Fernsehturm Berlin

Uh, but just amazing redevelopment.

So, you know, for me, Berlin in 1990 was still the, this, you know, kind of poor, rundown city that was full of people dressed in black who, who were, you know, going out until un- until having breakfast, and, um, just a, a, a, kind of a punky city, right? And now, th- when I was at the n- at the, at the, the new government buildings, right, where the new federal government is next to the, the, the Reichstag, I'm looking around at this m- both the old parts of Berlin with the Fernsehturm, right, the, the TV tower, and the Reichstag, and all these new buildings.

And I hear this, like, pumping music, like, uh, kind of a techno beat.

And I turn around, look down a corner, and there's, like, an exercise class of people in DayGlo exercise attire with a, a, a person giving commands, and they're doing, like, pop squats and jumps up, down these stairs, uh, that looked so yuppie [laughs] and so not, um, the, the, the, the Cold War- ... m- m- Stasi in menacing suits, uh, of, of 40 years ago.

Finish at Alexanderplatz, where the city opens into a broad urban landscape from East Germany's socialist era.

The Fernsehturm, the television tower, is an optional viewpoint, but the square matters more as urban context than as a main stop.

On day two, head north from the center by U-Bahn or S-Bahn to Bernauer Straße.

The Berlin Wall Memorial extends along one point four kilometers of the former border strip with preserved fortifications, documentation, and viewpoints.

A bear has been the official symbol on the German coat of arms for centuries.

The tallest structure in all of Germany is located in Berlin, and it is the TV Tower.

And at the top of the TV Tower, for my world travelers that actually go to these places... that I talk about the top of the TV tower has a restaurant that rotates as you eat.

And that's every hour to half, every half hour to an hour.

The very first traffic light installed in Europe was in Berlin, Germany in 1924.