Sunday, October 13, 2019

Berlin

The Brandenburg Gate.


The Berlin Wall memorial.

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.



Checkpoint Charlie.


Other sites around Berlin.





And Trabi World where visitors can rent a classic Trabant to tour the city.


From Wikipedia:  The Trabant is an automobile which was produced from 1957 to 1990 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau.  The 1980s model had no tachometer, no indicator for either the headlights or turn signals, no fuel gauge, no rear seat belts, and no external fuel door, and drivers had to pour a mix of gasoline and oil directly under the hood.  Called "a spark plug with a roof", 3,096,999 Trabants in a number of models were produced over nearly three decades with few significant changes in their basic design.  East German buyers were placed on a waiting-list of up to thirteen years.  The waiting time depended on their proximity to Berlin.  Official state price was 7,450 GDR marks and the demand to production ratio was forty three to one (1989). The free market price for a second-hand one was more than twice the price of a new one, and the average worker had to wait ten to thirteen years on a waiting list, or, if available, pay more than double for a second hand one.  Read more about this car here.

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