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Understand Berlin
A quarter century since reunification, is Berlin growing up or keeping its famously lib-
ertine and libertarian edge?
See how Prussian royals, industrial bigwigs, creative minds, dictators and modern
visionaries have shaped the German capital.
From medieval churches to neoclassical landmarks and today's architectural stun-
ners, Berlin is a head-spinning compendium of building styles.
Berlin's creative pulse has nurtured and inspired painters, sculptors and new-media
artists for centuries.
Literature & Film
From Nobel Prize laureates to Academy Award winners, Berlin has long been a
breeding ground for edgy expression.
From its '70s punk roots to becoming the world's techno capital in the 1990s, Berlin's
got it all.
