Wander around the hotel lobby where a glass floor reveals excavations of the old medieval town; take a seat in an amphitheatre where animal dissections once took place; let yourself be moved by the sounds of the largest pipe organ, still used today to bring silent films to life; take a break in one of the few well-preserved Baroque vaults housing coffins fitted with windows; climb onto a bunker that contained anti-aircraft guns during the Second World War and accept a Russian soldier's invitation to admire it from within; take a dip in one of the most beautiful bathing spots built during Europe's Art Nouveau movement; enjoy a stroll under the Spree river; go see the very first computer (designed by a Berliner) or the first synthesizer of East Germany; scale the mountain of rubble where a Skiing World Cup race was held; station yourself at the peak of the artificial hill where aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal made his first attempts at flight; and grab a bite on the island in the Havel river where Werner von Braun launched ?his first rocket.
Absent from the usual "must-see" lists despite residing in the heart of the bustling capital, fascinating historical treasures can be found all over Berlin's city centre and its large surrounding neighbourhoods. Take another look and discover the hidden gems eluding those who think they know Berlin inside out.
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Höhe: 190 cm
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978-2-36195-971-5 (9782361959715)
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After earning a PhD in philosophy, Tom Wolf decided to dedicate himself to writing. Along with twenty-two crime novels and a guide to wines produced in the region of Brandenburg, he has written three guides inviting travellers to take a fresh look at the places they visit. After spending 12 years in Berlin-Mitte and Kreuzberg, he now lives in the north of the Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region, where he looks after his vineyard and small craft brewery. But that story is for another time .
Manuel Roy had been a Germanophile for many years when he discovered Berlin like a punch in the face. He had seen Germany through the verses of Schiller and the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, and found himself in a post-apocalyptic landscape full of punks scrupulously respectful of the selective sorting of rubbish. He admits to not having understood everything straight away. Twenty years of research later, with a doctorate in philosophy under his belt, having been a Berliner by adoption since 2000, and a guide in Berlin since 2013, Manuel now thinks that he has a better grasp of the city. But amazement is never far away. Despite its recent gentrification, the city never ceases to shake him up and surprise him. And it would seem that he loves that.
ISNI: 0000 0001 1883 8416
Born in 1986, Roberto Sassi is an urban sociologist. With Teresa Ciuffoletti, he is the author of the book Guida alla Berlino ribelle (Voland Edizioni, 2017) (Guide to rebellious Berlin, not yet translated). He regularly organises travel writing workshops and works with several journals, magazines among which the journal of the Goethe-Institut Italia, and websites. He lives in Prenzlauer Berg.
North Mitte
GUENTER LITFIN MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF THE WALL 14
RABBIT SILHOUETTES ON CHAUSSEESTRAssE 16
THE OLD MONUMENTAL CROSS OF THE BERLINER DOM 18
REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL IN THE CATHEDRAL PARISH
CEMETERY I 19
THE WINDOWS OF THE INVALIDS' HOUSE 20
JAMES TURRELL LIGHTING INSTALLATION 22
ANIMAL ANATOMICAL THEATRE 24
THE MUSEUM OF SILENCE 30
THE PAVEMENT ON AUGUSTSTRAssE 69 32
THE TADSHIKISCHE TEESTUBE'S HISTORIC DECOR 33
THE STONE OF MONBIJOU PARK 34
THE HANDSHAKE ON SOPHIENSTRAssE 36
