An honest reflection

Johan Alexander Johansen

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Berlin is a city condemned forever to becoming and never to being

 Said author of Berlin: Ein Stadtschicksal in 1910.

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You are crazy, my child. You must go to Berlin’

Said Austrian composer Franz von Suppé in 1800. If you unlike David Bowie have not experienced the city first hand, these words are still very fitting today.

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Berlin, the greatest cultural extravaganza that one could imagine

These words of David Bowie in the 1970s needs no further explanation to anyone who has sat foot in this very unique city.

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Berlin is not knows for its architecture or historical landmarks, but as well as an atmosphere and way of life that no other city can match you have some majestic and beautiful buildings with significant historical importance that should be seen.  

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Picture taken on my first visit to the former Royal Palace of the Prussian Kingdom in Berlin. In this picture you see the castle at a distance from the beautiful and large castle grounds. Named after King Friedrich I of Prussia’s late wife, the Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1713, is one of many worth visiting in a nation that through history has been central in shaping the world we know today. 

One castle down. Just a handful to go then…

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Picture taken on my first visit to the former Royal Palace of the Prussian Kingdom in Berlin. Named after King Friedrich I of Prussia’s late wife, the Charlottenburg Palace, completed in 1713, is one of many worth visiting in a nation that through history has been central in shaping the world we know today. 

One castle down. Just a handful to go then...

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The view from Soho House in Berlin on my first visit to the establishment on a typically dark but beautiful day.