The best panorama of Berlins skyline I have ever seen without even including the western part of the city:

http://illustriertestadt.de/galerien/Panoramen/tag16ab_a_l_schmal.jpg[/

Rainbow City:

http://illustriertestadt.de/galerien/Panoramen/panorama_rainbow_001.jpg

these pictures are nice but berlin is like london: great historic skyline but a rather mediocre highrise skyline.

i love berlin very much, its a really beatiful city

Fantastic photo, but skyline is very small ;)

Well, like I said none of the tallest buildings in western Berlin is visible in these pictures.
Like for instance Europa Center, Kudamm Karee,
Technische Universität, Steglitzer Kreisel,
BVA, etc.
What we see on these two pics are mostly buildings from the middle
and eastern Berlin so the city is quite vast without one
single concentrated cluster.

nice buildings, but placed wrong

these pictures are nice but berlin is like london: great historic skyline but a rather mediocre highrise skyline.

The skylinie is anything but historic, but thank god not too highrise (sorry if I say this in a skyscraper forum but I prefer to keep the characteristic skyline of a city, including highrise limits).

Berlin - The historic Capital of Europe... Don`t forget:
There`s no City in the World, that would have a similar hardly History...
:eek: :master:

similar hardly history? how about polish citiesthat practiclly didnt exist in 1945?, i wish warsaw had such a "hard history" as berlin did

similar hardly history? how about polish citiesthat practiclly didnt exist in 1945?, i wish warsaw had such a "hard history"as berlin

similar hardly history? how about polish citiesthat practiclly didnt exist in 1945?, i wish warsaw had such a "hard history"as berlin

First: one Reply is enough...
Than : Poland is going to join Europe in the Future...

But you`re right... Jerusalem is similar with Berlin because of this:

www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/xgraphics/photographs/1974/19740700-27-003.jpg

www.berliner-mauer.de/medien/literatur/mauerbuchbebra.jpg

I cannot remember something that`s nearly that bad in friendly Poland.
(But you`re Country was not the only one which was destroyed in second World War Man)

Hamburg and Cologne for Example...

Think about it next Time! :bash:

well poland was the most destroyed, and warsaw virtually didnt exist, so how can we compare it to berlin? every 5th pole lost his life becase of the world war two, and its incredible that it managed to rebuild its cities from totall rubble

these pictures are nice but berlin is like london: great historic skyline but a rather mediocre highrise skyline.


Mediocre compared to what!! London and Berlin are both European cities. Most European cities barely rises above 5 or 6 stories except for a few churches. With the major exceptions of Frankfurt and Paris L.D there are not many nice tall skylines in Europe.

I like the skyline, not very tall but dense and full of nice designs.

The fact is that destructions in Germany and Poland were similar. Some cities were flatted with the ground because the same red army went through the our countries and the nazis resistance was very hard. Except that Berlin was bombarded by western courtiers but Warsaw was destroyed during the rebel.

Now Berlin has got many examples of modern wonderful architecture made by great architects. The big number of skyscrapers is probably only the meter of time.

That´s indeed right!
Berlin and ALL the major cities of Germany was bombed to ruins
and more or less completely destroyed during WWII!
It´s a great shame because it was mostly
unnecessary and done just to kill and
destroy everything and everyone!
God bless the united Berlin,
the united Germany and
the united Europe!

Paris?! Nope, it´s good old Berlin!
View from the west towards Mitte:

http://illustriertestadt.de/galerien/Teufelsberg/aad.sized.jpg

anagorn, berlin may be an exciting city for some and an interesting city for fans of all styles of architecture, but the skyline isn't very exciting at all. this city is so big that a few highlights (like the occasional highrise building or the a tv tower) don't have a big impact on the skyline. a great skyline doesn't have to be filled with skyscrapers but in a huge city like berlin the lack of them makes it boring to look at. nowadays there is a long list of cities in europe that create landmark skylines (I'm thinking of vienna for example , or a couple of emerging metropolises in the east, almost all big dutch cities, or the major spanish cities), only berlin has failed to do so. potsdamer platz was a nice try - it is a great development btw. - but it's just to small for a huge city like berlin. the only project that could change berlin's skyline would be the realization of the alexander platz masterplan. but that's more than uncertain.
berlin is just too big considering the population. the city will always suffer under the over-capacities you will find everywhere in the city. having said that a potsdamer platz development in a city like rotterdam or barcelona would make an impact there, but in berlin it's to small scaled. berlin should concentrate on developing fewer areas on a larger scale instead of spreading the development across the entire city.

Well, it´s miles better than the skylines of other over 3 million inhabitants cities
like Rome and Athens and it doesn´t have one big concentrated cluster
but it sure as heck does have a skyline at least unlike those two.
Sure it´s spread out but that goes to show the unique fact
that Berlin has three main city centers:

Alexander Platz (City East)
Breitscheid Platz (City West)
Potsdamer Platz (New Middle)

THAT sure makes it a worldclass metropole at least!

actually rome and athens have both better skylines than berlin, despite a total lack of highrise buildings. rome and athens have more visible highlights in the skyline in a smaller area than berlin. what also helps is the geographical aspect: what makes the rome or the athens skyline more appealing are the hills, for example. berlin is flat.

having 3 centres sure makes a city more interesting, but in the case of berlin it doesn't help much. I said it already: berlin has too many over-capacities. it's too big for a city of 3 million. the artificial creation of a "luxury mile" at friedrich strasse failed and it happened at the expense of the ku'damm. it seems berlin's developments always get built at the expense of another developments in the city. same happens with areas. berlin doesn't need 3 centres.

