Passersby bulge eye or burst out laughing

"In 2003, the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, pronounced a historic phrase:"Berlin is poor but sexy"." And it is the only smart thing he has said his career! ", commented on a genuine and anonymous Berliners." Berlin is the 2000 what London was to the 1960s. Twenty years after the fall of the wall, it rocks more than ever. The German capital has the unique ability to recycle a painful past, turning sad remnants in places of celebration.

The city has more than one hundred and seventy museums and is full of galleries. None is more surprising than the Boros. During the second world war, this large bunker housed up to three thousand Berliners by Allied bombs. Could have shaved this block of mortar as a bad memory. He rose in the form of a techno box, before to convert Club partner swapping sado-maso. A billionaire, Christian Boros, bought the place in 1996 to present a broad collection of contemporary art. It has spectacular parts: Neon sculptures, amazing mobile...

No more class (and less green) than a ride Traban in East Berlin. Deemed to be more comfortable that the rival Soviet Lada, the Traban was the diva of the roads of the Eastern bloc. A few specimens have been relookés in cute convertibles. As tough as an officer of the Stasi, the gearshift is located behind the wheel. Along the macadam on pétarade through the monumental axis, overhung by the Stalinist architecture. Passers-by bulge eye or burst out laughing.

When the wall fell, the ruins of East Berlin became the squats of artists in any kind. Remnant of the 1990s the mythical Tacheles is still standing. Carcass of a century-old store - destroyed during the second world war, blown up in the 1960s, its tagués walls and ravaged resemble Nina Hagen. This fascinating maze trash home theatres, workshops and concert halls. The Court has been transformed into urban beach. Sitting on smashed Mercedes seat, drinking beer in plastic mugs by comparing its piercings.

At Clärchens Ballhaus, on "charleston" like the interwar. Woodwork and brass are time, part of the client also. However, young people are very much present and everyone trémousse in good humour. One day, with rah-rah, they eventually well have, this old floor. It may also simply eat or have a drink in the garden.

A few steps from the Brandenburg Gate, the chic, cosy and unavoidable hotel of Rome (cf. limited series n 63) is built... in the former Bank Central of GDR. The swimming pool and the spa are nestled in room safes. The suites retain the leather look and wood of offices of leaders. You may prefer the more intimate charm of the floors. On the roof, a superb terrace overlooking Bebelplatz and its monuments such as the Opera and the Humboldt University.

The extravagant poetry of Berlin is whole Mauer Park flea market. Opened in 2004, it is not yet too tourist and guard a kindly hippie local atmosphere. It intersects 33 towers of the Scorpion, IM boots... group among thousands of debris from the East Germany.

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