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The Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate and the Memorial
The Reichstag and the Quadriga taken away show how the city's symbols changed meaning through their transformations.
Layers of the City: Medieval, Royal and Rebuilt in Berlin: audio walks
How much is original in a centre destroyed and rebuilt so many times?
3 walks with different starting points and stories. Compare their maps, stops and duration, then choose where to begin.
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In central Berlin, asking what is original changes the way you look. This theme follows medieval, royal and reconstructed layers of a city destroyed and remade. The walks connect buildings and projects with the decisions of their periods, distinguishing what survived from what was built again with a different intention.
In “The Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate”: The Reichstag and the Quadriga taken away show how the city's symbols changed meaning through their transformations.
In “Alexanderplatz and the TV Tower”: You start in front of Marx and Engels, who no longer face the way people say they do, and a Red Town Hall that isn't red because it's communist, and whose chronicle in stone was rebuilt from photographs lent by ordinary Berliners.
In “Museum Island, the Palace”: Opposite stands the palace of the kings: blown up by the GDR, replaced by the Palast der Republik and later rebuilt, with a balcony that survived because a republic was proclaimed from it.
Choose from 3 independent walks in Berlin. Open the one that interests you to see its map, stops and approximate duration before deciding. You don't need to do them all or follow this selection's order; each walk has its own starting and finishing points.
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Alexanderplatz and the TV Tower: Legends of East Berlin
You start in front of Marx and Engels, who no longer face the way people say they do, and a Red Town Hall that isn't red because it's communist, and whose chronicle in stone was rebuilt from photographs lent by ordinary Berliners.
Museum Island, the Palace and the Nikolaiviertel
Opposite stands the palace of the kings: blown up by the GDR, replaced by the Palast der Republik and later rebuilt, with a balcony that survived because a republic was proclaimed from it.
Berlin, before you go
Berlin alternates broad avenues, courtyards and neighbourhoods with lives of their own. Walk each area slowly and use transport between them: several good walks make more sense than one marathon.
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