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Grand tour starts at the Brandenburg Gate.(Travel)
From:
The Washington Times
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November 13, 1999| Author:
Slusser, Richard
| COPYRIGHT 1999 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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If you are bored in Berlin, you shouldn't leave home.
The city's most popular attraction is the Brandenburg Gate, according Berlin Tourism. It is followed by the red Infobox on Potsdamer Platz, an elevated structure that shows visitors what the new city will look like.
Next come Kurfurstendamm, site of the ruined spires of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and a busy shopping area; Gendarmenmarkt and Friedrichstrasse; Hackesche Hofe, a renovated cluster of...
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