Secret Berlin Guide

After earning his PhD in philosophy, Tom Wolf decided to dedicate himself to writing. He has written 22 crime novels, 3 guides inviting travelers to take a fresh look on the places they visit, and a guide on wines produced in the region of Brandenburg. After spending 12 years in Berlin-Mitte and Kreuzberg, he now lives in the north of the Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region where he looks after his vineyard and his small craft brewery. Manuel Roy had been a Germanophile for many years when he discovered Berlin like a punch in the face. He had seen Germany through the verses of Schiller and the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich, and found himself in a post-apocalyptic landscape full of punks scrupulously respectful of the selective sorting of rubbish. He admits to not having understood everything straight away. Twenty years of research later, with a doctorate in philosophy under his belt, having been a Berliner by adoption since 2000, and a guide in Berlin since 2013, Manuel now thinks that he has a better grasp of the city. But amazement is never far away. Despite its recent gentrification, the city never ceases to shake him up and surprise him. Born in 1986, Roberto Sassi is an urban sociologist. With Teresa Ciuffoletti, he is the author of the book Guida alla Berlino ribelle (Voland Edizioni, 2017) (Guide to rebellious Berlin, not yet translated). He regularly organises travel writing workshops and works with several journals, magazines among which the journal of the Goethe-Institut Italia, and websites. He lives in Prenzlauer Berg

• North MitteGÜNTER LITFIN MEMORIAL FOR VICTIMS OF THE WALL 14RABBIT SILHOUETTES ON CHAUSSEESTRAßE 16THE OLD MONUMENTAL CROSS OF THE BERLINER DOM 18REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL IN THE CATHEDRAL PARISH CEMETERY I 19THE WINDOWS OF THE INVALIDS’ HOUSE 20JAMES TURRELL LIGHTING INSTALLATION 22ANIMAL ANATOMICAL THEATRE 24THE MUSEUM OF SILENCE 30THE PAVEMENT ON AUGUSTSTRAßE 69 32THE TADSHIKISCHE TEESTUBE’S HISTORIC DECOR 33THE STONE OF MONBIJOU PARK 34THE HANDSHAKE ON SOPHIENSTRAßE 36THE WHITE CROSS OF SAINT MARY’S CHURCH 38HONI’S WINDOW 40THE LITFAß COLUMN ON MÜNZSTRAßE 42SIGNS OF RESISTANCE ON THE UMWELTBIBLIOTHEK 44South MitteFRONTAGE OF THE OLD HOFBEAMTENHAUS WILHELM II 48PIPES OF THE LUSTGARTEN RIVERBANK WALL 50DOLPHIN SCULPTURE 52THE WORLD’S LARGEST GRANITE BOWL 54TOMBSTONE OF ALEXANDER VON DER MARK 55THE ROSENSTRAßE MEMORIAL 56THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE “ALTE SYNAGOGUE” 58FOYER OF THE BERLIN COURTHOUSE 60REMAINS OF THE CITY WALLS 64THE CRYPT OF THE PAROCHIALKIRCHE 66THE GESCHÄFTSHAUS TIETZ 68THE WUSTERHAUSISCHER BÄR 70ERMELER HOUSE BAS-RELIEFS 72THE COMMEMORATIVE STONE OF FISCHERKIEZ 74THE REMAINS OF CÖLLN TOWN HALL 76DOORS OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY 77MUTTER HOPPE RESTAURANT BAS-RELIEFS 78PLAQUE OF THE PALAST DER REPUBLIK 80THE ARM OF THE STATUE OF THE FORMER STATE COUNCIL BUILDING 82ALLEGORICAL SCULPTURE OF THE SPREE 84HISTORICAL MILESTONE ON DÖNHOFF PLATZ 86THE MICHAELSEN PALAIS 90THE BUILDING AT 8 SCHÜTZENSTRAßE 92ALFANDARY HOUSE BAS-RELIEFS 94MEMORIAL TO KARL LIEBKNECHT 96THE MARBLE PANELS OF THE MOHRENSTRAßE METRO STATION 97Kreuzberg“PEACE BE WITH YOU” MURAL 100DIASPORA GARDEN 102STAIRCASE OF THE GERMAN STEELWORKERS UNION 104REMAINS OF THE STRESEMANNSTRAßE RAILWAY LINE 106THE TOLL WALL 108THE UNDERGROUND HOUSE 110CONCRETE PILLARS OF YORCKSTRAßE 112LAPIDARIUM 116PLAQUE OF THE EMOTIONALLY ADVANCED ANDROID 117ENTRANCE HALL OF THE BUILDING AT KREUZBERGSTRAßE 29 118OLD GAS STATION 119THE TOMB OF ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD FERDINAND OF AUSTRIA 120GRAVE OF THE MÜHLENHAUPT FAMILY 122THE MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FAMILY EXHIBITION ROOM 123MAUSOLEUM OF THE OPPENFELD FAMILY 124TOMB OF ERWIN REIBEDANZ 126THE BIEDERMANN TOMB 128COLUMBIAHAUS CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL 130THE MURAL FRESCO OF FICHTESTRAßE 2 132THE TOAD AT PRINZENSTRAßE UNDERGROUND STATION 134THE STEHFISCH SCULPTURE 135THE RITTERHOF 136BAS-RELIEFS OF THE ENGELBECKEN HOF 138SLABS OF BITUMEN ALONG THE LEUSCHNERDAMM 140RELIEFS ON THE FAÇADE OF ADALBERTSTRAßE 79 142THE FAÇADE OF THE BETHANIEN HOSPITAL 144THEODOR FONTANE’S PHARMACY 146REMAINS OF THE BROMMY BRIDGE 148ABANDONED LOHMÜHLENINSEL PETROL STATION 150ART INSTALLATIONS ON REICHENBERGER STRAßE 152NeuköllnREMAINS OF “THE PARISH CEMETERY LABOUR CAMP” 158THE FIST FROM THE GRENADIERS’ TOMB 160THE FORGOTTEN SYMBOLS OF THE IDEAL-PASSAGE 162THE STONES OF ALFRED-SCHOLZ-PLATZ 164DAS ERDEMUSEUM 165GARDEN OF CAFÉ BOTANICO 166SILENT RIXDORF GARDEN 167SRI MAYURAPATHY MURUGAN HINDU TEMPLE 168 SchönebergWINDOWS OF THE CHURCH OF THE TWELVE APOSTLES 172MASONIC SYMBOLS OF THE KACHELHAUS 174THE BERLIN COURT OF APPEAL 176MOSAIC OF A COW 178FAÇADES OF KIRCHBACHSTRAßE 1 AND 2 180THE “RELOCATED” TOMB OF THE LANGENSCHEIDT FAMILY 182VISITING THE COURT OF SCHÖNEBERG 184ORTE DES ERINNERNS MEMORIAL 186THE FRONT DOOR OF EISENACHER STRAßE 68 188THE MUSEUM OF UNHEARD-OF THINGS 189THE SCHWERBELASTUNGSKÖRPER 190HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE BERLIN POLICE 198THE PRISON OF GENERAL-PAPE-STRAßE 200VISIT TO THE MALZFABRIK 204BLANKE HELLE SCULPTURE 206THE ORGAN OF THE MARTINLUTHER-GEDÄCHTNISKIRCHE 208NATUR-PARK-SÜDGELÄNDE 210HOUSE AT NIEDSTRAßE 4 212ENTRANCE GATES OF THE CECILIENGÄRTEN 214EISACK TUNNEL 216TOMB OF HEINRICH SACHS 218Charlottenburg - North WilmersdorfALFRED HRDLICKA’S “DANSE MACABRE” 222THE THREE GLOBES OF HEERSTRAßE 224MONUMENT TO THE GLORY OF MOTORCYCLE RACERS 226ARCHAEOLOGY GALLERY OF SANITARY FACILITIES 228BUILDING AT NUMBER 17 KAISER FRIEDRICH STRAßE 229HOLES IN THE PILLARS OF THE LEIBNIZSTRASSE BRIDGE 230BINNINGER’S CLOCK 232FAÇADE OF THE BUILDING AT PARISER STRAßE 61 234GOLDEN MAGNOLIA TREE AT PARISER STRAßE 4 235THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS OF THE CHURCH ON THE HOHENZOLLERNPLATZ 236Wedding – Moabit – TiergartenTHE WEDDING SAND DUNE 240THE SPA PAVILION BAS-RELIEF 242THE ANTI-KRIEGS-MUSEUM AIR RAID SHELTER 244THE MEMORIAL FOR DEPORTED JEWS 246THE PAINTED CEILING OF ALVAR AALTO 248MUSEUM OF LETTERS 250THE FAÇADE OF THOMASIUSSTRAßE 5 252THE HALL OF THE MOABIT COURTHOUSE 254THE WALLS COMMEMORATING MOABIT PRISON 258AN OASIS OF GREENERY IN THE HAMBURGER BAHNHOF 260THE STAIRS OF THE ULAP 262THE PAPER LEAVES OF THE SWISS EMBASSY 264THE KERBS OF GERMANIA 266THE POTSDAMER BRÜCKE RING 268“THE LAST HOUSE MUST REMAIN STANDING!” 