To celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Wall, the German Tourist Board has launched a map highlighting sites which once defined East Germany taking in Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
City breakers to Germany can now explore the sites which include memorials, museums, leftovers of former border installations, bunkers and restored historical buildings.
Since the reunification of Germany, many buildings, squares and city centres having been painstakingly restored to embrace the future. What used to be no man’s land in Berlin is now “Potsdamer Platz”. And in Brandenburg, the restoration of Potsdam’s historical centre will be completed with the reconstruction of the “City Palace” in 2011.
The new map is available from Tourist information offices in Germany or can be downloaded here www.open-this-gate.com
Monday 15 June 2009 17:34 | Published by a.smith | Categoriy: Travel News
This is really useful info, thanks. We have been promising ourselves for a long time that we would ‘do’ the old eastern bloc sectors. Keep it up!
Tony Balmforth
on June 16th, 2009
Was supposed to be going to Berlin later this year but I’ve had to cancel it, which is a great shame as I was really looking forward to seeing it. Hopefully I’ll get there in the not to distant future!
Jim Bean
on June 17th, 2009
Hey Tony!
Thanks for your comment. We’ll try and bring you any other cool news from the tourist boards here. Cheers Alex
a.smith
on June 17th, 2009
Hello Jim. It’s a shame you had to cancel your trip. If you add me as a “friend” on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/hotelopia, I’ll send you a discount code incase you’re able to book again before the end of October! Cheers Alex
a.smith
on June 17th, 2009