72 Facts About Berlin Germany

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One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital.

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East Berlin was declared capital of East Germany, while Bonn became the West German capital.

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Berlin Germany is a world city of culture, politics, media and science.

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Berlin Germany serves as a continental hub for air and rail traffic and has a highly complex public transportation network.

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Since the 2000s, Berlin Germany has seen the emergence of a cosmopolitan entrepreneurial scene.

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Berlin Germany has numerous museums, galleries, libraries, orchestras, and sporting events.

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Berlin Germany-Colln had to give up its status as a free Hanseatic city.

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Berlin Germany became the capital of the new Kingdom, replacing Konigsberg.

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Under the rule of Frederick II, Berlin Germany became a center of the Enlightenment, but, was briefly occupied during the Seven Years' War by the Russian army.

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In 1920, the Greater Berlin Germany Act incorporated dozens of suburban cities, villages, and estates around Berlin Germany into an expanded city.

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The Berlin Germany airlift, conducted by the three western Allies, overcame this blockade by supplying food and other supplies to the city from June 1948 to May 1949.

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In 1949, the Federal Republic of Germany was founded in West Germany and eventually included all of the American, British and French zones, excluding those three countries' zones in Berlin, while the Marxist-Leninist German Democratic Republic was proclaimed in East Germany.

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West Berlin officially remained an occupied city, but it politically was aligned with the Federal Republic of Germany despite West Berlin's geographic isolation.

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Airline service to West Berlin Germany was granted only to American, British and French airlines.

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West Berlin was surrounded by East German territory, and East Germany proclaimed the Eastern part as its capital, a move the western powers did not recognize.

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West Berlin was now de facto a part of West Germany with a unique legal status, while East Berlin was de facto a part of East Germany.

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Substantial parts of present-day Berlin Germany extend onto the low plateaus on both sides of the Spree Valley.

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Berlin Germany has an oceanic climate ; the eastern part of the city has a slight continental influence, one of the changes being the annual rainfall according to the air masses and the greater abundance during a period of the year.

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Furthermore, Berlin Germany is classified as a temperate continental climate under the Trewartha climate scheme, as well as the suburbs of New York City, although the Koppen system puts them in different types.

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Berlin Germany's history has left the city with a polycentric organization and a highly eclectic array of architecture and buildings.

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21.

Berlin Germany was devastated by air raids, fires, and street battles during the Second World War, and many of the buildings that had survived in both East and West were demolished during the postwar period.

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22.

Funkturm Berlin Germany is a 150-meter-tall lattice radio tower in the fairground area, built between 1924 and 1926.

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23.

Berlin Germany is the most populous city proper in the European Union.

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24.

The Greater Berlin Germany Act in 1920 incorporated many suburbs and surrounding cities of Berlin Germany.

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25.

Active immigration and asylum politics in West Berlin Germany triggered waves of immigration in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Boroughs of Berlin Germany with a significant number of migrants or foreign born population are Mitte, Neukolln and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.

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Berlin Germany is the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Berlin Germany and EKBO's elected chairperson is titled the bishop of EKBO.

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Furthermore, Berlin Germany is the seat of many Orthodox cathedrals, such as the Cathedral of St Boris the Baptist, one of the two seats of the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Western and Central Europe, and the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral of the Diocese of Berlin Germany .

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Berlin Germany has more than 80 mosques, ten synagogues, and two Buddhist temples.

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30.

Since reunification on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city states in Germany among the present 16 states of Germany.

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31.

East Berlin Germany's partnerships were canceled at the time of German reunification but later partially reestablished.

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West Berlin Germany's partnerships had previously been restricted to the borough level.

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33.

Berlin Germany participates in international city associations such as the Union of the Capitals of the European Union, Eurocities, Network of European Cities of Culture, Metropolis, Summit Conference of the World's Major Cities, and Conference of the World's Capital Cities.

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34.

Berlin Germany is the seat of the German Chancellor, housed in the Chancellery building, the Bundeskanzleramt.

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35.

The Bundesrat is the representation of the 16 constituent states of Berlin Germany and has its seat at the former Prussian House of Lords.

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36.

Important economic sectors in Berlin Germany include life sciences, transportation, information and communication technologies, media and music, advertising and design, biotechnology, environmental services, construction, e-commerce, retail, hotel business, and medical engineering.

