Germany – Berlin

Berlin Wall, Germany
Berlin Wall, Germany

Berlin is the capital of Germany, so at least from this reason I have to mention it. 🙂 Berlin has lots to offer and you can easily spend there a few busy days. If you don’t have so much time, I can highly recommend to visit some museums (e.g., the Pergamon Museum is really great!). And learn a bit of history by finding parts of the Berlin Wall. They are spread in a huge area, so plan in advance which places you want to visit.
And I think, you should also see the Brandenburg Gate. It’s so famous so without seeing it, you almost cannot say you were in Berlin. 😉

Berlin is also the biggest city in Germany and one of its 16 states. Did you know about this similarity between Germany and USA? They are both federal republics and consist of states, and each state has its own government. When I heard about it a long time ago, I was really surprised. I mean, it was very strange for me, that e.g., education system in different states is different, so in different states children start school at different ages, etc.!

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Berlin jest stolicą Niemiec, więc chociażby z tego powodu powinnam o nim wspomnieć na blogu. 🙂 Berlin ma także wiele do zaoferowania turystom i można tutaj spędzić kilka, intensywnych dni. Jeżeli nie macie zbyt dużo czasu w Berlinie, bardzo Wam polecam dwie rzeczy. Po pierwsze warto odwiedzić któreś z muzeów, moje ulubione to chyba Muzeum Pergamońskie. A po drugie, warto wybrać się którymś szlakiem Muru Berlińskiego. Pozostałości Muru znajdują się w wielu miejscach, często bardzo od siebie oddalonych, więc warto tą wycieczkę wcześniej zaplanować.
I jeszcze jedno, myślę, że można stwierdzić, że jako ktoś nie widział Bramy Brandenburskiej, to nie był w Berlinie. 😉

Berlin jest także największym miastem w Niemczech i jednym z 16 stanów (krajów związkowych). Specjalnie napisałam “stanów” aby nawiązać do podobieństwa do USA. Niemcy i USA to państwa federacyjne, a ich poszczególne stany mają np. swoje własne prawa i urzędy. Jakoś mnie to zawsze dziwiło, że w ramach jednego państwa np. system edukacji nie jest jednolity i dzieci z różnych miast zaczynają szkoły w różnym wieku itp.

34 thoughts on “Germany – Berlin”

    1. Actually, I feel a bit sorry to them (the country), because whatever they (politics) do, they have to be extra careful to not say something “wrong/bad/inappropriate”, otherwise others will say that Nazis are back. So other countries can behave badly, but Germany has to be correct…

  1. No to mnie zainspirowałaś aby pojechać do Berlina. Co prawda byłam tam 2 lub 3 razy, ale to było dawno temu, więc się nie liczy 😉 Do Berlina mam rzut beretem, to aż grzech się tam na jakiś weekend nie wybrać 🙂

    1. Wybierz się koniecznie, bo Berlin ma różne oblicza, ale jest co tam robić 🙂

  2. Berlin is such an interesting city with it’s cultural scene and not the history of being split in two. This photos is a reminiscent of that. Love how the faces of the street art are connecting with the bike to right, almost as if they are shocked by the fact. 🙂

    1. Thank you!
      I really glad you mentioned that bike, because I liked it too 🙂

  3. No tak, Niemcy to federacja podobna do Stanów. Ale my o tym naszym sąsiedzie w ogóle nie myślimy w ten sposób. Niby wiemy, że jest Bawaria i Tyrol (tak charakterystyczne w swojej odmienności), ale mimo to Niemcy traktujemy jako jedność.

  4. Pod Bramą byliśmy, więc Berlin widzieliśmy;)
    W Niemczech nawet wakacje dzieci zaczynają w różnych okresach, jak to mówią co kraj to obyczaj;)
    Pozdrawiam:)

  5. Nice. I didn’t know about the state system in Germany so today I learned something new, thank you 🙂
    You mentioned in one of your comments how they have to be very carefully in what they say and do not to be stamped as nazis again. 20 years ago I participated in one of the big NATO military exercises and met some of the German soldiers. This was 50 years after the end of the war, but still they was very uncomfortable meeting the other nations because of the shame they felt for what their ancestors had done.

    1. yeah, that’s a difficult topic… You know, I’m Polish and have many German friends, but none of us is the person who killed someone during the WWII. It’s important to remember what happened to not make it happen again, and that’s all…

  6. My grandson visited Berlin with his school and loved it. Your photo of the wall is great. Such fun paintings on the remnants on something that was once no fun in the least! Interesting what you said in your comment above about political correctness. I’m sure you’re right about that. ?

  7. attualmente non mi piace la politica tedesca, preferisco guardare Berlino sotto altri aspetti, città molto vivace e quindi vivibilissima 🙂

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