Tiergarten Beach + Central pictures

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Berlin’s “great escape” is a peaceful expanse of forests, meadows and ponds, right next to the city center.

Berlin’s “great escape” is a peaceful expanse of forests, meadows and ponds, right next to the city center.

Berliners come to celebrate their city in this public square, which was leveled during World War II and isolated in the Cold War.

Torched by Hitler, bombed by Britain and stormed by the Russians, the seat of German power has risen again as a symbol of a united and progressive Germany.