THE WHITE CROSS OF SAINT MARY'S CHURCH 38
HONI'S WINDOW 40
THE LITFAss COLUMN ON MUENZSTRAssE 42
SIGNS OF RESISTANCE ON THE UMWELTBIBLIOTHEK 44
South Mitte
FRONTAGE OF THE OLD HOFBEAMTENHAUS WILHELM II 48
PIPES OF THE LUSTGARTEN RIVERBANK WALL 50
DOLPHIN SCULPTURE 52
THE WORLD'S LARGEST GRANITE BOWL 54
TOMBSTONE OF ALEXANDER VON DER MARK 55
THE ROSENSTRAssE MEMORIAL 56
THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE "ALTE SYNAGOGUE" 58
FOYER OF THE BERLIN COURTHOUSE 60
REMAINS OF THE CITY WALLS 64
THE CRYPT OF THE PAROCHIALKIRCHE 66
THE GESCHAEFTSHAUS TIETZ 68
THE WUSTERHAUSISCHER BAER 70
ERMELER HOUSE BAS-RELIEFS 72
THE COMMEMORATIVE STONE OF FISCHERKIEZ 74
THE REMAINS OF COELLN TOWN HALL 76
DOORS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 77
MUTTER HOPPE RESTAURANT BAS-RELIEFS 78
PLAQUE OF THE PALAST DER REPUBLIK 80
THE ARM OF THE STATUE OF THE FORMER STATE COUNCIL
BUILDING 82
ALLEGORICAL SCULPTURE OF THE SPREE 84
HISTORICAL MILESTONE ON DOENHOFF PLATZ 86
THE MICHAELSEN PALAIS 90
THE BUILDING AT 8 SCHUETZENSTRAssE 92
ALFANDARY HOUSE BAS-RELIEFS 94
MEMORIAL TO KARL LIEBKNECHT 96
THE MARBLE PANELS OF THE MOHRENSTRAssE METRO STATION 97
Kreuzberg
"PEACE BE WITH YOU" MURAL 100
DIASPORA GARDEN 102
STAIRCASE OF THE GERMAN STEELWORKERS UNION 104
REMAINS OF THE STRESEMANNSTRAssE RAILWAY LINE 106
THE TOLL WALL 108
THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE 110
CONCRETE PILLARS OF YORCKSTRAssE 112
LAPIDARIUM 116
PLAQUE OF THE EMOTIONALLY ADVANCED ANDROID 117
ENTRANCE HALL OF THE BUILDING AT KREUZBERGSTRAssE 29 118
OLD GAS STATION 119
THE TOMB OF ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD FERDINAND OF
AUSTRIA 120
GRAVE OF THE MUEHLENHAUPT FAMILY 122
THE MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FAMILY EXHIBITION ROOM 123
MAUSOLEUM OF THE OPPENFELD FAMILY 124
TOMB OF ERWIN REIBEDANZ 126
THE BIEDERMANN TOMB 128
COLUMBIAHAUS CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL 130
THE MURAL FRESCO OF FICHTESTRAssE 2 132
THE TOAD AT PRINZENSTRAssE UNDERGROUND STATION 134
THE STEHFISCH SCULPTURE 135
THE RITTERHOF 136
BAS-RELIEFS OF THE ENGELBECKEN HOF 138
SLABS OF BITUMEN ALONG THE LEUSCHNERDAMM 140
RELIEFS ON THE FACADE OF ADALBERTSTRAssE 79 142
THE FACADE OF THE BETHANIEN HOSPITAL 144
THEODOR FONTANE'S PHARMACY 146
REMAINS OF THE BROMMY BRIDGE 148
ABANDONED LOHMUEHLENINSEL PETROL STATION 150
ART INSTALLATIONS ON REICHENBERGER STRAssE 152
Neukoelln
REMAINS OF "THE PARISH CEMETERY LABOUR CAMP" 158
THE FIST FROM THE GRENADIERS' TOMB 160
THE FORGOTTEN SYMBOLS OF THE IDEAL-PASSAGE 162
THE STONES OF ALFRED-SCHOLZ-PLATZ 164
DAS ERDEMUSEUM 165
GARDEN OF CAFE BOTANICO 166
SILENT RIXDORF GARDEN 167
SRI MAYURAPATHY MURUGAN HINDU TEMPLE 168
Schoeneberg
WINDOWS OF THE CHURCH OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES 172
MASONIC SYMBOLS OF THE KACHELHAUS 174
THE BERLIN COURT OF APPEAL 176
MOSAIC OF A COW 178
FACADES OF KIRCHBACHSTRAssE 1 AND 2 180
THE "RELOCATED" TOMB OF THE LANGENSCHEIDT FAMILY 182
VISITING THE COURT OF SCHOENEBERG 184
ORTE DES ERINNERNS MEMORIAL 186
THE FRONT DOOR OF EISENACHER STRAssE 68 188
THE MUSEUM OF UNHEARD-OF THINGS 189
THE SCHWERBELASTUNGSKOERPER 190
HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE BERLIN POLICE 198
THE PRISON OF GENERAL-PAPE-STRAssE 200
VISIT TO THE MALZFABRIK 204
BLANKE HELLE SCULPTURE 206
THE ORGAN OF THE MARTINLUTHER-GEDAECHTNISKIRCHE 208
NATUR-PARK-SUEDGELAENDE 210
HOUSE AT NIEDSTRAssE 4 212
ENTRANCE GATES OF THE CECILIENGAERTEN 214
EISACK TUNNEL 216
TOMB OF HEINRICH SACHS 218
Charlottenburg - North Wilmersdorf
ALFRED HRDLICKA'S "DANSE MACABRE" 222
THE THREE GLOBES OF HEERSTRAssE 224
MONUMENT TO THE GLORY OF MOTORCYCLE RACERS 226
ARCHAEOLOGY GALLERY OF SANITARY FACILITIES 228
BUILDING AT NUMBER 17 KAISER FRIEDRICH STRAssE 229
HOLES IN THE PILLARS OF THE LEIBNIZSTRASSE BRIDGE 230
BINNINGER'S CLOCK 232
FACADE OF THE BUILDING AT PARISER STRAssE 61 234