Berlin skyline 1:

Alexander Platz & Potsdamer Platz

Fernsehturm,
Forum Hotel,
Deutsche Bahn,
Kolhoff Turm,
IHZ,
Debis Turm,
etc.

http://www.fortunecity.de/kunterbunt/niederrhein/164/besk.jpg

Berlin skyline 2:

Breitscheid Platz & Ernst Reuter Platz

Europa Center,
Kudamm Karee,
Technische Universität,
etc.

http://www.einmannorchester.ch/gin/europe/2000-1/Berlin-Brandenburgertor-800x558.jpg

Berlin skyline 3:

ASV
Bürohaus Spittelmarkt
GSW
Forum Hotel
Fernsehturm
etc.

http://www.sauerbruchhutton.de/portfolio/01_gsw/zoom/02.jpg

http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/unter-den-linden_03_gross.jpg

sorry, but they don't impress me much. however, what they do show is the diversity of berlin. there is not many cities in europe that are equally diverse.


btw. the fischer (?) island skyline pic is nice. in other cities this would have a huge impact on the skyline, not in berlin though.

A perfect Berlin skyline picture would be when you pan to the middle
of the first photo in this thread and get the Potsdamer Platz
big three in focus, Fernsehturm and Park Inn to the left
and the yellow Debis Turm to the right!
Wunderschön!

actually rome and athens have both better skylines than berlin, despite a total lack of highrise buildings. rome and athens have more visible highlights in the skyline in a smaller area than berlin. what also helps is the geographical aspect: what makes the rome or the athens skyline more appealing are the hills, for example. berlin is flat.

having 3 centres sure makes a city more interesting, but in the case of berlin it doesn't help much. I said it already: berlin has too many over-capacities. it's too big for a city of 3 million. the artificial creation of a "luxury mile" at friedrich strasse failed and it happened at the expense of the ku'damm. it seems berlin's developments always get built at the expense of another developments in the city. same happens with areas. berlin doesn't need 3 centres.


HD what are you talking about!!!

With the exception of the acropolis,, Athens has no skyline and Rome's skyline is historic and lacks modern buildings for the most part, which is okay for a city like Rome. Try to make a logical point next time.
Berlin is not my favorite city (not even close) but it is a fascinating place and its look and architectural mix is interesting, it is despite its lack of architectural harmony probably the most interesting city in Central Europe as far as buildings go with an incredible mix of pre-20th century buildings, 1920s Art Noveau, Third Reich buildings, Capitalist 150s and 60s, Socialist Urban planning, post-modernm etc.......No other city has that.
Stop complaining about Berlin because skyscrapers or not it is a far more interesting places than either Frankfurt or Warsaw and certainly should not look to either city as models for future development.

Looking at these picture brings to mind what happened to those plans with skyscrapers around the Alexanderplatz.Never heard anything about it for years :?
This picture reminds me at Warsaw some 15 years ago.Knowing what has been built over there since , BLN looks like a trip back in time ...

http://www.sauerbruchhutton.de/portfolio/01_gsw/zoom/02.jpg

Looking at these picture brings to mind what happened to those plans with skyscrapers around the Alexanderplatz.Never heard anything about it for years :?
This picture reminds me at Warsaw some 15 years ago.Knowing what has been built over there since , BLN looks like a trip back in time ...

http://www.sauerbruchhutton.de/portfolio/01_gsw/zoom/02.jpg

Is this an up-to-date picture?

Looking at these picture brings to mind what happened to those plans with skyscrapers around the Alexanderplatz.Never heard anything about it for years :?
This picture reminds me at Warsaw some 15 years ago.Knowing what has been built over there since , BLN looks like a trip back in time ...

http://www.sauerbruchhutton.de/portfolio/01_gsw/zoom/02.jpg

Yeah but that is just one sector of the city....like Anagorn said there is no one cluster. As far as skyscrapers go...well unlike other cities it size..Berlin is just a major political center but the corporate centers of Germany are still in the west so the towers get built in other cities (Frankfurt, Munich, Ruhr, etc). Governments rarely build skyscrapers. But that photos is not Berlin...just one of the several "centres" the city has.

About Warsaw....in all honesty I am not too fond of the buildings built in Warsaw in recent years, they are tall for sure and that is good for Europe but the designs are barely better than what the communists made and most are just tall boxes with shinny facades.

Yeah but that is just one sector of the city....like Anagorn said there is no one cluster. As far as skyscrapers go...well unlike other cities it size..Berlin is just a major political center but the corporate centers of Germany are still in the west so the towers get built in other cities (Frankfurt, Munich, Ruhr, etc). Governments rarely build skyscrapers. But that photos is not Berlin...just one of the several "centres" the city has.

About Warsaw....in all honesty I am not too fond of the buildings built in Warsaw in recent years, they are tall for sure and that is good for Europe but the designs are barely better than what the communists made and most are just tall boxes with shinny facades.

If you mean this two at front you have right. Both skyscraper remember old communist time because it was build before 1989r. There is no surprise about that.
http://www.air2air.net/2002/bell206/images/Bell02.jpg

But I like the old modernist architecture of this skyscrapers. It is prove that new skyscrapers were build not only in few last years but it started 20-25 years ago.

The architecture of the latest is usually on very high level. Look on Intercontinental, Polish Telecommunication or new just u/c Rondo1

By the way, this photo I like very much.
http://www.sauerbruchhutton.de/portfolio/01_gsw/zoom/02.jpg

Alexander Platz and Potsdamer Platz clusters seen from the west at Ernst Reuter Platz:

http://www.gigling.com/berlin/images/tu-berlin.jpg

View from Potsdamer Platz towards the southwest and Charlottenburg
with skyscrapers and highrises in the distance like Europa Center,
Kudamm Karee, Technische Universität, BVA and Kranzler Eck
dominating the skyline of that part of western Berlin:

http://www.schlichtmeier.net/Berlin/DaimlerChrysler-Turm%20Blick%20West%203.jpg

View from Potsdamer Platz towards the southeast and Kreuzberg
with amongst other buildings Postbank which is the tallest
in that area:

http://www.schlichtmeier.net/Berlin/DaimlerChrysler-Turm%20Blick%20Sued.jpg

Berlins most modern skyline cluster is the big three at Potsdamer Platz:

Here seen from the east:

http://www.arturphoto.com/archive/half/D5/D5F3D842A84BC596.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/626/2932pplatz.jpg

Here seen from the north with the other two during day and night:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/4117berlin_222_small.jpg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/500/4090berlin_214_small.jpg

Here seen from Fernsehturm in the left window:

http://home.arcor.de/michaeldergrosse/Berlin18.jpg

These two panoramas are also great (especially the second) and shows just how
vast Berlin truly is with lots of different clusters throughout its skyline:

http://www.360-berlin.de/images/pan/skyline4.html

http://www.360-berlin.de/images/pan/skyline6.html

Classic architecture in Berlin:

http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schloss-charlottenburg_02_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schloss-charlottenburg_03_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/gendarmenmarkt_02_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/gendarmenmarkt_04_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/gendarmenmarkt_10_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/bebelplatz_02_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/bebelplatz_01_gross.jpg
In the back Humboldt university
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/bebelplatz_03_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/deutsche-staatsoper-unter-den-linden_02_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/deutsche-staatsoper-unter-den-linden_01_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/neue-wache_01_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/neue-wache_03_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/zeughaus_02_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumsinsel_01_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumsinsel_02_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumsinsel_03_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumsinsel_04_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumsinsel_10_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/museumsinsel_11_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/berliner-dom_03_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schloss-bellevue_01_gross.jpg
http://berlin1.btm.de/bilder/sehenswuerdigkeiten/schlossstrasse_01_gross.jpg

Sing before looking...

"Sure it was GREY on the DAY that this photo was taken HEY?
But let me just SAY that the view looks more than OK when
the sun shines its RAY and the blue skies are back in MAY!"

Really foggy and boring weather when this photo was taken but nevertheless
it does show a really nice view of Berlin from Fernsehturm with skyscrapers
such as the main six of the Potsdamer Platz cluster as well as
Europa Center, Kudamm Karee, Technische Universität
in the distance and International Handelzentrum
close by to the right:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/626/305berlin.jpg

Part of the same view on a smaller pic when the weather is somewhat nicer:

View from Fernsehturm with Potsdamer Platz on the left:

http://www.chung77.de/B-fernsehturm_19.jpg

Looking out at the other direction of the city on a day when the sun shines and the sky is blue:

View from Fernsehturm looking northeast with Alexander Platz Hotel Park Inn in the foreground:

http://home.arcor.de/michaeldergrosse/Berlin06.jpg

Potsdamer Platz skyscraper cluster:

http://www.uni-bonn.de/~uzsv0k/berlin/73potsdamerplatz.jpg

Maybe this year I visit at last Berlin. I always know that is Magnificent city and I’m interested to see that changes which was made in last decade.

Altes Museum:

http://hapepo.de/berlinimag/altesmuseum.jpg

Berliner Dom:

http://hapepo.de/berlinimag/dom.jpg

Siegessäule:

http://hapepo.de/berlinimag/siegessaeule.jpg

Alexander Platz Hotel Park Inn:

http://hapepo.de/berlinimag/alex.jpg

Potsdamer Platz skyline seen from Berliner Dom:

http://hapepo.de/berlinimag/domhimmel.jpg

THX for the fantastic pics!!!!

