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Berlin Germany Vacation Travel Reviews
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Hello to Berlin
Telegraph.co.uk, January 20, 2007
"Architecturally Berlin is one of the most curious places I have ever been. On the east side there are scores of dull, square buildings with the occasional splash of primary colour to gloss over the functionality of it all... The west is still the wealthier twin. Buildings such as the Federal Chancellery are so clean and modern that in the frozen mist they looked computer-generated..."
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36 Hours: Berlin
New York Times (free registration required), December 10, 2006
"Berlin is like New York City in the 1980s. Rents are cheap, graffiti is everywhere and the air crackles with a creativity that comes only from a city in transition. And few cities are changing as profoundly. Nearly two decades after the Berlin Wall tumbled down, the city's two sides are still locked in a kind of cultural dialectic, as the center of gravity shifts to the once desolate boroughs of the East..."
Check In, Check Out: Berlin: Hotel de Rome
New York Times (free registration required), February 18, 2007
"...the October opening of the lavish Hotel de Rome, housed in the former central bank of the old East Berlin. The stately edifice dates to 1889 and has been restored by Rocco Forte Hotels, the luxury brand, which converted many of the bank's original details into over-the-top amenities..."
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Berlin is Buzzing
Times Newspapers Ltd., April 14, 2005
"Why go now? The reunified German capital is a potent mix of culture, politics and edgy glamour..."
For additional travel information, contact:
German National Tourist Board
Beethovenstrasse 69, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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