BUNKER, WALLS AND ZOO:

HISTORY AND DRAMA OF BERLIN

I was convinced to go to the German capital thanks to an excellent air offer.

I’ll be talking about a slightly unconventional Berlin, with some unusual attractions and places that aren’t the usual tourist spots.

The German capital has a lot to show, given the events that have marked its history.
You can imagine yourself in either DDR (East Germany) or West Germany, depending on which part of the wall you’re looking at.

Or you can go back further in time, when the swastikas tried to expand everywhere, before the Soviets conquered Berlin by waving the red flags of Leningrad blood.

Unfortunately, however, we can also see lots of Christiane F. in the subway or in some hidden corner, as if Berlin were still that Zoo from whose cages young ones can’t get out.

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