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/80/1221480.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/86/1150686.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/60/1133260.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/63/1063563.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/10/1062810.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/76/1058976.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/2/984202.jpg http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/93/973693.jpg

Europa Center:

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/bauten/daimlerbenz.jpg

Deutscher Dom:

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/dome/deutscherdom1.jpg

Französischer Dom:

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/dome/franzoesischerdom1.jpg

Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/potsdamerplatz/potsdamerplatz8.jpg

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/potsdamerplatz/daimlercrysler.jpg

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/potsdamerplatz/potsdamerplatz5.jpg

Palast der Republik:
(Back when it looked quite ok in golden and white before they made it look like a ruin in grey and brown)
(Tear the damn thing down dammit!!!!!!!)

http://www.courses.psu.edu/nuc_e/nuc_e405_g9c/berlin/rathaeuser/palast.jpg

Postbank:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/626/4294postbank_zentrale.jpg

Skyline view from a webcam:

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/berlin-webcam/archiv/xberlin-00011.jpg

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/berlin-webcam/archiv/xberlin-00013.jpg

Here is another great one if you pan to the right:

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/projekt01/index.php?idcatside=30&webgrab_path=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbGx1c3RyaWVydGVzdGFkdC5kZS9nYWxlcmllbi9QYW5vcmFtZW4vcGFub18yMDAzXzA5XzAzXzFzbWFsbC5qcGc

Potsdamer Platz at night:

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/projekt01/index.php?idcatside=30&webgrab_path=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5pbGx1c3RyaWVydGVzdGFkdC5kZS9nYWxlcmllbi9QYW5vcmFtZW4vbmFjaHQyMmFfYl8wMDIuc2l6ZWQuanBn

Another Berlin by night shot:

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/galerien/BerlinSkyline/berlin_sunset_with_tv_tower.sized.jpg

Potsdamer Platz six tallest:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/16933.jpg

SFB and Funkturm:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/11833.jpg

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/11872.jpg

Friedrichstrasse and Galeries Lafayette

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/12871.jpg

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/12298.jpg

The fantastic city park Tiergarten with Grosser Stern and Siegessäule seen from above:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/14326.jpg

Panorama view of Berlin from Fernsehturm:

(My favourite view from there is the one at the far right towards the southwest)

http://www.berlinerfernsehturm.de/JPG/Turmblick_Giersch.JPG

Great looking photo with the view from Fernsehturm towards the southwest of Berlin and Potsdamer Platz:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/63/1181863.jpg

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/63/1181863.jpg

Great shot of Berlin from the air:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/43/684243.jpg

Some really fantastic Berlin pictures here!
The link doesn´t work so copy and paste them
in a new window to be able to see them!
They are definitely worth a look so take
the time to check them out!

View from Fernsehturm towards the southwest of Berlin and Potsdamer Platz:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/63/1181863.jpg

View over Berlin from the air:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/43/684243.jpg

View from Potsdamer Platz towards Alexander Platz:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/3/1178103.jpg

Beisheim Center:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/23/713123.jpg

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/50/1051950.jpg

Sony Center by night:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/47/994447.jpg

Skyline view with Fernsehturm and Park Inn:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/83/1011583.jpg

Berlin by night seen from Fernsehturm:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/90/942190.jpg

Frankfurter Allé:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/21/815621.jpg

Another view from Fernsehturm:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/77/786577.jpg

Skylineview of Mitte:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/28/770028.jpg

Potsdamer Platz seen from Tiergarten:

http://db1.*****************/neu/pic/15/738715.jpg

Great pics!
I think Berlin really needs some taller buildings

i think berlin needs a lot urban changes! all those commieblocks in the east and west destroy the city as a whole.

Some more great pictures of the city:
Click on the link if you can´t see them:

Potsdamer Platz seen from Französicher Dom:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018393

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018393.BlickvomFranzsischenDomaus.JPG

Alexander Platz seen from Französicher Dom:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018389

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018389.BerlinerDomundFernsehturm.JPG

Postbank seen from Französicher Dom:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018392

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018392.BlickvomFranzsischemDom2.JPG

Deutscher Dom seen from Französicher Dom:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018402

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018402.DeutscherDom.JPG

Tauentzienstrasse:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018405

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018405.Gedchnisskirche1.JPG

Mitte skyline seen from Siegessäule:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018425

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018425.Tiergarten.JPG

Schloss Charlottenburg:

http://www.pbase.com/image/24018397

http://image.pbase.com/u37/berlinfotos/upload/24018397.CharlottenburgerSchloss2.JPG

Pics from Berlins three centers:

Alexander Platz with Park Inn and Welt Uhr:

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/1281axgsrpm.jpg

Breitscheid Platz with Europa Center

http://www.berlinfotos.de/europacenter_tr.jpg

Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/1734ppgsrpm.jpg

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/0337ppgsrpk.jpg

Alexander Haus and Welt Uhr:

http://gravity.dnsalias.net/~katja/berlinfotos/weltzeituhr.JPG

"It´s golden and it´s green..."

