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Secrets of Berlin - mountains of rubble

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Berlin has got mountains. Well to be honest, the majority of them are not real, they are made of rubble and they are called Trümmerberge. What is a Trümmerberg? Wilhelm-Förster observatory at  Insulaner At the end of the Second World War about 70% of Berlin was destroyed.But where to put the rubble? That was a big problem! Finally, a solution was found. It was decided to pile it up . It was mostly transported with trains to choosen places. Provisional rails were laid. The real heroes were women - they diligently and painfully removed the rubble, then they piled it up thus creating artificial mountains. A monument of such a woman (by the sculptor Katharina Szelinski-Singer) can be found in the Volkspark Hasenheide. Later the hills were planted and parks were created. The Berliners call such mountains "Mont Klamott". The Insulaner and the Marienhöhe The Insulaner (75m) finished in 1951, is such a typical rubble ...
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A ride on the bus No 100

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To discover Berlin by bus is fun. Berlin’s busses are yellow and many of them are double deckers. Especially a ride on the number 100  bus is fun, cheap and comfortable. But what is so special about this bus?    You just have to pay the fare for a normal ticket, then you may hop on and off where ever you like, but check how long your ticket is valid! Well, this bus runs from Alexanderplatz to Zoo (and the other way round) and it passes Berlin’s top main sights.   A ride with the bus No 100 from the TV Tower to Under den Linden One of the most famous sights of Berlin, is the TV tower, with 368 meters, it is the tallest building in Germany. Compared to the television tower, the Marienkirche (St. Mary’s church), erected in the 13th century, seems quite small!  The bus now passes the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral) that was completed in 1905. The building next to the cathedral is the Old Museum. It was built between 1823 and 1830 by Karl Friedrich Schi...
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Berlin's villages - Rixdorf

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Did you know that Berlin consists partly of villages that origins date back long ago? Today they are part of the metropolitis and you will find hardly traces of them.They gradually merged into the present capital, hustling and bustling with life and traffic. However, you can still find the remains of the former village like a church, a village green and sometimes a pond. Rixdorf is one of Neuköllns gems. If you leave the underground station Karl-Marx-Straße (U7) just walk along Herrenhuter or Uthmann Straße (note the beautiful old houses)  you will be there in no time. Here you are in a quaint village rather than a city. Neukölln was called Rixdorf, before it got its name in 1912. Rixdorf had a bad reputation and its inhabitants were glad when the name was changed on the birthday of Emperor William II on 27th January.   The Bohemian Village in Rixdorf In 1737 the Prussian King Frederick William I invited some protestant refugees from Bohemia to settle here. Nine do...
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