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Lux 11 is located in Mitte which is the vibrant and creative district of Berlin, Germany. Lux 11 is very close to chic funky fashion shops and galleries.
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Berlin’s Propeller Island City Lodge may be the most bizarre example of the artist-designed hotel trend. Each of the 30 rooms is radically different in its decor, its theme, and its presuppositions, and each may delight or appall you with its quirks. This innovative and unique hotel made up of 30 themed rooms is the brilliant work of German artist Lars Stroschen from the Distorted Room, where the floor steeply slopes and nothing is quite right to the Dwarves Room, only 1.4 m high and full of small woodland people, from the Forest room, where your mattress floats on a series of logs surrounded by red walls through to the Gruft room, where your two separate beds are white coffins. Therapie is an all-white, minimalist room whose mood changes with the color of the lighting, which you can adjust at will. “The main idea behind Propeller Island,” explains Stroschen “was to try out my fantasies, to see if they could work.”
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The Victory Column (Germany) is a famous sight of Berlin. The Victory column (Siegessule) is next to Brandenburg Gate, German Parliament, Television Tower and Berlin Cathedral one of the most significant monuments in Berlin. It was originally located at the Knigsplatz (present-day Platz der Republik), the square in front of the Reichstag. The Victory Column stands at 61.5m high and provides excellent views of Berlin from the center of Tiergarten at the junction of five main roads. It is huge and spectacular.

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Alexanderplatz is a large open square and public transport hub in central Berlin, near the Spree river and the Berliner Berliners often call it simply Alex. Originally a cattle market, it was named in honour of a visit of the Russian Emperor Alexander 1to Berlin on 25 October 1805. The original Alexanderplatz (affectionately known as “Alex” by Berliners) was completely flattened during the War. Its present day appearance is a prime example of East German town planning: a huge, windswept pedestrian area surrounded by featureless 1960s high-rises.

The World Clock in Alexanderplatz, Berlin. DB Station at Alexanderplatz, Berlin. This view of the station was taken close to the world clock and shows the Staenbahn tracks which loop around to the right after passing under the tracks on the left of the photo. The station is served by the DB and the Berlin S-Bahn and one of their 481 class EMUs can be seen departing eastwards.
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The Brandenburg Gate is a former city gate and the symbol of Berlin, Germany. It is located between the Pariser Platz and the Platz des 18 Marz and is the only remaining gate of a series through which one formerly entered Berlin. One block to its north lies the Reichstag. The sandstone construction, built from 1788–91 to plans by C.G. Langhans, has 12 Doric columns and is based on the Propylaea of the Acropolis in Athens. On both sides, six Doric columns support the 11 meter-deep transverse beam, dividing the gate into five passageways. In 1794 the building was crowned with the quadriga and goddess of victory created by Schadow, which face eastwards towards the city center. The Brandenburg Gate was surrounded by further buildings which were destroyed in the war.

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The Jewish Museum Berlin first became known for its architecture - the building designed by Daniel Libeskind was already a much frequented place by Berliners and tourists in 1999, two years before the permanent exhibition was opened. The Museum also reflects the great interest in the architecture with texts and pictures of the two buildings: the Old Building (the baroque Collegienhaus) and the modern Libeskind Building.
The Jewish Museum Berlin is dedicated to the telling of narrative history. The museum contains a great fund of material, stories and knowledge concerning all areas of German Jewish History.The museum contains a great fund of material, stories and knowledge concerning all areas of German Jewish History.
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You cannot afford to visit Berlin and miss that spot. Forget about everything else and go there. Thit is a place of SPIRIT…and once you enter in the dirty ruined building it becomes difficult to leave.
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