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/1157ssgsrfm.jpg

Gedarmenmarkt German view:

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/1474gmdorpk.jpg

Gedarmenmarkt French view:

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/0066gmgsrfm.jpg

"Like a bridge over trouble waters..."

http://www.berlin-downloads.de/prev_images/1415migsrpm.jpg

XYZ

Berlins skyline seen from the west:

http://www.whitedogsoft.com/diashow/photo4.jpg

XYZ

Ladies and Gentlemen... Behold the mighty city called Berlin:



http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/Potsdamer-Platz/500/PotsdamerPlatz05.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/Mitte/Gendarmen/500/gendarm16.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/Regierungsviertel/Reichstag/500/reichstag10.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/Mitte/Gendarmen/500/gendarm12.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/Mitte/Gendarmen/500/gendarm02.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Sehenswuerdigkeiten/Charlottenburg/Schloss/500/schloss03.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Luftaufnahmen/Berlin-Mitte/500/Mitte07.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/berlin/Luftaufnahmen/Berlin-Mitte/500/Mitte05.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/friedrichshain/images/DSC02243_2.jpg


http://www.berlin-motive.de/friedrichshain/images/DSC01898.jpg

The Lord Of The Cities: The Two Churches:

http://www2.berlin-partner.de/postkarten/site/englisch/bilder_gross/All_pics/ggendarmen_e.jpg

Here are three really nice new pics from Berlin taken by cityskyscrapers!

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406069525b.jpg

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406069479b.jpg

http://www.oranga.com/pics/s200406079681b.jpg

Found some other nice pictures of the city on the net! :)

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=48994/type=picture

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=48988/type=picture

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=48996/type=picture

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=48968/type=picture

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=48960/type=picture

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=39744/type=picture

http://www.meinestadt.de/x/images.php/id=6663/type=picture

Here is a link to a page with some more really great Berlin pictures!
There are pictures of other cities as well and you
can simply click on the city of your choice.

www.city-skylines.de

Alexander Platz seen from Fernsehturm:

http://shawnrussell.com/martin/images/berlin%20mar%202003/Alexander%20Platz.jpg

Two great looking views with lots of COLOURS and LIGHTS
showing Berlins skyline during day and night:

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/gallery/album01/Skyline_Potsdamer_Platz_Rainbow_040702_006

http://www.illustriertestadt.de/gallery/Skyline_Lasershow/skyline_potsdamer_platz_lasershow_040628_002_edited

Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.city-skylines.de/berlin/images/berlin%20010.jpg

Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche and Europa Center:

http://www.city-skylines.de/berlin/images/berlin%20028.jpg

Deutsche Bahn Turm:

http://www.city-skylines.de/berlin/images/berlin%20030.jpg

Potsdamer Platz seen from Reichstag:

http://www.city-skylines.de/berlin/images/berlin%20049.jpg

Potsdamer Platz seen from Brandenburger Tor:

http://www.city-skylines.de/berlin/images/berlin%20044.jpg

Nice pix, very nic looking city, must visit it some day

Yes indeed!
Berlins flag is quite similar to Californias actually!
They both have the Bear as a symbol!

http://www.theodora.com/flags/new/berlin-t.gif

Ofcorse you are right Berlin's history was much more harder than Warsaw's history :bash: . Warszawa didn't exist after German's escape. All historic monument were tore down!

http://www.um.warszawa.pl/muzeum_historyczne/img/rynek-2.jpg
http://www.um.warszawa.pl/muzeum_historyczne/img/rynek-2.jpg

First image - treasure of Germans in Warsaw (1945)
Second - treasure of Poland

In WII died all the greatest Polish people and that was the main loss, not thousands of buildings. The damages after WII worthed over 1.000.000.000.000 euro but Poland didn't receice 1$ !! Poland wanted a little credit from USA after a war but we didn't receive it. Germans received ! And now Germans remembered that they lost some terrains in Western Poland. Who should pay them for that? Ofcorse those ugly thiefs - Polish people. I watched a interview with some German who told that it is normal that robbers should return it :eek2: .

sorry for offtopic but I ddin't stand when i read the beginnig of that Topic

The damaged caused by bombs on German cities must
have been at least five times worse than the damage
on Polish cities.
Almost all cities in Germany were in complete ruins
after years and years of allied bombraids.
None of the two countries damage caused by
the war was fair though and it´s a great
tragedy altogether that must never be
repeated ever again in the future
history of our united continent.
So many innocent civilians have suffered
and died in worse ways than we ever
possibly can imagine.

Here are some pictures of Berlin´s other skyscapers and highrises:

Hotel Park Inn:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/14013.jpg

Allianz Treptower:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/13519.jpg

Steglitzer Kreisel:

http://home.t-online.de/home/wleonhard/hhkart_2/berstegk.jpg

Europa Center:

http://home.t-online.de/home/wleonhard/hhkart_2/bereuroc.jpg

Debis Turm:

http://home.t-online.de/home/wleonhard/hhkart_2/berdebis.jpg

Technische Universität:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/14057.jpg

Postbank:

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/626/4294postbank_zentrale.jpg

Internationales Handelszentrum:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/14314.jpg

GSW:

http://www.muhs.de/shop/images/ware/gross/12758.jpg

Here is a list of some of Berlins tallest and most famous skyscrapers and
highrises with about 20 - 40 floors (mostly office buildings) in what
I think should be the right order of height and floors:

Hotel Park Inn
Allianz Treptower
Steglitzer Kreisel
Deutsche Bahn Turm
Daimler Chrysler Hans Kolhoff Turm
Internationale Handelszentrum
Bundesversicherungsanstalt
Europa Center
Kudamm Karee
Technische Universität
Postbank
Debis Turm
Pyramide
Renzo Piano Turm
Charité
Axel Springer Verlag
GSW
Hotel Ritz Carlton
Delbrück Haus
Haus des Reisens
Bürohaus Spittelmarkt
SFB
Berliner Verlag
KPM
etc.