269THE GAS STREET LAMPS OF THE OPEN AIR MUSEUM 270A VISIT TO THE UT2 272Prenzlauer BergREVERSE INSCRIPTION ON THE SENEFELDER MONUMENT 276GDR TOY MUSEUM 278THE WELL IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY 280WATER TANKS OF PRENZLAUER BERG 284TOMB OF THE RIEDEL FAMILY 290TOMB OF THE PINTSCH FAMILY 291COVERED PASSAGEWAY OF THE BORNHOLMER STRAßEBORDER POST 292THE FISHERMAN OF WINSSTRAßE 294COAT OF ARMS OF THE GRÜNE STADT GATE 296THE TOMB OF THE LEWINSOHN AND NETTER FAMILIES 300Friedrichshain – RummelsburgCIRCULAR GARDEN OF THE GEORGEN-PAROCHIAL II CEMETERY 304THE COLUMNS OF WEBERWIESE 306SIGN OF THE HORNS ON THE “CRAFTSMAN AND SON” STATUE 308FORMER PINTSCH AG ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS 310LEANING TOWER OF STRALAU CHURCH 314SHOT TOWER 316HARTUNG’S COLUMNS 318THE “NICARAGUAN VILLAGE — MONIMBO 1978” FRESCO 320Pankow – Lichtenberg – Marzahn Hellersdorf – Treptow/KöpenickREMAINS OF THE BLANKENFELDE RECEPTION CAMP 324GEOLOGICAL WALL 326LUNA BUNKER 328THE OLDEST REMAINS OF THE BERLIN WALL 329THE CHERUBS OF PANKOW 330ART INSTALLATIONS IN GUSTAV-ADOLF-STRAßE 332THE DUTCH DISTRICT OF WEIßENSEE 334THE PAINTER OF THE MOTORWERK 336VILLA LEMKE 338DAIMON MUSEUM 340THE HERZBERGE BOILER ROOM 342MEMORIAL TO THE REVOLUTION 344FOUR BRONZE LIONS OF THE TIERPARK 346THE MARZAHN TOWER MILL 348THE HOUSE OF FRICK 350WBS 70 MUSEUM APARTMENT 352THE “GRÜNDERZEIT” MUSEUM 354TRUDELTURM VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL 356THE SCHMETTERLINGSHORST BUTTERFLY COLLECTION 360Reinickendorf – Spandau – Grunewald Wilmerdorf – Steglitz/Zehlendorf THE CORINTHIAN CAPITAL IN BRIX-GENZMER-PARK 364THE WATER TOWER IN THE CEMETERY OF HERMSDORF 366TEGEL RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CEMETERY 368THE BOEING 707 D-ABOC “BERLIN” 370PLAQUE MARKING JOHN RABE’S LAST KNOWN ADDRESS 372BIBERTEICH 374THE MUSEUM FLAT IN THE HASELHORST EXPERIMENTALDISTRICT 376MONUMENT TO HOMING PIGEONS 378SCULPTURE OF A BULL 380STAAKENS’S OLD CONTROL TOWER 382THE FIELDS OF KAROLINENHÖHE 384TOWER OF BERINGER 386THE SCHILDHORN MONUMENT 388THE GRUNEWALD FOREST CEMETERY 390THE PARABOLIC MIRRORS OF THE “ERSCHIESSUNGSSTÄTTE V” 392THE OLYMPHIA SIGNAL BOX 394THE DIMENSIONS OF THE CORBUSIERHAUS 396THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST CATHEDRAL 398A104 MOTORWAY TUNNEL BUILDING 400THE LAHORE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT MOSQUE 402THE RED LETTERBOX IN FEHRBELLINER PLATZ 404KREUZKIRCHE 406MUSEUM OF THE BLIND 410THE MÄUSEBUNKER 412MUSEUM OF ENERGY 414A TRIBUTE TO THE GROSS-LICHTERFELDE TRAMWAY LINE 416MUNICIPAL WEIGH HOUSE 418FLIEGEBERG 4204TH OF JULY SQUARE 422“THE BERLIN BRAIN” 424THE FORMER EXCLAVE OF WÜSTE MARK 426THE FORMER CHECKPOINT OF DREILINDEN 432THE INSCRIPTION ON THE MACNHOWER STRAßE BRIDGE 434THE HELICOPTER OF STEINSTÜCKEN 436LOGGIA ALEXANDRA 438THE REMAINS OF LITTLE SWITZERLAND 440THE TELAMONS OF GLIENICKE PARK 442THE COLUMN ON SCHWANENWERDER ISLAND 444

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