Only in Berlin: A Guide to Unique Locations, Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects

by Duncan JD Smith

Overview

Discover Europe with the 'Only In' Guides! These ground breaking city guides are for independent cultural travellers wishing to escape the crowds and understand cities from different and unusual perspectives. Unique locations, hidden corners and unusual objects. A comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 80 fascinating and unusual historical sites in one of Europe's great capital cities - Hidden gardens, forgotten cemeteries, ruined churches, historic villages and unusual museums. Tracking the history from the Hohenzollerns and the Weimar Republic to the Third Reich and the Soviets and featuring sites such as; Devil's Mountain, the Bridge of Spies, Peacock Island, the Fuhrer Bunker, Frederick the Great's coffin, The Berlin Archaeopteryx, Marlene Dietrich, Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Albert Einstein, Rosa Luxemburg and the Brothers Grimm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783950366235
Publisher:	The Urban Explorer
Publication date:	03/01/2014
Series:	Only In Guides , #4
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Duncan J. D. Smith is a travel writer, historian and photographer. In his groundbreaking “Only In” guides he reveals cities from unique and hidden perspectives. He has traveled across four continents and described his experiences in books, magazines, and online. Born in Sheffield, England in 1960, he studied history and archaeology at university, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Table of Contents

Introduction 8

Inner City - Central & West: (District I -Mitte)

1 Medieval Berlin 11

2 The Other Berlin Walls 14

3 Churches in Ruins 18

4 Fragments of a Bygone City 21

5 A Hidden Corner of Museum Island 23

6 The Crypt of the Hohenzollerns 25

7 Wonders ex oriente 28

8 Lenin's Head 30

9 An Appointment with Hitler 34

10 The Facts about the Fuhrer Bunker 38

11 Holocaust Memorials 42

12 The End of the Stauffenberg Plot 45

13 The Victory Column and Other Highpoints 48

14 Remembering Mori Ogai 51

15 The Anatomical Theatre 54

16 A Pneumatic Postal Dispatch System 56

17 The World's Biggest Model Railway 58

18 Silver Screen Berlin 60

19 The Last of the Old Market Halls 63

20 Home of the Berlin Archaeopteryx 66

21 Concealed Courtyards 69

22 Descent into a Flak Tower 73

23 Some Unusual Museums 76

24 The Real Metropolis 79

Outer Suburbs - Northwest: (District IV - Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, V - Spandau, XII - Reinickendorf)

25 The Old Villages of Berlin 82

26 Europe's Oldest Buddhist Site 84

27 From Russia with Love 87

28 No Longer a Famous Prison 91

29 A Most Beautiful Cemetery 93

30 The Olympic Bell Tower 95

31 The Schildhorn Column 98

32 Curious Devil's Mountain 100

33 Death and Glory on the AVUS Race Track 103

34 The Villas of Charlottenburg 106

35 Truffles, Marzipan and Perfume 108

36 From Kasseler to Currywurst 110

37 Sheltering from the Cold War 112

38 The Wilmersdorf Taj Mahal 115

39 Concrete Cadillacs and Other Modern Art 117

Outer Suburbs - Southwest: (District VI- Steglitz-Zehlendorf, VII - Ternpelhof-Schöneberg, & Potsdam)

40 Treasures from the Silk Road 120

41 "Scars As Nowhere Else" 123

42 Where the Atom was Split 125

43 The Changing Fortunes of Schwanenwerder 128

44 Suicide on Lake Wannsee 131

45 An Infamous Address 134

46 The Follies of Peacock Island 137

47 Princely Towers and Far Pavilions 139

48 Bridge of Unity, Bridge of Spies 142

49 Exploring Garrison Town 145

50 A Well-Travelled Coffin 148

51 "Life Goes On" in Babelsberg 151

52 The Secrets of Lichterfelde 154

53 "I Still Keep a Suitcase in Berlin" 157

54 Lost Jewish Worlds 160

55 Through Quiet Colonnades 163

56 More than just Fairytales 165

57 The Ghosts of Germania 168

58 Schöneberg's Urban Jungle 172

59 Hitler's Eagles 174

Inner City-East: (District II - Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg)

60 A Pair of Little Theatres 178

61 Riehmer's Hidden Hofgarten 180

62 From the Hebrides to the Halle Gate 182

63 Berlin's Moving Statues 186

64 The Remains of a Great Railway Station 188

65 Bunker Capital of the World 191

66 All in the Name of Louisa 195

67 Berlin's First Socialist Street 198

68 The Factory Hostel and Other Unusual Accommodations 201

Outer Suburbs - Southeast: (District VIII-Neukölln, IX-Treptow-Köpenick)

69 History on the Banks of the Spree 204

70 What's Left of the Berlin Wall? 206

71 Berlin's Turkish Quarter 211

72 Where Einstein Lectured on Relativity 215

73 The Sunken Garden and a Bohemian Village 218

74 An English Park in Berlin 220

75 A Very Modern Crematorium 222

76 An Old Fishing Village 224

77 Bookworms and Fleamarkets 226

78 Waterworks and Water Towers 229

Outer Suburbs - Northeast: (District III - Pankow, X - Marzahn-Hellersdorf, XI - Lichtenberg)

79 Where the Second World War Ended 232

80 The Extraordinary Life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf 235

81 In an Oriental Teahouse 237

82 Who was Rosa Luxemburg? 240

83 Evidence of a Forgotten Industry 243

84 Five Jewish Cemeteries 246

Appendices

Opening Times 249

Bibliography 254

Acknowledgements 255

Imprint 256

Editorial Reviews

A book for travellers rather than tourists, and for locals who delightin the quirky idiosyncrasies of their home city. — Hidden Europe magazine

In a world where places become ever more similar, it isan absolute joy to stumble on the 'Only In' Guides. The author brings to the series the gaze of the enquiring outsider. A refreshing alternative to the prevailing tide of uniformity favoured by too many travel guides. — Hidden Europe magazine

From the Publisher

"Wonderful authoritative text, complemented by lovely pictures."

Hidden Europe

Only in Berlin is a book for travellers rather than tourists, and for locals who delight in the quirky idiosyncrasies of their home city.

Hidden Europe magazine