Beyond the Wall: A Journey Through Berlin
May 29, 2025 | 10:19 am
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Arrived at the Holiday Inn. Here I stay until Sunday. It just next to the Uber Arena.
Time to hit the street for dinner.
Time to hit the street for dinner.
May 29, 2025 | 12:56 pm
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For dinner I went to the Uber Square which is around the corner from my Hotel. There is a Restaurant called Hans im Glck (translated: John in luck) 🙂
The pig is part of identity.
Birch trees every where. I like the decoration.
They are in many cities in Germany and Switzerland. I took a picture of the memu but it is in German. If you want to knpw something you would need to translate it.
I took the Abendmahl with a chicken salad and loaded fries.
Was delicious but a little bit too much.
The pig is part of identity.
Birch trees every where. I like the decoration.
They are in many cities in Germany and Switzerland. I took a picture of the memu but it is in German. If you want to knpw something you would need to translate it.
I took the Abendmahl with a chicken salad and loaded fries.
Was delicious but a little bit too much.
May 29, 2025 | 1:04 pm
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I walked more or less around the block of my Hotel.
Some picture from Uber Platz (Square)
Uber Arena in the background.
Local ice hockey team fan store. Ice bears of berlin
Part of the old wall.
Another brick in the wall or just beyond the Wall? The question of the questions.
Some musician playing. Behind the Spree
Some comedy? The ship is also a Hotel
Berlin yellow submarin eeeh subway on a bridge
So done for the day. I need some rest.
Some picture from Uber Platz (Square)
Uber Arena in the background.
Local ice hockey team fan store. Ice bears of berlin
Part of the old wall.
Another brick in the wall or just beyond the Wall? The question of the questions.
Some musician playing. Behind the Spree
Some comedy? The ship is also a Hotel
Berlin yellow submarin eeeh subway on a bridge
So done for the day. I need some rest.
May 29, 2025 | 6:11 pm
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If you get out for dinner again nearby tomorrow, there's a great old East German hunting lodge theme restaurant called Jager & Lustig about a 10 min walk from where you're staying. We were there in February and it was delicious and very filling. Full of locals. Cheers. (I wish you better luck than us - 2/5ths of my party including me had a cold the entire time we visited).
May 30, 2025 | 12:09 am
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If you get out for dinner again nearby tomorrow, there's a great old East German hunting lodge theme restaurant called Jager & Lustig about a 10 min walk from where you're staying. We were there in February and it was delicious and very filling. Full of locals. Cheers. (I wish you better luck than us - 2/5ths of my party including me had a cold the entire time we visited).
May 30, 2025 | 12:13 am
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Good morning. I slept not bad. I jusr went over to the mall to grab some breakfast.
There is a REWE supermarket around the corner. It is way cheaper than the buffet from the Hotel.
And that is what I bought. Some milk, some cheese and some sliced bread.
There is a REWE supermarket around the corner. It is way cheaper than the buffet from the Hotel.
And that is what I bought. Some milk, some cheese and some sliced bread.
May 30, 2025 | 12:19 am
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Hans im Glck is one of the Frenchaise chains of system gastronomy that have been flooding German cities for many years. It's been around for quite a long time, even if the burger trend is on the decline again. There are much worse ones, even if I am skeptical about this whole monotony.
May 30, 2025 | 12:34 am
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Hans im Glck is one of the Frenchaise chains of system gastronomy that have been flooding German cities for many years. It's been around for quite a long time, even if the burger trend is on the decline again. There are much worse ones, even if I am skeptical about this whole monotony.
May 30, 2025 | 5:42 am
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Today was a slow start. First I headed to Alexander Square. There you'll find the Fernsehturm or TV tower.
Railway station
Park with Neptun fountain
Saint Mary Cathedrale
Worldclock and TV Tower
Not far from Alexander Square is GDR or DDR museum. A small but very nice museum. You learn about the history and life in GDR.
GDR toys
How Berlin was splitted
Museum is just were the second boat is. The building above is a Radisson Hotel.
Museum was intersting but csn get very crowded.
Next to the museum is Lustgarten or Pleasure Garden.
Lustgarten and Old Museum.
From there I took the next Bus on line 300 to the Mall of Berlin. Malls have mostly a food court and good to eat lounge. It was already getting to 1pm.
Beef bowl was tasty.
From here the Potsdam Square, Brandenbuger Tor are not far away.
Railway station
Park with Neptun fountain
Saint Mary Cathedrale
Worldclock and TV Tower
Not far from Alexander Square is GDR or DDR museum. A small but very nice museum. You learn about the history and life in GDR.
