the entrance to the Sinti and Roma Memorial
the very modern annex is named after the politician Paul Löbe, once president of the Reichstag
not much to do at the eastern facade of the Reichstag building
on the western side of the Tor, the area here is called Tiergarten
he plays his music in front of the Brandenburger Tor with the restored Quadriga on top
the Memorial for the Jews, murdered in the Holocaust
the Memorial for the Soviet soldiers that died during the liberation of Berlin in 1945
in memory of Ronald Reagan's famous 1987 speech
the lawn at the western side of the Reichstag invites you to sit down, relax and enjoy the view
around the Brandenburger Tor
Some of Berlin's most visited landmarks and monuments are clustered around the iconic
Brandenburger Tor.
The gate was constructed at
the end of the 18th century and has been of great symbolic importance to Germany ever since. The gate and its
quadriga was badly damaged
in WW II but fully restored after the war.
Just north of the gate is the
Reichstag from 1894. Set on fire in 1933 it
was not until 1999 that the original function as German parliament building was restored. Presently the
Bundestag calls it home.
The
Sinti
and Roma Memorial from 2012 is dedicated to the memory of the hundred thousands of "gypsies" murdered by the Nazi regime.
The
Soviet War Memorial commemorates the 80.000 soviet soldiers that died during the Russian assault on Berlin in 1945.
We were there in
September 2015.
Berlin has an excellent metro system, called U-Bahn. It brings you right to the Brandenburger Tor.
Unter den Linden sports an old fashioned transportation system
Pretzels anyone?
the monument is quite impressive, but some of the concrete slabs show already cracks
the triangular stone in the circular pool refers to the badges worn by the prisoners in the concentration camps
