Wednesday: OUR TRIP TO Berlin

After a trip by train, we arrived at Berlin.

After ten minutes, we were almost arrested by the police. This was because we were walking in a restricted area. After a conversation with the police, they told us that there was a bundeswehr converence.
A little while later, some other police men almost arrested us, this was because two of our students look like bomblayers. After they got a full check on them, they let us go again.

Siegessäule

This is the Siegessäule. This building has 278 steps. There are 277 steps too many...

The total length of this building is 67 meter and it was build in 1869-1873. The purpose of the building was to remember the 'Feldzüge' from 1864, 1866 and 1870-1871.

Fernsehturm

The building of the 'Telespargels' (officialy Fernseh- and Ukw-Turm Berlin) started in 4 august 1965.
The designs orriginated from the architect Fritz Dieter and Günter Franke together with swedisch ingenieurs.
Four years later, 3 october 1969, the tower was in use.

Some interresting numbers:

Heigth:
         with antenna: 365 meter
         concrete tube: 250 meter
         weight: 26 000 ton
         bottom diameter: 32 meter

With two turbo elevators (6 meter per second) people arrive at the top. There is a nice panorama view at Berlin. The maximum view range is about 40 kilometer.
The so called Tele-Café, that's on a rotating platform, which turns around once every half hour.

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