GDR toys
How Berlin was splitted
Museum is just were the second boat is. The building above is a Radisson Hotel.
Museum was intersting but csn get very crowded.
Next to the museum is Lustgarten or Pleasure Garden.
Lustgarten and Old Museum.
From there I took the next Bus on line 300 to the Mall of Berlin. Malls have mostly a food court and good to eat lounge. It was already getting to 1pm.
Beef bowl was tasty.
From here the Potsdam Square, Brandenbuger Tor are not far away.
May 30, 2025 | 9:42 am
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After lounge it was time to see Brandemburger Tor and Bundestag.
Near Potsdam Square there is this line over the street. Here the wall used to be. Many years ago I would stand in the deadly zone.
Over to Potsdam Square
A small Street Food Festival. Another one is near Kurfrstendamm on the Breitscheid Square
I took the S-Bahn now to
Brandenburger Tor
Street of June 17th and the Siegessule in the background
Bundestag, houses of parliament
Some government building.
From here I took Bus line 100 to thr Zoologischer Garten railway station. Buses were packet and was hard to get in. As I waited for the next bus two Trabis showed up.
Who has ordered them?
At the rail station i watched some trains passing by.
.
First an empty stock mobe to Berlin HBf. This will form a train to Poland.
As I took this picture an ICE entered the station and is coming from my home city.
Another inertnational train. This one is coming from Amsterdam. Hello @WiSK
Afterwards I went back to the Hotel. Still undecided where to go for diner.
Near Potsdam Square there is this line over the street. Here the wall used to be. Many years ago I would stand in the deadly zone.
Over to Potsdam Square
A small Street Food Festival. Another one is near Kurfrstendamm on the Breitscheid Square
I took the S-Bahn now to
Brandenburger Tor
Street of June 17th and the Siegessule in the background
Bundestag, houses of parliament
Some government building.
From here I took Bus line 100 to thr Zoologischer Garten railway station. Buses were packet and was hard to get in. As I waited for the next bus two Trabis showed up.
Who has ordered them?
At the rail station i watched some trains passing by.
.
First an empty stock mobe to Berlin HBf. This will form a train to Poland.
As I took this picture an ICE entered the station and is coming from my home city.
Another inertnational train. This one is coming from Amsterdam. Hello @WiSK
Afterwards I went back to the Hotel. Still undecided where to go for diner.
Last edited by BMarkus; May 30, 2025 at 9:57 am
May 30, 2025 | 9:50 am
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One of my regrets is that I never visited Berlin when I was based in Germany in the late 1980s; I could have gone but it was a lot of (as we say in the UK,) faff”. There was paperwork, an official military train, travelling in best uniform, uniform inspections, etc. I just assumed that I wouldn’t be in the military forever and I’d go and take a tour. I’d visited various Inner German Border locations and participated in a 3 day border patrol with an Army unit near Helmstedt (Checkpoint Alpha). Then November 1989 happened.
Still not visited Berlin but if I did, I’d be visiting the GDR museums and East Berlin as a priority.
Still not visited Berlin but if I did, I’d be visiting the GDR museums and East Berlin as a priority.
May 30, 2025 | 1:19 pm
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I'm so tired from the day I decided to go to the same place as yesterday but a different restaurant. I went to Tony Roma's which is next door to Hans om Glck. I got a table next to a bachelor party. 11 gu,s in one round but they behaved at least yet. The longer the evening the drunk they get. 😁 Was fun.
I ordered Schfferhofer Weizen and Southwestern Chicken.
Was very tasty
Next door is a Hgen Dazs. Time for a dessert.
Now I need some rest and find some ideas for tomorrow.
I ordered Schfferhofer Weizen and Southwestern Chicken.
Was very tasty
Next door is a Hgen Dazs. Time for a dessert.
Now I need some rest and find some ideas for tomorrow.
May 30, 2025 | 2:12 pm
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One thing I found interesting, you can register to visit the dome of the Bundestag and look down into the chamber.
May 30, 2025 | 3:21 pm
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Just for a bit of then-and-now contrast, here are a couple of pics dating to the 1970s.
The wall was more than a wall in most areas; it was part of a no-man's-land that included wire fences, sand strips (to bog down vehicles) and other barriers. Note the ruined Reichstag in the distance. This was taken from the Ost-West Express train (Hook of Holland to Moscow.)
DDR kids facing the Brandenburg Gate
The wall was more than a wall in most areas; it was part of a no-man's-land that included wire fences, sand strips (to bog down vehicles) and other barriers. Note the ruined Reichstag in the distance. This was taken from the Ost-West Express train (Hook of Holland to Moscow.)
DDR kids facing the Brandenburg Gate
