Today we took the train to the middle of the city and walked up to the Brandenburg Gate. This was the gateway between East and West Berlin during the post-war period from 1945 until 1989 when the wall came down and Germany was reunified.
We then walked the 3 or 4 km length of the Tiergarten. This is a wonderful natural woodland garden in the mddle of the city, filled with walkers, joggers and cyclists, not to mention the people simply enjoying lying in the sun. There are avenues of trees all through the park along with countless statues that appear every now and then. At the end of the park is a famous Flea Market - the Troedel Markt which we looked through without finding anything we were interested in.

Brandenburg Gate

Tiergarten

Tiergarten

Victory Column - Commemorating victory in the Danish-Prussian and Austro-Prussian Wars

Tiergarten Flea Market