Tiergarten flea market
Unter den Linden is the street that heads east from the Brandenburg Gate. Many Classical buildings line the street. Part of Humboldt University is located there.
Friedrichstrae, Berlin’s legendary street of the “Golden Twenties” which combines the tradition of the last century with modern architecture of today’s Berlin.
Kurfrstendamm (Ku’damm), with the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedchtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), which lies right at the top end of Kurfrstendamm, on Breitscheidplatz (underground station Kurfrstendamm). The church was bombed out in World War II and its ruins have been preserved in their damaged state. Also nearby is the Zoologischer Garten, a zoo with a large number of species.
The Strae des 17. Juni connects the Brandenburg Gate in the East and Ernst-Reuter-Platz in the West, commemorating the uprisings in East Berlin of June 17, 1953. It features the golden Siegessule (Statue of Victory), which used to stand in front of the Reichstag.
The Karl-Marx-Allee (formerly Stalinalle), a boulevard lined by monumental landmark buildings designed in the Socialist Classicism of the Stalin era. It is located in Friedrichshain and Mitte.
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