Great view of Berlin during a sunny day in winter:

http://www.flight-film.de/galerie/2002/020220_berlin-zentrum_03.jpg

Alexander Platz seen from above and below:



Hotel Park Inn, Haus des Reisens, Haus des Lehrers, etc.

http://www.arthurwyatt.co.uk/images/photos/berlin/berlin16.jpg

Hotel Park Inn and Fernsehturm

http://www.paroli.de/pics/sp-ber52.jpg

Berlin´s five tallest structures and buildings:

Hotel Park Inn:

http://user.tninet.se/~wie309p/bilder/berlin/images/P8190016.jpg

Allianz Treptower:

http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/berlin/bien2/trep/img/tower.jpg

Steglitzer Kreisel:

http://www.steglitz.de/spd-fraktion/kreisel.jpg

Fernsehturm:

http://www.derknee.de/berlin/Bilder/Tag%201/normal/IMG_1075.jpg

Funkturm:

http://www.charlottenburg-wilmersdorf.de/Wanderwege/Wanderweg-B/WW_B14-Funkturm.jpg

Some photos of Berlin during day and night:

Reichstag:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/328/reichstag.jpg

KWG:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/284/100_0092_2.jpg

Skyline of Mitte and Alexander Platz:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/93/mitte.jpg

Berliner Dom:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/210/berliner_dom.jpg

Palast der Republik:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/210/palast_der_republik_1a.jpg

Fernsehturm:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/210/pa040035penums.jpg

Funkturm:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/258/rimg1130.1.jpg

Potsdamer Platz:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/210/potsdamer_platz.jpg

Beisheim Center:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/210/beisheimcenteroriginal.jpg

Patrick! Go get him, boy!

What?!
I´m being banned?!
But I´ve only been here for a few days!
Oh well, I guess some people like that kind of thing.
Getting rid of people who don´t think the way they do.
They´re probably related to the people who put star symbols
on a certain other group of people´s clothing and put
them on a train somewhere...
Authority is such an awesome power trip don´t you think!

Great pictures Extatic :okay:
Don't worry about being banned.

What?!
I´m being banned?!
But I´ve only been here for a few days!
Oh well, I guess some people like that kind of thing.
Getting rid of people who don´t think the way they do.
They´re probably related to the people who put star symbols
on a certain other group of people´s clothing and put
them on a train somewhere...
Authority is such an awesome power trip don´t you think!

That's just disgusting...you compare your trolling to the Holocaust? You're worse than I thought.

Nice skyline!

What?!
I´m being banned?!
But I´ve only been here for a few days!
Oh well, I guess some people like that kind of thing.
Getting rid of people who don´t think the way they do.
They´re probably related to the people who put star symbols
on a certain other group of people´s clothing and put
them on a train somewhere...
Authority is such an awesome power trip don´t you think!


Freedom of speach my ass

Views over Berlin from Hotel Park Inn looking southwest:

1. Potsdamer Platz in the background, Berliner Dom and Marienkirche:

http://www.fuechselei.de/Reisen/Berlin/Berlin1/DSCN1664.JPG

2. Rote Rathaus and Nikolaikirche:

http://www.fuechselei.de/Reisen/Berlin/Berlin1/DSCN1663.JPG

3. Fernsehturm:

http://www.fuechselei.de/Reisen/Berlin/Berlin1/DSCN1662.JPG

As I have written it somewhere else, the city itself is much more fantastic than it's skyline. I'm going to Berlin this month ;)

That´s indeed true barnim!
It would be nice to see it´s skyline improve even more in the future though!
Have a good time! :)

Here´s another picture of Rote Rathaus and Nikolai Kirche from another angle:

http://www.viaggiaresempre.it/Berlino_Municipio1.JPG

Alexander Platz with Haus des Reisens:

http://www.lingg-zachmann.de/Fotos/berlin_2002/Alexander_Platz_2.JPG

Deutsche Dom:

http://www.wehner-family.de/berlin-galerie/dom_g.jpg

Französiche Dom

http://www.franzoesischer-dom.de/website/bilder/bildstartseite.jpg

Deutsche Dom:

http://www.preiswerte-ferienwohnung-in-berlin.de/ThumbGendarmenmarkt.jpg

Fernsehturm:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/210/fernsehturm_2.jpg

Fernsehturm and Welt Uhr:

http://images.digicamfotos.de/media/254/berlinatnight.jpg

What skyline??????? I don't see any skyline.

:sleepy:

Look at the first two panorama pictures in
the beginning of the thread on page 5.
That is what its title is referring to.
After that I made it into a Berlin picture
thread with photos of various areas
and buildings in the city.