GOLDEN MAGNOLIA TREE AT PARISER STRAssE 4 235
THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CHURCH
ON THE HOHENZOLLERNPLATZ 236
Wedding - Moabit - Tiergarten
THE WEDDING SAND DUNE 240
THE SPA PAVILION BAS-RELIEF 242
THE ANTI-KRIEGS-MUSEUM AIR RAID SHELTER 244
THE MEMORIAL FOR DEPORTED JEWS 246
THE PAINTED CEILING OF ALVAR AALTO 248
MUSEUM OF LETTERS 250
THE FACADE OF THOMASIUSSTRAssE 5 252
THE HALL OF THE MOABIT COURTHOUSE 254
THE WALLS COMMEMORATING MOABIT PRISON 258
AN OASIS OF GREENERY IN THE HAMBURGER BAHNHOF 260
THE STAIRS OF THE ULAP 262
THE PAPER LEAVES OF THE SWISS EMBASSY 264
THE KERBS OF GERMANIA 266
THE POTSDAMER BRUECKE RING 268
"THE LAST HOUSE MUST REMAIN STANDING!" 269
THE GAS STREET LAMPS OF THE OPEN AIR MUSEUM 270
A VISIT TO THE UT2 272
Prenzlauer Berg
REVERSE INSCRIPTION ON THE SENEFELDER MONUMENT 276
GDR TOY MUSEUM 278
THE WELL IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY 280
WATER TANKS OF PRENZLAUER BERG 284
TOMB OF THE RIEDEL FAMILY 290
TOMB OF THE PINTSCH FAMILY 291
COVERED PASSAGEWAY OF THE BORNHOLMER STRAssE
BORDER POST 292
THE FISHERMAN OF WINSSTRAssE 294
COAT OF ARMS OF THE GRUENE STADT GATE 296
THE TOMB OF THE LEWINSOHN AND NETTER FAMILIES 300
Friedrichshain - Rummelsburg
CIRCULAR GARDEN OF THE GEORGEN-PAROCHIAL II
CEMETERY 304
THE COLUMNS OF WEBERWIESE 306
SIGN OF THE HORNS ON THE "CRAFTSMAN AND SON" STATUE 308
FORMER PINTSCH AG ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS 310
LEANING TOWER OF STRALAU CHURCH 314
SHOT TOWER 316
HARTUNG'S COLUMNS 318
THE "NICARAGUAN VILLAGE - MONIMBO 1978" FRESCO 320
Pankow - Lichtenberg - Marzahn
Hellersdorf - Treptow/Koepenick
REMAINS OF THE BLANKENFELDE RECEPTION CAMP 324
GEOLOGICAL WALL 326
LUNA BUNKER 328
THE OLDEST REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL 329
THE CHERUBS OF PANKOW 330
ART INSTALLATIONS IN GUSTAV-ADOLF-STRAssE 332
THE DUTCH DISTRICT OF WEIssENSEE 334
THE PAINTER OF THE MOTORWERK 336
VILLA LEMKE 338
DAIMON MUSEUM 340
THE HERZBERGE BOILER ROOM 342
MEMORIAL TO THE REVOLUTION 344
FOUR BRONZE LIONS OF THE TIERPARK 346
THE MARZAHN TOWER MILL 348
THE HOUSE OF FRICK 350
WBS 70 MUSEUM APARTMENT 352
THE "GRUENDERZEIT" MUSEUM 354
TRUDELTURM VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL 356
THE SCHMETTERLINGSHORST BUTTERFLY COLLECTION 360
Reinickendorf - Spandau - Grunewald
Wilmerdorf - Steglitz/Zehlendorf
THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL IN BRIX-GENZMER-PARK 364
THE WATER TOWER IN THE CEMETERY OF HERMSDORF 366
TEGEL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CEMETERY 368
THE BOEING 707 D-ABOC "BERLIN" 370
PLAQUE MARKING JOHN RABE'S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS 372
BIBERTEICH 374
THE MUSEUM FLAT IN THE HASELHORST EXPERIMENTAL
DISTRICT 376
MONUMENT TO HOMING PIGEONS 378
SCULPTURE OF A BULL 380
STAAKENS'S OLD CONTROL TOWER 382
THE FIELDS OF KAROLINENHOEHE 384
TOWER OF BERINGER 386
THE SCHILDHORN MONUMENT 388
THE GRUNEWALD FOREST CEMETERY 390
THE PARABOLIC MIRRORS OF THE "ERSCHIESSUNGSSTAETTE V" 392
THE OLYMPHIA SIGNAL BOX 394
THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CORBUSIERHAUS 396
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST CATHEDRAL 398
A104 MOTORWAY TUNNEL BUILDING 400
THE LAHORE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT MOSQUE 402
THE RED LETTERBOX IN FEHRBELLINER PLATZ 404
KREUZKIRCHE 406
MUSEUM OF THE BLIND 410
THE MAEUSEBUNKER 412
MUSEUM OF ENERGY 414
A TRIBUTE TO THE GROSS-LICHTERFELDE TRAMWAY LINE 416
MUNICIPAL WEIGH HOUSE 418
FLIEGEBERG 420
4TH OF JULY SQUARE 422
"THE BERLIN BRAIN" 424
THE FORMER EXCLAVE OF WUESTE MARK 426
THE FORMER CHECKPOINT OF DREILINDEN 432
THE INSCRIPTION ON THE MACNHOWER STRAssE BRIDGE 434
THE HELICOPTER OF STEINSTUECKEN 436
LOGGIA ALEXANDRA 438
THE REMAINS OF LITTLE SWITZERLAND 440
THE TELAMONS OF GLIENICKE PARK 442
THE COLUMN ON SCHWANENWERDER ISLAND 444
