The Nikolaiviertel in the heart of Berlin shows the city from an almost fairy-tale perspective. Amongst small houses from the 17th to 19th centuries, as if from a play, you can discover Berlin's historical origins in the old city center not far from the Rotes Rathaus.
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The city tour City Circle PURPLE Tour in a yellow doubledecker bus traces the former Berlin Wall and takes you to the trendy Berlin of today.
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His tragic death converted Peter Fechter into a symbol. He was shot in 1962 when trying to climb across the Wall.
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The white crosses are commemorating those who lost their lives trying to overcome the GDR border fortifications to escape from East Germany.
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Due to reconstruction work, the adventure museum "The Story of Berlin" is permantently closed.
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„Ich bin ein Berliner“ – John F. Kennedy said this famous sentence in front of the Schöneberg City Hall when he visited Berlin in 1963. However, a lot more German history was made here.
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The permanent exhibition of the museum of Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg is dedicated to the day-to-day life in the GDR.
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Brandenburg Gate Museum shows - virtually in fast motion - more than 300 years of the history in Berlin in a 20-minute multimedia presentation, very close to the Brandenburg Gate directly at Pariser Platz.
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On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Stadtmuseum Berlin deals with the insular city that West-Berlin was dedicating it the exhibition "WEST:BERLIN - an island in search of the mainland".
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The Protestant Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg is a symbol of the peaceful revolution in the GDR.