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Introduction
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R L I N |
Frequent star in
history books, Cold War potboilers, cultural magazines, architecture journals and gimmicky
glossies, Berlin packs a powerful punch. In the 20s Berlin was the culture capital of
Europe and by inference, the world. There was beer to be glugged at the biergarten, and
soaring intellectual heights to be reached over kaffe and kuchen at the coffee haus.
Everybody and anybody could catch potential somebodies at Berlin's theatres, nightclubs
and cabarets. Then of course, came the time where the people of Berlin, those that
continued to live it up, were invariably blue eyed blondes. The WAR, the freeze, The WALL
and finally the thaw, and Berlin is back in business.
A decade of restructuring later, Berlin is beautiful again. Wir fahren nach Berlin, we're
travelling to Berlin. Coming?
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F A C
T B O X |
| Area |
883 sq. Km. |
| Population |
3,472,009 |
| Religion |
Primarily Protestant |
| Language |
German |
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