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Staatsbibliothek – Berlin city trip, Germany
This library building, subtly concealed yet stunning, can be glimpsed through an entrance from Unter der Linden’s main street. Its sure deserves more visibility. Captured using a Panasonic FX55 and enhanced with Snapseed.
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Tempodrom – Berlin city trip, Germany
Intriguing architectural event building that permanently settled here in May 1999. Taken with my Panasonic FX55, edited with SnapSeed.
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Wall fragments – Berlin city trip, Germany
Several remnants of the Berlin Wall remain, captured by my Canon PowerShot G3 in the first two images, and by my Panasonic FX55 in the last one. All were enhanced using Snapseed.
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Liesenbrücken – Berlin city trip, Germany
On our second search for the Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer (Berlin Wall Memorial), at the intersection of Liesenstrasse and Gartenstrasse, we discovered an impressive set of iron bridges that seemed to be totally overgrown and abandoned. A total suprise find!
A search online reveiled it’s names to be the Liesenbrücken, constructed in 1896. They have been abandoned since 1957. So, the bridges have been abandoned for more than 60 years, and they’re still there? How? I learned that they’re protected by a Berlin constitution called the Denkmalschutz. This constitution prevents these kind of historic items to be destroyed. So that’s how they still exist today.
Strange to realise, that in the year 1896, steam trains undoubtedly traversed these very tracks!
I then wondered why these bridges were abandoned in the first place, but upon checking the dates it’s obvious that it had something to do with the Great Berlin wall. The bridges were a connection between East- and West Berlin. When the Berlin Wall was placed, it crossed the railroad tracks, so when you couldn’t go to the other side anymore, then, of course it meant that the traffic by train had to stop as well, hence the abandoning.
Taken with my Canon PowerShot G3, edited with SnapSeed.
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Zimt & Zucker at the Reichstagufer – Berlin city trip, Germany
After finally finding something affordable to eat for lunch, we found ourselves nestled at the Reichstagufer, looking out over this vibrant bulding. In the distance, the omnipresent S-bahn can be spotted. What is not obvious in the photo, is the numerous homeless people on the streets. The compact vehicle parked at the railing likely containing all the belongings of one such individual, a harsh reality faced by many.
Taken with my HP PhotoSmart 435, edited with SnapSeed.
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Mühlenstrasse / Am Oberbaum – Berlin city trip, Germany
Taken with my Panasonic FX55, edited with SnapSeed.
