And that other half-city, over the wall? That wasn't Berlin. That was East Berlin, a forbidding fortress of a place, gray and lifeless, brooding and dull. If you go: Berlin.

Communist East Germany closed its border in Berlin on Aug. 13, 1961, when it erected a wall that eventually turned into an increasingly elaborate fortification snaking through the city and around ...

One train and one subculture arguably define Berlin’s cultural stereotype: the Ringbahn and the underground party. The former, which translates to ‘ring train’, circles a 26-mile long loop, offering ...

The Berlin Wall stretched for almost 27 miles across the city and employed landmines, dogs, and barbed wire to discourage escape attempts. Still, over 5,000 people managed to reach western Europe ...

A chunk of the Berlin Wall was transplanted to Vatican City in August 1994. In the graceful garden where popes have been meditating and relaxing since the 13th century, the Wall is decorated with ...

Berlin: The Wall; Berlin: The Wall. 25 minute read. TIME. August 25, 1961 12:00 AM GMT-4 ... sent his agents fanning out to grab control—first of the Berlin city administration, ...