Brandenburg Gate

A must-see attraction when you visit Berlin. At the end of the Unter den Linden with the s-bahn/u-bahn station nearby, it's easy to find. It's an impressive site but very busy with tourists - good job it's a pedestrianised area! In essence it is just a former gate of the city but it is one of the main symbols of Berlin and one of Europe's major landmarks. When we went, we sat at a bench (they line each side of the road) and just took in the atmosphere. There were many street artists, musician and actors dressed up as american soldiers whom you could have your photo taken with. The other side of the gate is often used for public rallies and ...  Read the complete review

"How small it is," was what I thought when I walked through it the first time. Like many other Germans I had waited for this opportunity for a long time, for nearly 30 years it had been behind The Wall when you were a Wessi (a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany) and beyond the so-called death zone running in front of The Wall if you were an Ossi (citizen of the German Democratic Republic). It isn't really small as far as city gates go, in fact it was the grandest of a series of city gates encircling the city at the end of the 18th century. The other gates haven't survived, the Brandenburger Tor (Tor=gate) has because it's at the end of the ...  Read the complete review

Who does not know it, the famous Brandenburger Tor. The symbol of Berlin, the symbol of a once divided and now reunited (or reuniting) Germany and Europe. I - as a native german and former Berlin inhabitant - want to give you a short impression about what this gate means to me and some facts about it as well. The Brandenburger Tor is situated in the city center of Berlin, in the hotspot of the city. Following the avenue "Unter den Linden" (wich means: walking beneath lime-trees) from the old GDR-capital-citycenter (East Berlin) you see the gate with the quadriga on its top. 4 horses carry the godness of peace, Eirene, into the city. It's ...  Read the complete review