Berlin: The Strange Place We Do Not Know
Berlin does not necessarily equal Berlin. Its descriptions definitely vary a lot. As it turns out, Berlin is actually everywhere.
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Berlin: Red City Hall to Turn 150
Red City Hall in Berlin is an attractive building, and a historic one. It was used by Nazis and the communists before Berlin and Germany as a whole were…
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Dresden: Too Good to be Real
In Dresden, tourists from all over the world find what they are looking for. The city’s old town is simply stunning. Indeed the Japanese, American, British but…
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Lübbenau: Brandenburg’s Marvel in the Spree Forest
From Berlin, racing down the Autobahn some 80 kilometers (50 miles) will take the sophisticated tourist to Lübbenau, one of Brandenburg's many picturesque spots. Down here it is all about channels, boats and pickles.
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Berlin: The Most Awesome Weekly Market in the Solar System
Awesome is a very appropriate adjective when used in the same sentence with the weekly market on Berlin's 'Kollwitzplatz' in the city's posh Prenzlauer Berg…
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Berlin: Residents Become Tourists in their Own City
'Experience Your City' is the title of an unconventional offer for Berliners. For a special price, they can become tourists in their own city by moving into a…
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A Day Trip to Brandenburg Town
During communist rule, the number of inhabitants increased because the GDR built or refurbished several big factories, which had been plundered by the Soviets right after the war. After Germany's reunification, the number of residents decreased substantially. In the past years, it slightly increased again.
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Pirna: Saxony’s Medieval Beauty
Pirna, located in south-eastern Saxony close to the Czech and Polish borders, is at least 780 years old. Its medieval buildings, including the 'Sunshine…
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Bulgaria: The Land Behind the Seven Mountains
Bulgaria is a small Balkan country in the very south-east of Europe. While it offers beautiful landscapes and tourism magnets, it fails many of its own…
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Center of the Universe: Berlin’s World Clock Turns 50
It's not like citizens of the GDR, the former communist part of Germany, were worldly, but they did receive their World Clock anyway. Everyone in the GDR was equal, but the few who were more equal than most others flew to New York, New Delhi or Seoul. The confined majority had a World Clock though.
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