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Berliner Rathaus
The hulking 1860 town hall is where Berlin's governing mayor (currently Klaus Wowereit) and his senators make their offices. It sits smack dab in the city's geographical centre and is nicknamed 'Rotes Rathaus' (Red Town Hall) in reference to the colour of its bricks - not (necessarily) the political leanings of its occupants.
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Hitler's Bunker
The site of the bunker where Hitler met his maker is now a parking lot, but an explanatory panel chronicles his final days, shows a diagram of the vast bunker network, technical data on how it was constructed and what happened to it after WWII.
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Hotel Adlon Kempinski
Overlooking the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin's poshest caravanserais was the original Grand Hotel , where the 1932 movie starring Greta Garbo was filmed. A celeb magnet since its 1907 opening, it has sheltered Charlie Chaplin, Albert Einstein and even Michael Jackson. Remember him dangling his baby out the window? It happened at the Adlon.
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Reichstag
Just north of the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag has been the seat of the Bundestag (German parliament), since 1999 following a complete renovation by Lord Norman Foster. The British architect turned the 1894 building by Paul Wallot into a state-of-the-art parliamentary facility, preserving only the historical shell and adding the glistening glass dome.
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