Germany 2017: Berlin

Berlin:

Berlin Cathedral

I traveled to Berlin twice in 2017 to meet a friend and explore parts of this vibrant city.

During my first visit in February, we walked through the fantastic German Historical Museum, which gives a very thorough insight into the country’s history from the Middle Ages until today. Apart from the many wars, the exhibition shows changes in the daily lives of the people or advances in science and technology. I really enjoyed the museum and would recommend to spend one entire day in this place! On the following day, I took a walk from the Tiergarten to the Brandenburg Gate and the Holocaust Memorial.

courtyard of the German Historical Museum

armour (1505/10)

inside the German Historical Museum

‘Birth of the Pope and Cardinals’ (1545)

detail of ‘Portrait of Emperor Sigismund’ by Albrecht Dürer (1514)

inside the German Historical Museum

detail of ‘King Friedrich II of Prussia’ by Antoine Pesne (1745)

‘Georg Friedrich Händel’ by Balthasar Denner (1733)

inside the German Historical Museum

books on natural history from the 18th century

‘Alexander von Humboldt’ by Julius Friedrich Anton Schrader (1858)

‘Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in coronation regalia’ by Francois Gérard (1806/10)

inside the German Historical Museum

detail of ‘The Battle of Königgrätz’ by Georg Bleibtreu (1868)

‘Prince Otto von Bismarck’ by Franz von Lenbach (1879)

exhibition on World War I

US poster (1917/18)

exhibition on World War II

ping-pong equipment (1923/35)

post-war years

Berlin Wall

inside Tiergarten

Victory Column

at the Victory Column

view from the Victory Column

view from the Victory Column towards the Reichstag

statue of Victoria

Bellevue Palace

old fire alarm box

Haus der Kulturen der Welt

German Chancellery

Reichstag Building

Brandenburg Gate

Holocaust Memorial

Soviet War Memorial

My second visit to Berlin was in November and this time we visited the Neues Museum which houses fascinating Egyptian, Prehistoric, and Early Historic artefacts as well as the Old National Gallery with its world-famous art collection.

Television Tower

Altes Museum

inside the Neues Museum

skull from a Homo neanderthalensis (~45,000 years BC)

‘Berlin Golden Hat’ (1000-800 BC)

‘Xanten Youth’ (1st century BC)

statue of Hor-sa-Tutu (150-50 BC)

painting of the queen Ahmose-Nefertari (1186-1070 BC)

‘Berlin Green Head’ (350 BC)

parts of the ‘Treasure of Priam’

relief of King Assurnasirpal II and genius (9th century BC)

Old National Gallery

‘Tent Show’ by Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1861)

‘Flute concert in Sanssouci’ by Adolph Menzel (1852)

‘Foot of the Artist’ by Adolph Menzel (1876)

‘The Devil’ by Thomas Theodor Heine (1902/03)

inside the Old National Gallery

‘The Isle of the Dead’ by Arnold Böcklin (1883)

‘In the Conservatory’ by Edouard Manet (1879)

‘Old Tavern near Lake Starnberg’ by Carl Spitzweg (1865)

‘Alexander von Humboldt’ by Friedrich Georg Weitsch (1806)

‘Greifswald Harbour’ by Caspar David Friedrich (1818-20)

‘Monk by the Sea’ by Caspar David Friedrich (1808/10)

‘Caspar David Friedrich in his Studio’ by Georg Friedrich Kersting (1812)

‘Twin portrait of the Brothers Grimm’ by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1855)

Berlin with its many sights will keep each visitor easily busy for more than a week. My two visits were therefore far from enough and I am sure that I will come back to discover more!

2 responses to “Germany 2017: Berlin”

I find the first photo of the outside of the museum very interesting. A few months ago I shared my dad’s WWII 1946 photos on my blog. One of the buildings in my dad’s pictures looks like the same building as you show above. Thought you might like to see the old picture. You will need to scroll down a few pictures to find it. Thank you for sharing your adventure. Here’s a link to my blog with dad’s photos. https://ramblingsofaseniorwoman.wordpress.com/2017/02/23/wwii-an-american-soldiers-story-through-photographs-berlin-germany-1946/

wildlifeweeks March 13, 2018 at 4:34 pm · · Reply →

thank you very much for your comment (and please excuse my late reply)! I really enjoyed your post with the old photos of your father in Berlin after the war… good that those times are long gone!!!