Bridge sights in Berlin
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Oberbaumbrücke
The Oberbaumbrücke (1896), which links Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain across the Spree, gets our nod for being Berlin’s prettiest bridge. With its jaunty towers and turrets, crenellated walls and arched walkways, it has a fairytale quality and played a key scene in the movie Run Lola Run. There are great views of the Mitte skyline from here, although they used to be better before the electronic billboard of the O2 World Arena started competing with the Fernsehturm. Looking south you’ll spot the Universal Music HQ, MTV Europe, the Badeschiff and, in the distance, a giant aluminium sculpture called Molecule Man by American artist Jonathan Borofsky. Right in the river, it…
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Glienicker Brücke
It’s not particularly pretty and only 125m long, but the Glienicke Bridge is still a world-famous symbol of the Cold War: this was where the Soviets and the US exchanged their spies. Never mind that, despite its prominent role in countless novels and movies, only three exchanges actually took place, the last one in 1986.
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