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ground during the war and then crossed by the (Markthalle 9) was redeveloped and today it is
Modern and post - industrial wall. It was here that, a few months after her fall, one of the coolest destinations in the city for
Architecture Berlin Pink Floyd performed in the concert “The Wall” Street Food, concerts and shopping.
and this was the event that consecrated her to
4 days the emblem of a united Germany. 4th Day: Potsdam
A day dedicated to the visit of Potsdam and its
1st Day: Berlin - Everywhere around the city, but especially in the many palaces and parks: born in the VII centu-
Panoramic tour of the city in bus, during which district of Scheunenviertel, you will come across ry as a Slavic village, it was chosen later by the
you can admire the places that are symbols of small brass bricks called “Stolpersteine” (stum- Prussian royal family as a residence and from
the city: Alexanderplatz with its famous TV Tow- bling stone). They bear the name of the person them the majestic palaces that nowadays are its
er, The Nikolaiviertel ancient residential city dis- or family who lived in the adjacent building and symbol were built. Since 1990 it became UNESCO
trict overlooking Spree, the majestic Boulevard was killed by the Nazis. It is a commemorative Heritage. You should not miss the characteristic
Unter den Linden to the famous Brandenburg installation by the Berlin artist Guntherdemnig. Dutch quarter created to house the Dutch work-
Gate, and from here, traversing the green lung ers in XVIII century; nowadays the buildings are
of the city “Tiergarten” we arrive to Ku’ Damm, 3rd Day: Berlin housing small shops, coffee bars and restaurants
the most popular walking boulevard where you Visit of the Reichstag where we will visit the much appreciated by the numerous visitors. Business Proposals in Germany
can find also the KaDeWe, historical commercial Dome, designed by Norman Foster (FREE EN- Curiosity: The Glienicke Bridge, which crosses
center of the city. TRANCE to be booked directly on the site of The the river Havel, connecting Berlin to Potsdam is
Bundestag). The glass and steel Dome known also as the “Bridge of Spies”; it was the
Curiosity: The TV Tower on Alexanderplatz, with is formed by a ramp along which, the audio guides place where Soviet Union and the USA were ex-
a height of 368 m, represents the highest build- delivered at the entrance, explain the building’s changing the captured spies during the Cold War.
ing in Germany. When illuminated by the Sun, reconstruction route and, once you reach the
the big metallic sphere which houses the restau- top, what you can see from the large panoramic The Cecilienhof Palace, which nowadays houses
rant reflects a giant cross. This has created some terrace. There is an incredible view on every cor- a museum, a hotel and a restaurant, was one of
embarrassment DDR which have commissioned ner of Berlin. Afterwards, continue towards the the most important places in the Cold War be-
its construction in 1969. The Berliners are calling Spree passing in front of the futuristic Hauptbah- cause here Stalin, Churchill and Truman met and
this phenomen “The Pope’s vendeta”. nhof (central station): a glass tunnel with paral- signed the Potsdam Conference.
lelepipeds on which planes of tracks and shops
Nearby Alexanderplatz stands “ZurLeztenIn- fit together creating gracefulness among infinite A few km from the center of Potsdam, you can
stanz” the most ancient restaurant in Berlin. It intersections of railway traffic. suddenly find yourself immersed in Rain Forest.
opened its doors in 1621 and can be said that it Continuing along the Spree you can find build- It’s called the Potsdam Biosphere and houses
have fed so many famous person, from Napoleon ings on the new government district from the insight over 20000 types of tropical plants and
to Angela Merkel. It offers typical Berlinese cous- beginning of the 2000s, its worth for a long stop animals.
ine e given the limited spaces the reservation is the ’Haus der Kulturen der Welt, center of the in-
highly recommended. ternational cultures, a strange building so-called
“the pregnant oyster”. The building dates back Berlin
2° Giorno: Berlino to 1957 from the collaboration of Germany and
Entire day dedicated to the discovery of the most the USA, on the occasion of the international
eccentric forms of architecture and design scat- building exhibition, as a representation of the
tered throughout the capital. We start from the intercultural dialog and the liberty of sharing ide-
area of Ku’ Damm and arrive to the Bauhaus as, which has a characteristic roof open in two
Archive (temporary closed for reconstruction) a directions floating in the air, nowadays the center
white structure that seems to have fins resting on is used for theatrical events, art, music and inter-
the bank of the Spree, designed by Walter Gro- national culture. From here - during spring and
pius himself, the founding father of the Bauhaus summer - you can go on board on one of the nu-
movement. A few steps further yo can admire merous boats traversing the river and return in
the Konrad AdenauerHaus, a glass trapeze that center with this transportation. Free afternoon
seems to contain the bow of a boat. We then con- and evening, overnight at the hotel.
tinue to the Shell Haus, an imposing construction Curiosity: the new government district in Berlin
with rounded teeth in steel, glass and travertine, built in the beginning of the 2000s and for the
some photos are a must. At about 700 meters creation of this space, necessary following the
you can reach the KammermusikHaus (home of transfer of the national state offices from Bonn
the Berliner Philarmoniker) with a simple shape to Berlin, a mega competition was held in which
that looks like a tent, but specially designed to over 800 architects participated: the winner was 331
have perfect internal acoustics. From here a few Braunfels who designed the Paul-Löbe-Haus and
steps you reach PotsdamerPlatz one of the sym- the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, two buildings
bols of the rebirth of the city of the 90s. We then of contemporary architecture that form one and
proceed to Check Point Charlie, a historic check- cross the Spree to symbolize the reunification of
point between the Soviet and American sector East and West
and finally to the Jewish Museum, whose zinc
structure with windows that tear the surface of In 1800 Berlin had 14 covered local markets, all
it represents a decomposed and deconstructed identified by a Roman numeral. Unfortunately,
Star of David. almost all were destroyed during the war, but
Curiosity: Potsdamerplatz: was first razed to the in 2011 the market number nine in Kreuzberg

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