Berlin in 1 hour

Berlin • 1 hour

One hour. A lot or a little? Of course, looking for something. Rabbits are many, but in order to see the city, definitely not enough!

But, nevertheless, it so happened that on Berlin we had a 1:00 with a little. And it was during this time was to see the most.

Well, it was a day off, and our streets free Mercedes Sprinter moved through the streets of the German capital in the mode of a Kenyan runner. Gendarmenmarkt square, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, Bundestag, Berlin Station, the remains of the Berlin Wall, Alexanderplatz, East Berlin stalinki ... All this we had to survey in just one hour!

Yes, this rapid city tour I was not there, but that he was also interested in!

So, what can be seen in Berlin in 1 hour.

In Berlin, we lived in the Hilton Berlin, which were not the most pleasant memories of the story with a kind of unreal size of the security deposit. Well, as it is located right on the Gendarmenmarkt square, then a tour of the German capital we started from here. Area looks pretty cool, and its sides are two absolutely identical buildings with towers and columns - German and French cathedrals, which in this case ... the councils are not and never have been.

In their desire to see Berlin we are not alone - in this city excursion tour buses, minibuses, walking groups and even here are sightseeing tower on bicycles.

We just after Gendarmenmarkt square heading to the famous Brandenburg Gate.

Today the area is as packed with tourists in front of them, and on both sides of the gate adjacent to the building - left the US Embassy, ​​to the right - the French. But once the gates were exactly behind the Berlin Wall, which took place just a few meters in front of them. And on the sides there were no buildings, as they are now ...

The famous Quadriga on the gate. She did not once change their appearance: the cross disappeared from the wreath (when Germany was socialist countries), Napoleon ordered and did carry the whole composition in Paris, it is completely destroyed during the war, then in her 12 years of the Soviet flag waving ...

Now, here all is calm, carefree tourists are sunbathing in the autumn sun ....

... and the girls are bored on the benches nearby.

Traces of the old heritage of East Germany - the famous Trabant, which left very little ...

And this is a modern means of transport. So the utility work in Berlin. Cool, what to say!

He is the Reichstag ... Just think, when something is ended most large-scale war in the history of mankind ...

And this building, which employs German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Her office on the right side: a window, which is located just above the green tree on the column.

A stunning and very cool train station in Berlin. Converge here two branch lines that intersect at an angle of 90 degrees. As a result, one of the branches comes to the lower tier of the station, and perpendicular to it - on the second, the top tier of the station!

We head to East Berlin ... Here, of course, are very noticeable differences from the Western ...

Wall Wall ... A small section of it left untouched, as a historical artifact. Every square centimeter of her painted graffiti.

to stop off on the avenue in the eastern part of the city.

Nothing like?

Samara, for example. Or Voronezh?

And this part at all reminiscent of Stalin's Moscow home somewhere on Kutuzovsky Prospekt or Leningradke.

As you can imagine, all of these houses appeared in the 60-70s.

Today apartments are very expensive here: home quality, and the entire inner stuffing them replaced some time ago, making modern housing.

By the way, it is very interesting to look at and at the old house, which appeared immediately after the war and built in the style of pre-war buildings. Note that this panel of the box, if you look closely. And once you could not tell!

The famous Berlin TV tower to the Sphera tasteless restaurant upstairs. It was built in East Berlin against the wall almost to potrollit neighbors on the west side.

As in Russia, September 18 elections in Germany. Therefore, everywhere you can see the pre-election campaign.

I hope the Germans do not sue me for breach of silence mode)

By the way, notice how the political billboards are located in Berlin. These are temporary structures that will be removed as soon as the period of advertising. Excellent well thought out so as not to clog the city advertising!

Another candidate.

to dig one of the central streets. Storm of protests and negative publicity on blogs I have not noticed.

Our hour has passed ... We return to the Gendarmenmarkt square and say goodbye to our driver and guide. On the way to the hotel pay attention to the odd couple, engaged in a strange affair.

- I wonder what they're doing? - the question hung in the air

- Playing in HRE - meet guys in Russian ....

Berlin. There are a lot of Russian.