Brandenburger Tor in daylight, where we started our tour.
Looking out over the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
Going into the Memorial.
Inside the Memorial.
Some of the stones seemed slightly crooked.
Some interesting graffiti.
Art by a famous stencil artist.
Large pink pipes.
Approaching the old Luftwaffe headquarters.
A mural on the Luftwaffe building.
A section of the Berlin wall which still stands, a bit west of Checkpoint Charlie. Yes, there is a fence around the wall.
Another angle of the same part of wall.
The other side of the wall.
Flags for sale.
Looking a bit closer at the other side.
Checkpoint Charlie in daylight.
A nice church. I think it was Der Französische Dom.
Thi in front of the church.
Up close.
A different church, of a very similar design, just across the square. I think this one was Der Deutsche Dom.
Looking back towards the first church.
A Catholic cathedral at Bebelplatz, St. Hedwig's Cathedral.
Bebelplatz, the second and apparently darker square we went to.
I cannot remember what this building was. The opera house, perhaps?
Looking out across Bebelplatz.
Humboldt University library, from the windows of which banned books were thrown into Bebelplatz to be burnt during WWII.
Another view of the library.
A sealed underground memorial to the burnt books. It is hard to see through the dirty glass, but it is a room with empty bookshelves on all the walls.
A plaque near the memorial, with a much older quote (something along the lines of "Where they burn books they will later burn people.", originally referring to the Crusades.
The main part of Humboldt University.
A memorial to people killed in war.
The Museum of German History, I think this one was.
A Christmas market starting up across the street.
This is the outside of the memorial to people killed in war.
Figures on the side of the bridge.
Altes Museum. Note the large bowl out the front: apparently it was originally supposed to go inside, but they forgot to leave enough space to fit it through the doors.
Berliner Dom, a large cathedral.
A bit closer to the same cathedral.
Ice (our tour guide, from Auckland originally) and Thi.
Ice and Thi with more of a backdrop.
