Unforgettable day in Berlin

I have fond memories of Berlin. I visited this city on various occasions and the last time that I had the privilege to enjoy its atmosphere was last summer. I believe that Berlin is the city that you either love or hate. I definitely fall in the first group.

When I visited Berlin for the first time, I was amazed by all those concrete buildings, gigantic squares and what seemed to be never ending chaos on its streets. There are so many people! Berlin is different to any other German cities that I have visited before and this makes it special to me.

What do I like about Berlin? I must admit that there are many details but the most important thing that I like about this city is the freedom. You can feel it everywhere you move. There is no judgement and you feel accepted. Berlin accepts everyone and everything. It's strange when you think about its past, but the city recovered and if I would have to describe it in a couple of words I would probably use 'tolerance' and 'freedom'.

I hope that you are ready for a tour as we're about to start!

I found that the easiest way for me to explore Berlin is to start at the Potsdamer Platz. From here you can get anywhere in the city. You can either walk to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and Brandenburg Gate, or you can take a metro and easily reach another part of the city. There are signs which will show you what is in which direction but if you decide to follow people, you will definitely get to the Brandenburg Gate.

On the way to the Brandenburg Gate you will pass by a place called Remembering the Berlin Wall. There you can read all information about the Berlin Wall on several panels. Did you know that the Berlin Wall was 160 km long? There is much more that you can learn from those panels!

On the way you will cross the modern part of the city. It's very easy to get to the Brandenburg Gate as from the Postdamer Platz it's only one long road. Just continue down the road and you will get there.

Here we are! I've been there several times and it has always been that crowded, so get there for a lot of patience if you want to get closer. I don't like pushing through the crowd, so I was happy staying a little bit in the back.

Brandenburg Gate lies next to the Tiergarten and very close to the Reichstag (Parliament). You can easily spend a day around here. It's an interesting area with several Memorials that are worth the visit. We continued our walk to the main station as we wanted to visit another part of the city. We could take a metro, but we decided that we don't mind walking another 2 km. We walked more than 20 km that day so 2 km more or less didn't make a difference.

On the way, we crossed the historical bridge over the river Spree called Moltkebrücke. It was completed in 1891 and it leads you directly to the train station.

From the bridge you can watch many tourists boats passing by. You can also walk down the stairs to the promenade and walk along the river as well.

It wasn't easy to take a photo without a boat but I managed!

And here we are! We were on the way to the Museum island. Museum island includes 5 impressive museums, but we didn't plan to go inside as we already visited them in the past. If you come to Berlin, you should definitely visit this part of the city. You don't have to visit each museum as it will take you all day but pick up just one and go inside. You will not regret it.

On this photo we have the Old Museum.

And this is the Old National Gallery. It reminds me of old Roman buildings.

Outside of the gallery is the statue of Friedrich Wilhelm IV on a horse. It was created by Alexander Calandrelli in 1886.

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From here we crossed the Rathaus Bridge which was rebuilt in 2012 and named after the nearby Rotes Rathaus city hall. On the other side of the bridge is the pink building of the German Historical Museum.

In front of the building was an art market and a small cafe which was buzzing with life.

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A visit of Berlin wouldn't be complete without going to the Fernsehturm (Television Tower). This monster is opened in 1969 and it's 368 m tall. If you want to go up, book your tickets in advance, so that you don't have to wait in a queue for ages.

The views are fascinating, and you should definitely not miss it when you're there.

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Berlin has an old town too! It's called Nikolaiviertel and it's the traditional part of the city. After being bombed to smithereens in World War II, Berlin reconstructed the Nikolaiviertel, which had been the earliest settlement in Berlin, dating back to 1200.

It's the place where you go when you want to escape Berlin and join people looking for 'real' Germany.

Nikolai church is the gem of the Nikolaiviertel. It was built in 1402 and like everything else in Berlin, it was bombed to pieces in 1945. Luckily, it was later reconstructed.

Nikolaiviertel is full of beer gardens, restaurants, cobblestone streets, and much more. It is a true pleasure to be here if you want to feel like you are in Germany.

I hope that you have enjoyed our day in Berlin!

Thank you for visiting!

Cheers!

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