The Berlin Wall symbolized the Cold War and split the city into East and West for nearly three decades. Today, it stands as a powerful reminder of the tumultuous past and is a popular destination spot for Berlin tourists.
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Berlin has plenty of tourist attractions. However, beyond the usual tourist hotspots, several hidden gems are waiting to be discovered, which is one reason why we keep writing articles here. One such gem is the location of an installation known as Kaninchenfeld or Rabbit Field.
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The Berlin Wall Memorial, also known in German as Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, is a mix of monuments and museums commemorating the city’s division by the Berlin Wall and the people who died because of it. And we consider it to be the best place to learn about the wall and how it affected the city and the entire continent.
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Bowie in Berlin, Heroes and the Berlin Wall: Is Bowie responsible for the end of USSR?
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Most people that visit Berlin know the history behind the wall that divided the city during the Cold War. But there is another historic wall waiting to be discovered in the middle of the town. This is the Old City Wall of Berlin that witnesses the medieval past of the city.
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Back in 1988, one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Tilda Swinton took her bike and cycled around the Berlin Wall, together with the filmmaker Cynthia Beatt. What they created came to be known as Cycling the Frame, and it’s a beautiful and surreal document that shows a city scarred by a wall that cut it in half.
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The Newly Found Original Berlin Wall The wall that was lost in the woods in Schonholz ; Back in...
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Walled in! The inner German border is a computer animation produced by Deutsche Welle and the Berlin Wall Foundation to mark the 20th anniversary of the wall’s fall. The short movie describes the fortifications and how the border between East and West Germany was set up, and it’s an excellent resource for those who want to know more about it.
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It was Sunday when the Berlin Wall started being built. August 13, 1961, to be more precise....
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