[erwin]

Here is a second set of Berlin pictures.
These pictures are taken on Thursday october 19th.

Some pictures I took at Checkpoint Charlie’s and near Alexanderplatz, but most pictures are taken from the Fernsehturm observation deck. The quality of these pix is not very high though, as the weather wasn’t that bright and the windows of the Fernsehturm had a greenish tint. The colors of almost every picture had to be adapted.

1. Checkpoint Charlie. Picture of the Russian soldier.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60450.jpg

2. Café Adler and American soldier.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60455.jpg

3. Streetshot near Checkpoint Charlie.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60452.jpg

4. Park Inn at Alexanderplatz.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60469.jpg

5. The Fernsehturm (height 368 meters, observation deck at 203 meters).
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60475.jpg

6. Closeup.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60480.jpg

7.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60482.jpg

8. Potsdamer Platz.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60483.jpg

9.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60485.jpg

10.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60487.jpg

11. Commieblocks.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60494.jpg

12. Construction work going on here and there.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60496.jpg

13. Funny commieblocks.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60497.jpg

14. More commieblocks.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60500.jpg

15.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60501.jpg

16. Galeria containing a luxury Kaufhof near Alexanderplatz.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60505.jpg

17. Park Inn, looking small from this height.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60506.jpg

18. Closeup.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60507.jpg

19. Karl Marx Allee: Soviet grandeur in former east-Berlin.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60508.jpg

20. “Gate buildings” at the entrance of the Allee.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60524.jpg

21.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60515.jpg

22. This building appears to be having some graffiti on it.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60519.jpg

23.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60525.jpg

24. A zoom picture.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60527.jpg

25. One more.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60528.jpg

26.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60529.jpg

27.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60531.jpg

28. The Spree river.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60532.jpg

29. Palmtrees on a bridge.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60533.jpg

30.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60539.jpg

31. Modern architecture.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60550.jpg

32. The Karl Marx Allee gate buildings from ground level.
I like this shot cause it’s a bit like West meeting East (the western cars versus eastern architecture).
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60555.jpg

33. Urban chaos.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60558.jpg

34. Finally two shots which I took from a citytour-doubledeck bus.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60568.jpg

35. The Hauptbahnhof.
http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60570.jpg

I think I’ll post these series in the City Photos-section as well to promote Berlin at this forum…

[Urban Zombie®]

Awesome! Berlin needs more publicity here.

[Holden West]

Excellent pictures. I love Berlin!

I thought you might be interested to see a photo I took in 1993 from the exact location. An interesting comparison:

http://www.citabella.nl/berlijn/19okt06/view60482.jpghttp://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1620/1303683/2477873/213783660.jpg

Sorry for the poor quality!

[anm]

it is interesting that they renovate commieblocks instead of taking them down


cool pics, great city, thanks!

[Grumpy]

Awesome! Berlin needs more publicity here.

I created an update thread : http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=77327 :)

In may I should be in Berlin again , you know what I am going to do : take pictures from the city from the Spree river.

Berlin & Paris do have something London doesn't have : big boulevards which I adore

[svast]

Nice pic's. Have to visit Berlin again. Was there in -74, both in West and East, remember passing the wall. The U-bahn with closed stations (in East) when traveling on Westberlins lines.