Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz after 1838 after the railway station had been built, it ended up becoming a very busy place in Europe that is of course until the Berlin wall was run right through it.

Because of it being so busy as well, there was the first ever traffic light erected in Berlin.

 it is quite an amazing little square, with so many wonderful, different buildings within the square, not all the far to walk to either from the Brandenburger Tor.

Friedrichstrasse

This is one very long street in Berlin, sadly enough i didn't manage to get any photo's of the street, but it is pretty amazing, and is also one of the biggest places to go shopping in the city, it extends from Hallesches Tor all the way to Oranienburger Tor, there are trams along the way as well, but it is a good street to walk down, even if you were feeling lost to begin with.

This is also where the Palace of tears which functioned as a checkpoint for visitors from the west to get into the east along with the Bahnhof Friedrichstr. which is where the S-bahn and the U-bahn run from.

this street also runs over the river spree where there are a few river cruises that run from here as well.


Like i have said a pretty amazing street

Museumsinsel

Museumsinsel also called Museum Island  has 5 large museums situated on it that hold so many different artefacts in each of the amazing looking buildings, they are located at the end of under den linden, and is also where the Berliner Dom is.

The 5 museums are the
Bode Museum, which was originally called the Kaiser Friedrich Museum  and was constructed between 1887 and 1904 by Ernst Eberhard von Ihne. was named the Bode museum after Wilhelm von Bode  which holds a lot of religious style of artefacts but is amazing all he same :) 

there is also the Pergamon Museum this is a pretty awesome little museum, with just the most amazing stuff inside of it, like parts of a Greek temple and many  more. it was designed by Alfred Messel it was constructed by Ludwig Hoffmann between 1910 and 1930. 

The Neues Museum which has a pretty good Egyptian Exhibition. this was built between 1843 and 1855 to the designs of Friedrich August Stuler, holds many exhibits for example museum of pre history and early history 

Now for the two museums i didn't get time to go and see 


Alte Nationalgalerie which was built around 1867 and 1876 built by Johann Heinrich Strack this museum hold pictures and sculptures of the 19th Century 

Lastly Altes Museum built 1823 to 1830 by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and holds a lot of classical objects. 

Alte Nationalgalerie 

Neue Museum and Pergamonmuseum 

Following pictures are from the Bode Museum

The Next lot of pictures are from the Neue Museum and the Pergamonmuseum