I decided to familiarise myself with Tiergarten, a.k.a. “Berlin’s green lung”. Although it is always close, no matter where in inner Berlin you are, I have never made much of an effort to get to know it. I guess I thought it would be too cultivated-park like. However, with government’s 15 km rule, and my own rule about using public transport as little as possible, this is no time to be picky.
The route on komoot: https://www.komoot.com/tour/305134669.
Tiergarten does seem very kempt in places but there are other areas where nature seems to have more of a chance. There is also a large area with many rhododendron, some streams and lakes, and wildlife (although unfortunately, I did not see any of the famous beavers).
Also many statues and memorials, some very well-known, some less so.
Not at all a bad place to have within walking distance in times like these. I expect it is crowded during weekends, though.
First a couple of photos on the way there, in Niederkirchnerstraße: A statue outside the southern end of the ministry of finance. I can’t find any details of it, and I am even quite sure it has not been there long. I seem to remember seeing it somewhere else before.
The remnants of the Berlin Wall outside the Topography of Terror, and the statue of Karl-August Fürst von Hardenberg outside the Berlin state parliament (Abgeordnetenhaus).
Further on past Potsdamer Platz, the Musikinstrumentenmuseum and the home of the Berlin Philharmonic, with the memorial for euthanasia victims on the side facing Tiergarten:
In Tiergarten just a few of the many statues and memorials. First the Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven memorial, then two photos of Siegessäule, one of some of the eight bronze animals at Floraplatz. Photo number five I am not sure of, and photo number six is the memorial for Karl Liebknecht.
I saw very little wildlife:
Some further impressions:
