The first thing that comes to mind when talking about Berlin is usually the wall. Most of it has been removed, but there are some short bits that were left standing and can be visited today.
As it is only a ~3 m grey concrete wall it would not be much of an interesting tourist attraction if it wasn't for the graffitis that cover every inch of this
Some of them are really famous, like the one in the picture above (artist: Birgit Kinder) or this one from Thierry Noir:
I think it is a pity that most of them get overwritten by ugly signatures or comments. If at least they put in some effort, but just covering this historic heritage with some cheap tags is a real waste.
These historic heritages tend to be a bit psychedelic by the way and often display political messages:
Probably the most famous one (by Dimitrij Vrubel) is this:
I was a bit disappointed to find out that this is just a copy of an actual image (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Breznev-Honecker_1979.jpg). Who on earth would have thought that is how the politicians greet each other? (for more about this Google "social fraternal kiss" and go from there).
Some more creepy nazi-kid graffitis...
And last but not least a view of both sides (if I am not mistaken the right one should be the west and the left the east). Don't get fooled by the amazing sun. It was super windy and for some reason that wall was no wind protection whatsoever. Thanks a lot, wall.
haha, you had one job wall :P an das erste Bild konnte ich mich gar nicht errinern :) was ich auch ganz cool an der Mauer fand war der Spruch: "Wer will das die Welt so bleibt wie sie ist, der will nicht, dass sie bleibt" (Erich Fried)
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