Had a day left before the flight back to the states. Took in a modern art museum, the Hamburger Bahnhof. It was another museum set in an old railway terminal. The best part of the museum were the multimedia exhibits with video and sound. They were very immersive and effecting, unfortunately impossible to capture in a photo.
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Most of the permanent art is from the 60s/70s
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This is just the hallway, but I thought the lights were neat
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More modern/Traditional architecture
Spent the rest of the day walking around Berlin, checked out various parks and Museum Island. Very pretty, lots of construction everywhere. Lots of evidence of the damage from WWII and the remnants of the Berlin Wall. I found the Stolperstein, or stumbling block, memorials especially moving as they are so personal. They commemorate a specific person, where they lived and what happened to them.
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Also a water feature
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Transportation through the years...and interesting English billboard
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Exhibit about how terrible Poland was treated during the WWII
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Marker of where the wall was
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Museum Island
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Bullet Holes
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We saw at least five different couples getting wedding photos here.
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Lots of different wedding dress styles/customs
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Finally the best weather.
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Monument to all the fallen
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Frederick's Palace
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Humbolt University
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The square where the Nazis famously burned books
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Stolperstein, or stumbling block, memorials to Nazi victims
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Interesting restaurant decor