Berlin is trendy! Every year more and more people come to visit the capital of Germany. Of course, it has been one of the most fascinating main cities of Europe and a magnet for everybody who is looking for extraordinary things during a city trip. If you are looking for the exciting night life, numerous shopping possibilities, wild parties or a romantic dinner, or if you want to enjoy a cultural event or a sports manifestation of top quality, Berlin has it all and more. In 2006 the city is all about the WorldCup, because from the opening ceremony ‘Gala Berlin’ on June 7 until the finals on July 9, all eyes, all over the world, will be on Berlin.

But even without soccer, Berlin remains an inexhaustible source of beautiful moments. First, there is the walk (or the comfortable tour), through the everchanging city with its vivid present and its stirring past. From the Prussian kings to the time of the National Socialism and the bifurcation that lasted forty years, to the new Berlin, the history of the city you will find mostly in its architecture. Those architectural witnesses go from Schinkel’s classic buildings to the architectural frontpieces of I.M. Pei and Daniel Libeskind. The differences between East and West are hardly visible anymore, and the leftovers from the Wall have become a touristic attraction of its own.
The most important memorial in Berlin is the monument in remembrance of the Jews that were killed in Europe. The field with the steles, a design by Peter Eisenman, provides an accent from an urban development point of view, with a deeper meaning between the Brandenburger Tor and the futuristic buildings at the Potsdamer Platz.

From the classic sights to the almost suburban charm in Kiez, from the world culture in the museums and on stage to the creative forces in fashion and media, from the culinary diversity to the hidden beauty of nature, there is so much to discover. You better plan beforehand where the trip is going to lead this time. Because if you decide to visit Berlin, in most cases you will come back at least once, to do all those things that you couldn’t do the first time because there wasn’t enough time, or to experience something new in this city, that knows how to quickly adjust itself.

 

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