Alexander Platz seen from Reichstag:

http://schlueters.de/albums/berlin03/fernsehturm_und_skyline.sized.jpg

Potsdamer Platz seen from Reichstag:

http://schlueters.de/albums/berlin03/potsdamer_platz02.sized.jpg

Potsdamer Platz seen from the east:

http://www.kerstin-tarach.de/Fotosatlas/Berlin/Sony_Center/Potsdamer_Platz_01.jpg

http://www.frank-alfeldt.de/bilder/berlin_2003/100_0082.jpg

Kreuzberg seen from Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.thomas-robbin.de/berlin/daten/potsdamer_platz/images/potsdamer_platz038.jpg

http://www.thomas-robbin.de/berlin/daten/potsdamer_platz/images/potsdamer_platz039.jpg

Charlottenburg seen from Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.thomas-robbin.de/berlin/daten/potsdamer_platz/images/potsdamer_platz047.jpg

Charlottenburg seen from Reichstag:

http://schlueters.de/albums/berlin03/skyline.jpg

Potsdamer Platz seen from Reichstag: >Larger Version<

http://schlueters.de/albums/berlin03/potsdamer_platz02.jpg

Europa Center:

http://baerlin.info/source/jpg/europaCenter_10b.JPG

Allianz Treptower:

http://www.platinumgirl.de/mediac/400_0/media/DIR_9600/Allianz02.JPG

Steglitzer Kreisel:

http://www.photopolis.de/photos/images/274.jpg

Berlin skyline views from Fernsehturm:

http://www.cspengler.de/mixed/bilderkirchentagjochen/192-Berlin%20im%20Mai%202003%20041%20(Large).jpg

http://www.cspengler.de/mixed/bilderkirchentagjochen/192-Berlin%20im%20Mai%202003%20031%20(Large).jpg

http://www.cspengler.de/mixed/bilderkirchentagjochen/192-Berlin%20im%20Mai%202003%20030%20(Large).jpg

Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.bernerdachdecker.ch/bilder/Berlin_2003/Reise%20Berlin%20049.jpg

http://www.bernerdachdecker.ch/bilder/Berlin_2003/Reise%20Berlin%20051.jpg

http://www.bernerdachdecker.ch/bilder/Berlin_2003/Reise%20Berlin%20052.jpg

Reichstag:

http://www.bernerdachdecker.ch/bilder/Berlin_2003/Reise%20Berlin%20045.jpg

Brandenburger Tor:

http://www.bernerdachdecker.ch/bilder/Berlin_2003/Reise%20Berlin%20009.jpg

Berlin skyline views from Siegessäule:

http://www.jan-christoph.net/fahrradtouren/radtour03/bildervorschau/index_img/021_Blick%20von%20Siegessaeule%20Richtung%20Reichstag.jpg

http://www.jan-christoph.net/fahrradtouren/radtour03/bildervorschau/index_img/022_Blick%20von%20Siegessaeule%20Richtung%20Potsdammer%20Platz.jpg

http://www.jan-christoph.net/fahrradtouren/radtour03/bildervorschau/index_img/023_Blick%20von%20Siegessaeule.jpg

Europa Center & Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche:

http://stadt.heim.at/hongkong/152042/Berlin/Berlin_3/Gedaechtniskirche.jpg

Alexander Platz:

http://www.cityscope.de/aktuell/images/vorschau.jpg


Potsdamer Platz:

http://www.berlinike.de/galeries/sieges/images/Potsdamer%20Platz_IMG_2268.jpg

Alexander Platz seen from Fernsehturm:

http://mypage.bluewin.ch/a-z/halcyon/pics/Berlin/Alexanderplatz.jpg

Tiergarten and Spree seen from Fernsehturm:

http://mypage.bluewin.ch/a-z/halcyon/pics/Berlin/Fernsehturm_View.jpg

Schloss Charlottenburg:

http://www.fu-berlin.de/iamg2002/images/schloss_charlottenburg.jpg

http://www-rnks.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/icnp2004/images/berlin/500x375/Schloss_Charlottenburg.jpg

Berliner Dom:

http://mypage.bluewin.ch/a-z/halcyon/pics/Berlin/Berliner_Dom.jpg

Gendarmenmarkt:

http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/pix/baubilanz/geschaeftsgebaeude/gendarmenmarkt.jpg

http://www.gbiu.de/Hamsterkiste/Sachunterricht/Berlin/gendarmenmarkt%5B1%5D.jpg

Alexander Platz and Potsdamer Platz in the distance to the left and
in the foreground Breitscheid Platz with Europa Center and
Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche to the right:

http://www.deutsches-architektur-forum.de/Galerie/data/502/120Budapester_Str_heute_klein.jpg

Alexander Platz with Fernsehturm, Weltzeituhr and Park Inn Hotel:

http://www.klingel-reisen.de/reisen/bilder/berlin-weltzeituhr.jpg
http://www.aidan.co.uk/md/DeBWldTimeClkAlex4731.jpg
http://hapepo.de/berlinimag/alex.jpg

Part of the Berlin skyline view seen from the west:

http://www.deutsches-architektur-forum.de/forum/headers/berlin2.jpg

Potsdamer Platz... still growing strong:

http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/images/2005/03/22/berlin/97885_scaleUp.jpg

Well, it´s miles better than the skylines of other over 3 million inhabitants cities
like Rome and Athens and it doesn´t have one big concentrated cluster
but it sure as heck does have a skyline at least unlike those two.
Sure it´s spread out but that goes to show the unique fact
that Berlin has three main city centers:


Rome doesn't have more than 3 milion inhabitants... :nono:

Rome doesn't have more than 3 milion inhabitants... :nono:
Rome has 3.5 mio with metro :)

