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Parks and gardens

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Berlin is a very green city - actually Berlin is the greenest city in Europe! No wonder there are so many parks and gardens that allure Berliners and non-Berliners during the whole year.The majority of the parks and gardens are free, but some demand an entrance fee. Botanical Gardens Plants from all over the world and gigantic glasshouses, where you can walk for hours, invite you in Steglitz. S-Bahn: S1 (Botanischer Garten ) Bus: X 83, 101 (Königin-Luise-Platz/Botanischer Garten) Website Britzer Garten When you are walking through this garden, you won’t realise that you are in Berlin. In the suburb of Britz lies this oasis. Lakes, lawns and of course plants await you. Concerts and other events like the flower shows tulipan and dahlienfeuer take place throughout the year. entrance fee  U6 (Alt-Mariendorf) then take the bus 181 and descend "Rotkopfweg" Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World) The Gardens of the World include several interna

Bridges in Berlin

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Berlin has more bridges than Venice! From large bridges where the traffic never stops to small footbridges. By the way a bridge is a Brücke in German. Admiralbrücke   All kinds of people meet on this charming bridge in Kreuzberg during warm evenings.They relax, eat, drink and have fun.  U-Bahn: U1 (Kottbusser Tor) Admiralbridge in winter Glienicker Brücke This bridge connects Berlin to Potsdam. The present bridge was erected 1907, but several bridges have existed before. During the cold war the bridge was the scene of three exchanges of agents between East and West. Just like in a James Bond movie! In 2015 a real movie “The Bridge of Spies” was shot there. Bus 316 Glinicker Bridge                                                            Jungfernbrücke (Virginbridge) This drawbridge was erected in 1798 and is Berlin's oldest bridge. It no longer functions as a drawbridge. According to one legend, it got its name from virgins, who lived near th