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GERMANY 2
I returned to Germany in the summer of 2019. |
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The Brandenburg Gate once represented the separation between East and West Berlin.
Mauerpark's name translates to "Wall Park" referring to its status as a former part of the Berlin Wall and its Death Strip.+
In the Berlin borough of Wedding, 120 life-sized silhouettes of rabbits running, crouching and hopping are inlaid into the ground along Chausseestrasse, once occupied by a former border checkpoint.
The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.+
Germany claims some of the most renowned composers, singers, producers and performers of the world.+
Germany is the home of a vivid Goth scene, and has a large scene of musicians from the spectrum who are typically known as Goth musicians.+
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Checkpoint Charlie was the principal gateway for foreigners and diplomats between the two Berlins from 1961 to 1990.*
In the Magdalenenstrasse U-Bahn station, located on the U5 line, you'll be pleasantly surprised to find walls covered in German expressionist-style murals instead of billboard advertising.
Berlin's newest quarter, Potsdamer Plaza, was forged in the 1960s from ground once bisected by the Berlin Wall...*
This ruin commemorates the deportation of older citizens to the ghetto camp of Theresienstadt by the Nazis.
Germany has the largest electronic music scene in the world.+
German art has a long and distinguished tradition in the visual arts, from the earliest known work of figurative art to its current output of contemporary art. +
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At 1.3 km, the East Side Gallery is the longest surviving stretch of Berlin Wall, decorated with some 100 fine murals created by dozens of international artists in 1989.*
Located across the East Side Gallery, the Oberbaumbrucke Bridge connects Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain, former boroughs that were separated by the wall.
In the same spot where once stood the most feared institutions of Nazi Germany...this compelling exhibit dissects the anatomy of the Nazi state.*
Medieval metal or medieval rock is a subgenre of folk metal that blends hard rock or heavy metal music with medieval folk music.+
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^ These captions are from a CNN Travel article by Charmaine Li.
*These captions are from Lonely Planet's guide -- Europe on a Shoestring.
+These captions are from Wikipedia.
*These captions are from Lonely Planet's guide -- Europe on a Shoestring.
+These captions are from Wikipedia.