Berlin:
Berlin, Germany’s capital, has a population of
approximately 3,5 million and an area of 889 square kilometres, 8
times greater than Paris. More than one third of the city is covered
by forests, parks, and waterways. Berlin is located at the very
center of Europe, on the banks of the rivers Spree and Havel, close
to the borders of Poland and the Czech Republic.
Compared to other European cities it is
considered as one of the “younger” European capitals, as it was
founded only about 800 years ago. Devastated in the last months of
the war, the capital lost much of its historical heritage. Thanks to
the famous architects involved in its reconstruction a modern town
with wide avenues and with a lot of green breathing space has
emerged from the ruins of 1945. The city was divided by the infamous
Berlin Wall from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989. After the
reunification in 1990, Berlin became the capital and the residence
of the Federal Government, which held its first plenary session in
the redesigned Reichstag on April 19, 1999.
Berlin is the largest German city and one of the
liveliest, most interesting and changing capitals in the world. It
has three outstanding opera houses (Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper
Berlin, and Komische Oper), three world-class orchestras (Berliner
Philharmonisches Orchester, Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and
the Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester), three large universities
(Technische Universität, Freie Universität, and Humboldt
Universität), and three airports (Tegel, Tempelhof, Schönefeld).
The official city information
website is
www.berlin.de.
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