Today I left Berlin and spent the last day as always taking pictures, speaking with locals and searching for the best restaurant in town. Well, I was unlucky enough to forget the time and left Berlin without having dinner at all. Taking pictures takes time! Enjoy the second part of my Berlin trip through my lens.
The following pictures were taken in Berlins government district. Here you can see the Reichstagsgebaeude where you will find the Deutscher Bundestag as well as the Band des Bundes where you can find the Bundeskanzleramt
A very magnificent place with incredible architecture. Perhaps one of the cleanest areas in Berlin. From there I took the bike to visit the old border that divided Berlin into an eastern and western part.
Some of you asked me what camera and lens I use. I took all the pictures with my Nikon D750 and the lens you will see below. Furthermore I used a 50mm f/1.4 lens to take the picture of the other lens.
This is the old border which divided Berlin. It's quite a sad story because many people lost their lives at this place. If you tried to cross the border without permission they shot you. It was also called the Todesstreifen (death strip). Luckily these times are over and today there is a memorial in commemoration of the victims.
Berlin itself is like a huge history book. Wherever you go you will encounter historic sites. I personally like this since we never should forget the past. The key to the future lies in the past and we should never repeat the mistakes we did.
Thanks for following me on my journey and see the world through my lens. Soon I will travel to Sweden and Greece. There is a little surprise for you. The first one to guess correctly what I got will receive 10 Steem Dollars. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me where your last travel destination was and how you liked this post.
Tim
On the eleventh attempt I finally pronounced Reichstagsgebaeude correctly lol.
Hope Greece and Sweden will improve your mood a little bit after thinking about tragical events of the past.
I would love to hear that! :D
I didn't even think about that. I'm sure at some point out and about you tend to try and visualize what happened there. Definitely tragic. Never again.
I hope that the rest of Europe also won't forget the past. The destruction of Europe by the Germans. Not all countries had the privilege to rebuilt what was lost during world war 2
Some great pictures of Belin, especially of the fantastic architecture. I have visited Berlin several times, although not in the past ten years. Its a great place to visit.
my last travel was to salou in spain. You can go to clubs there at night and during the day feast on buffet and recover on the beach. I am not quite sure what we have to guess here for the 10 steem? can you give more info?
@timsaid you are the best steemian ever :)
Never been in Geramny, looks fantastic!
It's about time!
Berlin looks really beautiful ! I wish I went there. I was at Germany for a whole month but didn't get the chance to visit Berlin. I went there for working purposes so couldn't really do any tourism.
What cities did you visit trendo? I think you said it in the first post. Anyways, come back!
I was living in Stuttgart. I also went to another city for 2 days to celebrate my friends birthday but I just can't seem to remember the name of the city :D
Wunderschön! Ich muss jetzt unbedingt mal hin!
Beautiful - Have to go there soon!
Mach schöne Bilder
Nice please vote me
Those are some nice clicks.
Thanks!
Wow Germany looks absolutely beautiful. Did you graffiti your Steemit URL onto the Berlin Wall?
lol! I don't do such things it's unter preservation of sites of historic interest :D
How I wish people stop doing that to any historical site. Writing your name doesn't make you anything 😒😒
Another good one from you @timsaid, great shots from Beautiful Berlin,Upped. keep up the good work, enjoy your holiday and have a blessed weekend.
nice pic
Wow you are quite a story teller
Thank you for following me.
Stunningly beautiful post ,, Berlin is quit a wonderful place thanks for sharing
One of the things I remember most about Germany is that the people there don't seem to litter. Every thing is clean even the Marktplatz (Market Place) there would be thousands of people walking around, shopping, drinking beer and not a piece of litter to be seen.
Nice shots, regards @timsaid
Germany is a beautiful country and its people are committed and organized. I admire these pictures for the capital Berlin
Beautiful to see the modern part comes together with the old part of Berlin....
If you go to the eastern part of Berlin you will see great differences
Oooh wow. I was thinking about visiting Berlin with my husband. Seeing your pictures really got me very curious about it all.
upvote and follow . Nice Post and very Nice Pics ...
You have inspired me. I need to go to Berlin.
That's what I wanted to hear!
I started talking to my wife about it tonight. :-)
Amazing dear friend :))
Thanks saqib! :)
Who says Berlin's the only cool city in Germany?
I don't. I visited many cities in Germany and there are many great cities there! Have a great weekend
These were really amazing mate!
Good job!
Beautiful place i would love to visit
Berlin is a wonderful city! So beautiful and full of history, you should come to Köln, as incredible as Berlin
thanks for sharing this beautiful post... love to see more post from u. thanks again
Love Koln, it's beautiful. I used to hangout there every weekend 😁😁😁
Lovely place...will visit Germany some days..
I have been to Germany lots of times (it's our neighbour country) but never been to Berlin, Looks like I need to visit Berlin some day soon, Great photo's
Excelente, que buen post gracias por compartir tus aventuras por Alemania - Berlin, espero que continúes con el paseo y nos muestres mas sobre esa gran nación, gran historia y tus aventuras
Wow!!!! All photos look amazing.
Awesome shots! You're a skilled photographer.
Travelling always gives you something good to learn
wow..Thanks for sharing this.
I hope you had a pretzel whilst in Berlin ;)
Thanks for sharing your amazing photos with us :)
amazing pics... even the cemetery looks blessed
Un buen viaje veo que hiciste y el contenido esta muy satisfactorio, esperando una parte 3
Berlin is as beautiful as always I really enjoyed the pictures. Cheers.
I would like to visit Berlin one day, greetings from Venezuela, very good photos
Very interesting article with beautiful pictures :)
Beautiful pictures Tim. Well done!
Hi Tim, nice follow-up to part 1. The river running through the city reminds me of Chicago, but with shorter buildings :-) I'm looking forward to your Sweden trip. That's my ancestry on my dad's side. Norway/Sweden.
I spent my summer in Italy and France- I wish I had a chance to visit Germany. Your photos are absolutely beautiful! It is really cool to see photos of the Berlin Wall as it is now- My parents were stationed there before it was pulled down, and my little brother was born in Frankfurt. All our photos from that time only show one side of the wall.
How I miss the long German word which hardly to pronounce 😁😁 . I was always wonder about the famous Reichstagsgebaeude.
I was in Berlin for seminar and that was freezing winter. Been to some historical side, but still had to skip this one. Unfortunately, living for couple years in Germany but missing lots of fun part 😂😂
I was just going to ask the type of camera hehe.
Beautiful photos 👏
looks really beautiful!
very nice! i just vote and follow u! i always help steemit members! i hope u also vote and follow me! happy steemit!
I have always want to go to Berlin to see those walls, I only saw a few of them in the Newseum in Washington DC.
Wow amazing
Amazing city sad history. How one man could bring about such misfortune :(