The Brandenburg Tor, an icon in Berlin. And a guy in a bear suit, also an icon in Berlin.
One of many holocaust memorials throughout Germany, this one is concrete blocks placed in a grid with an uneven floor in between. It's open to interpretation.
This is the entrance to Hitler's Chancellory. Ironically it now sells Chinese fast food. Kung pao anyone?
A section of the Berlin Wall.
Checkpoint Charlie
So there's a good story here. Back when Berlin was divided, Eastern communist Berlin wanted to show their engineering prowess and build a gigantic tower. Also being communist, at the same time they were getting rid of all religious icons throughout the city. Anyways, they couldn't figure the tower thing out so they secretly brought in Swedish engineers to finish the job, which they did, and with a big "screw you" to boot. Look what happens when the sun hits the tower...
They have dramatic lighting in front of the Parliament building
Here's where the public gets to look down on the Parliament at anytime during the day, but literally, not figuratively the way the rest of us have to
Brandenburg Tor at night. The statue on top used to be called "Peace". But then Napoleon stole it, and the Germans didn't get it back until he was defeated. Now they changed the statue to "Victory", and the head clearly looks at the French embassy.
Old bombed out church next to shiny new skyscraper
The Sony Center mall in downtown Berlin
Polar bear! Catching lunch the way they do in the wild, with trained humans tossing butchered pieces of meat to them
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