Cold War
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There is just as much history underground as above ground in Berlin. Berliner Unterwelten shows you the history, where the sun never shines.
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Berlin has 12 Soviet war memorials, and there are several more in the vicinity of the city. Here is a guide to them all.
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Checkpoint Charlie is a tourist trap, but it is still an experience to see the historic border crossing where World War III nearly broke out in 1961.
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The East Side Gallery is an open-air gallery stretching over 1 kilometer, painted on the remains of the Berlin Wall from Ostbahnhof to Oberbaumbrücke.
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50 years ago, the future was neon and chrome. That’s what you’d think when you step into ICC Berlin, built in 1979 and now closed and abandoned.
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The Fichte Bunker has a long history from the Industrial Revolution to the Cold War. Today, the round building is a landmark in Kreuzberg.
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Close to the Ronald Reagan memorial plaque in Berlin, a 2 meter statue of the president secretly watches over it.
