With over sixty million international visitors a year, Berlin is the centre of the action and also the capital of Germany and the largest county in the continent. It is a hub of political, cultural ,media and scientific significance along with overblown such as the Berlin Opera, Berlin Philharmonic orchestra museum and sites under UNESCO.
Nevertheless, the illusion of the WW11 and the breakdown of the antic Berlin Wall, this city was reconstructed in a way that it invites tourist’s attractions. It also has great attractions to offer in the city. Well, what is the one destination tourists are sure to check when they find themselves in the city that is Berlin?
THE BRANDENBURG GATE
Brandenburg gate is purposefully one among the most tourist destinations in Berlin. Built during the reign of the so called Kings of the Slavs, it is the most renowned sight of Berlin.
Brandenburg Gate Berlin
King Federick Wilhelm II of Prussia ordered this large neoclassical gate and Propylaea in Athen’s Acropolis designed the gate in 1788. Brandenburg gate is a sandstone structure which stands to a height of 26 meters and is located in Pariser Platz, the Mittle district.
During the cold war, people of West Berlin often protested at this place. This is so, probably because ‘Mitte’ actually means middle, which gives the geographical and analogue location of this area as a block in the Berlin Wall.
The famous appeal made by the then U.S President Ronald Reagan to the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, to bring down the Berlin Wall was made at this gate in 1987.
POLITICAL LEADERS FROM SEVERAL COUNTRY SUCH AS RUSSIA, MICHAEL GORBACHEV, POLAND LECH WALES, GERMANY ANGELA MERKEL ARRIVED IN 1999 TO CELEBRATE THE BRINGING DOWN OF THE BERLIN WALL. Brandenburg has a special night offer. Thus, you should point out that you should definitely dedicate some of the time you have during your tour to this place.
Our Be Original Free Berlin walking tour wouldn’t be complete without showing this stunning sight and our remarkable tour guides explaining about the gates. If you want to get a glimpse of the city of Berlin in a most detailed way, you should join the Free Berlin walking tour.
Thank you for reading. If the stories of Berlin impressed you or maybe you are simply interested in this city now it’s time to join our Free Berlin Walking Tour! They are a great way to get a feel for what living in the city back then would have been like and its culture of today. Indeed we eagerly await your company soon.
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