Hotel
Sony Centre, Potsdamer Platz
From Bernauerstrasse, and an indication of where East Berliners attempted to escape
In the foreground, the foundations of an old church which was never rebuilt by communist ruled East Berlin. After Reunification, this Church was erected on the site.
In an exhibition centre at Bernauerstrasse, children can learn, and leave their mark.
East Side Gallery
On the cobbled pavements, there are many gold plates, showing where Holocaust victims used to live before being sent to their deaths.