It looks like an interesting part of Berlin, Nathan, not that I’ve visited any
part of the city.
I fully support cyclists like that, of course, but cycle paths really need to
be separate from the streets.
Chris
> On 22 Jun 2017, at 22:24, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yesterday morning I flew from Brussels to Berlin, checked in to my hotel, and
> spent several hours walking around the city. Mostly, I stayed in the former
> East Berlin, by far the more interesting part.
>
> An image from outside my hotel, the Marienkirche and the TV tower on
> Alexanderplatz:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KWCnCzN/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KWCnCzN/A>
> The tower was built in the 1960s and was the pride and joy of the then DDR.
> Today it is one of united Berlin’s main tourist attractions.
>
> Street art, in a space called Urban Spree, near the Warschauer Strasse metro
> station:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sWqN5Nx/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sWqN5Nx/A>
>
> I had a beer in this bar in Urban Spree:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vJWP9kr/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vJWP9kr/A>
>
> After looking at this mural at the bar, I asked the owner if he was Norwegian
> (in German). He was indeed. Althought I also heard him speaking Spanish to
> some customers. That is typical Berlin these days.
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-P3R6f77/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-P3R6f77/A>
>
> Warschauer Strasse. Berlin is increasingly becoming a bicycle city like
> Amsterdam or Copenhagen:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4pcRndq/A
> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4pcRndq/A>
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