East of Unter den Linden is the famously recognizable Fernsehturm, a 1,200-foot TV tower in Alexanderplatz that some have lovingly dubbed Telespargel (television asparagus). Berlin Mitte also ...

The East Side Gallery refers to the longest intact section of the Berlin Wall, which stretches for nearly a mile. If you want to experience the wall for the first time, this is the place to do it.

Schorlemmer was also one of the speakers at the large anti-government demonstration in East Berlin's Alexanderplatz on November 4, 1989. He went on to be the co-founder of the Democratic Awakening ...

A 1960s bungalow on a GDR vacation estate near Berlin has been turned into a self ... a former German Democratic Republic (GDR) – also known as East Germany – vacation estate by Lake Netzen ...

The Soviet leadership responded to the Western allies' currency reforms by installing their own new currency in East Berlin just 24 hours before the West mark was to go into circulation.

On 13 August 1961, the Soviet authorities in East Germany sealed off East Berlin – their zone of occupation - by constructing a huge barbed wire barrier. This was soon replaced by a concrete ...

Berlin is divided by light. The contrast is a legacy from the Cold War, when Germany was divided from east to west as tensions mounted between America and the West, against Russia. Berlin was ...

The song is being sung by supporters of Berliner FC Dynamo, cheering on their team against Lokomotive Leipzig in a 2019 fixture and setting which could have been taken straight out of East Berlin ...