Btw Beautiful pics and beautiful city ;)

real Metro-area's like in the rest of the world with strong Metropolitan Authorities don't exist in Italy, you know that as well as I do Genius Loci, it's an empty box with no power in it :nono: And even if you take that in consideration Berlin has a far bigger Metro-area than Rome, so comparing them is still not possible...

nice pics. berlin must build more skyscrapers because it has almost none and no skyline. postdamer platz is not skyscrapers, its to low :(

real Metro-area's like in the rest of the world with strong Metropolitan Authorities don't exist in Italy, you know that as well as I do Genius Loci, it's an empty box with no power in it :nono: And even if you take that in consideration Berlin has a far bigger Metro-area than Rome, so comparing them is still not possible...
I'm sorry to disagree with you Caesar: but Berlin and Rome are two cities at same level of bigness
Not only they're in Europe quite unique and have many things in common:
-Similar population:
Berlin: over 3 mio and no many more with metro (Apart potsdam Berlin "hinterland" is not very crowded)
Rome: 2.8 mio and (as I said) 3.5 with metro (mostly on "Castelli Romani")
-Both the cities haven't istitutions for their metro areas, even 'cause their metro is not big respect the population of proper city (in Europe normally is the contrary)
-Both cities have a big municipality area
Berlin: 881 skm (and it's a Lander, istitutionally)
Rome: over 1300 skm
-Both cities are capitals (quite obvious :sleepy: )
-Both have big spaces in them I never saw so big in other cities in Europe, even bigger; and have more "centers" sprowled in a vast area

But even have a deep difference:
Berlin is a city pratically totally destroyed till the end of the war and having for more than 50 years no men's lands in it: its nowadays urbanistic developpement is based on this peuliarity
Rome, at the contrary, is a city with a huge history and an immense heritage: and even this influenced its urbanistic developpement

Obviuosly, in two different ways, both are beautiful cities :) :okay: ;)

I used Emporis, I don't know how accurate that is, but it says that Berlin has a metro-area of more than 4 million. I'm not refering to Rome's municipality area, it is huge but empty so that doesn't make it a big city...


http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/?id=100559

Rome: 2.8 mio

I think that is very optimistic :runaway: Only recently a few positive articles claimed it was now back above 2.7 million but 2.8 would be even more incredible...

(and it's a Lander, istitutionally)

indeed so it is totally different, Rome doesn't have a special "Roma Capitale-status" for the moment, it is not a Länder it is not a Regio like Madrid....all those people comparing should take that in consideration...or vote for special powers for Rome :)


by the way I find it pretty strange that someone thinks they've reached something when they have a better skyline :sleepy: than Athens and Rome (two ancient historical cities). As a city wih enormous potential to construct modern things Berlin should be compared with other cities.

Secondo la mia modestissima opinione le città sono demograficamente equiparabili, ma molto distanti dal punto di vista amministrativo.
Berlino infatti è un lander, con una diretta rappresentanza nel Bundersat, la camera delle regioni.
Roma è un comune come gli altri 8102 d'Italia, ed il Sindaco di Roma formalmente ha gli stessi poteri del sindaco di Rottofreno in provincia di Piacenza.
Io non sono mai stato a Berlino, ma l'impressione che ne ricavo da queste foto è di una città un tantino bruttarella.
Per far vedere qualcosa di bello hanno postato 12 volte la foto delle chiese gemelle (comunque brutte anch'esse, con quel tamburo che sembra fatto apposta per insultare le regole sulle proporzioni ), 15 volte il Reichstag, ed una sessantina di volte quella specie di burinissimo tempio greco-romano in salsa di crauti.
Se questo è quello che hanno da mostrare.....

^
I didn't want this thread to get into a Rome vs Berlin...

I only wanted to notice the two cities are comparable in population and bigness

Then, their history and conformation is incredibly different
They are two unique cities: one for its ancient history and the other for more recent one
Those things make them anything not to be comparable to any other city

For that their developpement is different (btw in Rome there are modern bouroughs, but not in city-center like in Berlin)
To be honest Berlin skyline is not a very impressive one: in Germany itself a city like Frankfurt can easily make it look shabby
But I prefer Berlin to Frankfurt: its atmosphere and its dynamism are unique

And, sorry for Berlin, I prefer Rome: a city can surprise you even when you think you know it very well...

Taking this consideration apart: Berlin is one of European cities I love most and its rapid growt of last years make me love it even more ;)

si l'unico motivo perché ha fatto il paragone con Roma era per riportare una vittoria facilissima sui "grattacieli" :sleepy: di Roma ed Atene. Ovviamente sanno che con qualsiasi altra capitale Berlino perderebbe la battaglia... .Poi comparare skylines pieno di bellezze architettoniche e storiche con un centro direzionale... :runaway:

Nuff said! :banana:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/484229014_05c93d1db7_b.jpg

Tysklandsplikt- How many times have you been banned and how many screen names have you had???????????

I looked through this thread and it made me wonder. What does your obsession stem from? It's one thing to have a favorite city, but another to be creepy and obnoxious about it. I love Berlin too, but you might wanna tone it down dude. You make a mockery of Berlin with your over-the-top comments.