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Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts

Friday, March 22, 2013

Berlin

               Berlin is the capital city of Germany and one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3,520,000 people, Berlin is Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the ninth most populous urban area in the European Union. 
               The main landmarks of Berlin are: Fernsehturm Berlin, Berlin Victory Column (Siegessäule), Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Gedächtniskirche), Brandenburg Gate ( Brandenburger Tor), Potsdamer Platz, Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer), Reichstag building (Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude), Alexander Platz, Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom), Rotes Rathaus, Unter den Linden, Potsdamer Platz, Neptunbrunnen, East Side Gallery, Konzerthaus, Lustgarten, Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Gemäldegalerie, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berliner Philharmonie, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), Hackescher Markt, Hackesche Höfe, Oranienburger Straße, New Synagogue (Neue Synagoge), Straße des 17. Juni, Charlottenburg Palace (Schloss Charlottenburg), Kurfürstendamm, Breitscheidplatz, Kaufhaus des Westens, Rathaus Schöneberg, Bellevue Palace (Schloss Bellevue), Berlin Central Station (Berlin Hauptbahnhof), Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin), Museum Island (Museumsinsel), Alte Nationalgalerie, Neues Museum, Pergamon Museum, Bode Museum, German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum), Bauhaus Archive (Bauhaus-Archiv), Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum Berlin), Museum für Naturkunde, Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Deutsches Theater, House of the Cultures of the World (Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Berlin Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten Berlin).

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Alte Nationalgalerie Bellevue Palace berlin berlin

Monday, July 9, 2012

Koln Cologne

          Köln (Cologne) is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area. In  30 June 2011, there were officially 1,010,269 residents.  During the Bombing of Cologne in World War II, Cologne endured 262 air raids by the Western Allies, which caused approximately 20,000 civilian casualties and almost completely wiped out the center of the city.
          The landmarks are The Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), The Great St. Martin Church (groß sankt martin kirche), Basilica of St. Severin (Basilika St. Severin), Church of the Assumption, Holy Trinity Church, Cologne City Hall, Gürzenich, Overstolzenhaus, KölnTurm, Colonia-Hochhaus, Rheintower.

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Cathedral Koln Cathedral Koln central station Koln Eigelsteintor

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Hamburg

              Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, the fifteenth largest German state, and the sixth largest city in the European Union. The city is home to over 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg Metropolitan Region (including parts of the neighbouring Federal States of Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein) has more than 5 million inhabitants. The neighbourhoods of Neuenfelde, Cranz, Francop and Finkenwerder are part of the Altes Land (old land) region, the largest contiguous fruit-producing region in Central Europe. Situated on the river Elbe, the port of Hamburg is the second largest port in Europe (after the port of Rotterdam) and eleventh largest worldwide.
            The city is a major tourist destination for both domestic and overseas visitors; Hamburg ranked 16th in the world for livability in 2011. The main objectives are Willy Brandt Strasse, The Water Tower, The Townhall, Hotel Haffen, Reeperbahn street, Michaelis Kirche, Schauspielhaus, Grosse Freiheit Street and The Warehouse district (
Speicherstadt).


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Binnenhafen Alsterfleet Deutsches Schauspielhaus hamburg hamburg