Berlin – Heart of Europe - By: Asifkhan

holidays in Berlin is the heart of Europe; the inheritor of eastern and western European influences. Though if Europe were a runway, you won't find Berlin modeling the catwalk.

Geographically Berlin is located on the west side of the border with Poland nearby. The distance is about 44 miles apart. Berlin City is rich in natural beauty having a lot of greenery and grass plains which now with the help of government have been transformed into beautiful parks.

Turkish rivals German as the everyday language of the streets in some parts of the city, and Berlin is host to many Slavic-speaking minorities. The dominant religion in this region of northeast Germany is Evangelical Lutheranism, but the immigrants to Berlin have brought their own faiths: Islam, Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity.

Take a tour of the Third Reich: visit Hitler's bunker, the Nazi Air Force Ministry, the SS and Gestapo HQ. Feel the bitter Cold War that was fought in the shadows of Berlin. Visit the museums for glimpses into the people, places and secrets that kept two worlds on the brink of World War III, and the Wall that separated them. From Ghost Stations, the Stasi Museum, and the only remaining complete section of the Wall.

Potsdamer Platz, Located in the heart of Berlin City, it is one of the major tourist attraction. It has got multiplex cinemas ultra-modern buildings, shops, entertainment and commercial centre, a musical theater and a couple of night clubs that adds to its beauty. Brandenburg Gate, the TV tower on Alexanderplatz - it is a 368-metre observation tower with rotating restaurant.

Tourists can get full enjoyment in the Berlin holiday by going out for shopping at popular shopping destinations such as KulturBrauerei. One of the most alluring features of shopping in Berlin is that tourists can get interesting discounts on all the shopping items such as clothes and jewelry at shopping venues such as Brando 4. In order to get world's best collection of menswear, one can go shopping in specialty shops such as Tools & Gallery.

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