Thirty years after its fall, the Berlin Wall continues to be a tourist attraction
BERLIN - Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the imposing structure that divided the Communist East and the capitalist West lives on in public squares, parks and tourist souvenirs.
But it has become an export hit. Segments of the Wall have been sent around the world as official gifts and tourists visiting Berlin often buy brightly colored pieces of rock that sellers say were once part of the Wall. Some come with authenticity certificates.“There’s not as much Wall as there is being sold,” said Bernd Breitenbach, a 67-year-old passerby at the Berlin Wall Memorial.
Seeing the East Side Gallery - a section of the Wall that artists painted in 1990 and which still stands - is a must-do for visitors.Many like to have their photo taken by the painting of a Trabant - the classic car of Communist East Germany - bursting through the Wall, or by the picture of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and former East German leader Erich Honecker kissing. It is a thought-provoking experience for many.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Messages of peace mark 30 years since fall of Berlin WallWorkers have hoisted a rainbow-colored carpet of 100,000 streamers _ many with messages of love and peace _ in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate as part of next week's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall
Consulte Mais informação »
Exclusive: Don't build Berlin-style wall between Russia and West - GorbachevThirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns against building a new physical or invisible wall between Russia and the West
Consulte Mais informação »
Berlin Film Festival to Shift Back to Its Traditional Position in the Calendar in 2021The Berlin Film Festival, one of the world’s top gathering places for the movie industry, will return to its traditional early February slot on the calendar in 2021, in response to a change of date…
Consulte Mais informação »
Exclusive: Don't build Berlin-style wall between Russia and West - GorbachevThirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warns against building a new physical or invisible wall between Russia and the West
Consulte Mais informação »
Messages of peace mark 30 years since fall of Berlin WallWorkers have hoisted a rainbow-colored carpet of 100,000 streamers _ many with messages of love and peace _ in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate as part of next week's commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Wall
Consulte Mais informação »
Pinterest quarterly revenue, forecast disappoint; shares plungePinterest Inc fell short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on lower...
Consulte Mais informação »