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Berlin Guide for Newbies

Berlin Guide for Newbies, Berlin, Germany

I always hated how some bloggers sound pretentious starting their blog posts with 鈥渆verybody asked me to write about (some random topic), so finally here it is鈥�. That鈥檚 why I was super hesitant to start in the same manner; but I can list at least several people who did ask me to post a detailed Berlin guide they could pass on to their friends traveling to the city. So okay, it wasn鈥檛 鈥渆verybody鈥�, but it still made me feel so humble at times. And so鈥攈ere it is. (Self-cringe!)

I love Berlin.聽I think that鈥檚 quite clear to anyone who has been around聽Wandering Polka Dot. But what now is an intense love started out not so great. Actually, I even wrote here聽a million years ago聽that Berlin didn鈥檛 sweep me off my feet, as I had anticipated. So many people told me I would love it, and when it didn鈥檛 happen in an instant, I felt confused. The architecture was meh, the feeling of, say, a great metropolis such as聽London聽was missing.聽

What is it that awesome about this city and why don鈥檛 I see it? I had to detach for a while鈥攍iterally. I moved to another country and then a few months later came back. This time it all struck me. All the layers. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Berlin Guide for Newbies
Guide Location: Germany » Berlin
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Tihana Smiljanic
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
  • Alexanderplatz
  • TV tower
  • Rotes Rathaus
  • Brandenburger Gate
  • Berliner Dom
  • Humboldt University
  • Book Burning Memorial
  • Reichstag
  • Memorial of the Murdered Jews of Europe
  • Potsdamer Platz
  • Amrit Restaurant
  • Kiez Falafel
  • YamYam Berlin
  • Sababa
  • Yogi
  • Made in Berlin
  • Father Carpenter
  • Five Elephant
  • St. Oberholz
  • Urban Spree
  • East Side Gallery
  • Kotiwood
  • Aki Tatsu Sushi
  • Prinzessinnengarten
  • Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
  • Kleidermarkt Garage
  • Curry 36
  • Markthalle Neun

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