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BERLIN - Mit første besøg i Berlin var i januar 1967. Et minde for livet. Berlin var delt. Der var en verden til forskel på det dynamiske liv i Vestberlin og det grå og triste i Østberlin. Togrejsen fra København gik gennem Østtyskland. Dem, der har oplevet dette, glemmer det aldrig. - Når man stod om aftenen ved muren i Bernauer strasse og så lyshavet i vest og mørket i øst, var det skræmmende og betagende.

Jeg har senere besøgt Berlin efter Murens fald nogle gange. Især ændringen af innerzonen af Berlin er fantastisk, når man erindrer Muren. - Der er mange smukke steder og parker i byen, også i den østlige del. Billedkavalkaden foroven illustrerer nogle af mine indtryk fra den vestlige og den østlige del af det nuværende Berlin.

Berlin har en særlig sjæl som få storbyer (3,5 mio. indb.). Berlins befolkning har nu været genforenet siden 1989 og alligevel ses tydlige forskelle i vest og øst af byen.

Jeg har besøgt byen på alle årstider og trods mit mangelfulde tyske er konklusionen: "Berlin ist immer eine Reise wert...!"

BERLIN - I have visited the capitol of Germany around the year, the first time was a January weekend in 1967. As always the winter is cold in Berlin. At those days one could discover a certain differentia of the area of Berlin. West was glamorous, East was depraved. West was light and fun and busy time, East was dark, controlled and stereotype.
The train brought me through East Germany via East Berlin to West Berlin. The former Communist-country DDR was a mountain of bureaucracy during the travel.

After the collapse of the Iron Curtain I have been in the city some days, always with pleasure. The power-point-show above provides some picturial impressions over time. In recent days Berlin has experienced great hours by hosting the WM-final in soccer at the famous Olympia Stadium (July 2006), in May 2006 the new Lehrter Bahnhof was inaugurated and later on shall follow the central airport Brandenburg (re-established upon the former DDR Schönefeld in the south east area of the city) as a replacement and supplement to the old famous Tegel and Temmpelhof.

Without any doubt I shall return to Berlin, not feeling that "Ich bin ein Berliner", however enjoy and watch the greater area of the 3,5mio. city.