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For several years Berlin Germany has been recognized as a major center of business founders.

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38.

In 2015, Berlin Germany generated the most venture capital for young startup companies in Europe.

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39.

The Pharmaceuticals division of Bayer and Berlin Germany Chemie are major pharmaceutical companies in the city.

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40.

Tourism figures have more than doubled within the last ten years and Berlin Germany has become the third-most-visited city destination in Europe.

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The largest visitor groups are from Berlin Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and the United States.

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42.

Messe Berlin Germany is the main convention organizing company in the city.

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Several large-scale trade fairs like the consumer electronics trade fair IFA, the ILA Berlin Germany Air Show, the Berlin Germany Fashion Week, the Green Week, the Fruit Logistica, the transport fair InnoTrans, the tourism fair ITB and the adult entertainment and erotic fair Venus are held annually in the city, attracting a significant number of business visitors.

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Berlin Germany is an important centre in the European and German film industry.

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45.

Berlin Germany is the central location to several international and regional television and radio stations.

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46.

Berlin Germany is the headquarter of major German-language publishing houses like Walter de Gruyter, Springer, the Ullstein Verlagsgruppe, Suhrkamp, and Cornelsen are all based in Berlin Germany.

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47.

In 2019, Berlin has the best future prospects of all cities in Germany, according to HWWI and Berenberg Bank.

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48.

Berlin Germany is connected to the Elbe and Oder rivers via the Spree and the Havel rivers.

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49.

Public transportation in Berlin Germany has a long and complicated history because of the 20th-century division of the city, where movement between the two halves was not served.

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50.

Until 2008, Berlin Germany was served by the smaller Tempelhof Airport, which functioned as a city airport, with a convenient location near the city center, allowing for quick transit times between the central business district and the airport.

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51.

Berlin Germany is well known for its highly developed bicycle lane system.

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52.

From 1865 until 1976, Berlin Germany had an extensive pneumatic postal network, which at its peak in 1940, totaled 400 kilometers in length.

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53.

Berlin Germany has a long history of discoveries in medicine and innovations in medical technology.

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54.

Berlin Germany has installed several hundred free public Wireless LAN sites across the capital since 2016.

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55.

Berlin Germany has a special bilingual school program in the, in which children are taught the curriculum in German and a foreign language, starting in primary school and continuing in high school.

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Franzosisches Gymnasium Berlin Germany, which was founded in 1689 to teach the children of Huguenot refugees, offers instruction.

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Berlin Germany is one of the knowledge and innovation communities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology .

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The KIC is based at the Center for Entrepreneurship at TU Berlin Germany and has a focus in the development of IT industries.

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Berlin Germany is known for its numerous cultural institutions, many of which enjoy international reputation.

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In 2005, Berlin Germany was named "City of Design" by UNESCO and has been part of the Creative Cities Network ever since.

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61.

Berlin Germany today is consistently rated as an important world city for street art culture.

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Berlin Germany has galleries which are quite rich in contemporary art.

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Berlin Germany's nightlife has been celebrated as one of the most diverse and vibrant of its kind.

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Berlin Germany has a long history of gay culture, and is an important birthplace of the LGBT rights movement.

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The annual Berlin Germany Festival focuses on indie rock, electronic music and synthpop and is part of the International Berlin Germany Music Week.

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66.

Berlin Germany has three major opera houses: the Deutsche Oper, the Berlin Germany State Opera, and the Komische Oper.

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Berlin Germany is well known for its offerings of vegetarian and vegan cuisine and is home to an innovative entrepreneurial food scene promoting cosmopolitan flavors, local and sustainable ingredients, pop-up street food markets, supper clubs, as well as food festivals, such as Berlin Germany Food Week.

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Berlin Germany is home to a diverse gastronomy scene reflecting the immigrant history of the city.

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69.

Berlin Germany is well known for its numerous cafes, street musicians, beach bars along the Spree River, flea markets, boutique shops and pop up stores, which are a source for recreation and leisure.

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Berlin Germany has established a high-profile as a host city of major international sporting events.

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In 2015 Berlin Germany became the venue for the UEFA Champions League Final.

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72.

The city of Berlin Germany operates more than 60 public indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

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