football rambles

There are a multitude of teams in Berlin, so to catalogue them all would be a very time consuming job. Apart from the bigger clubs like Union, Hertha and Tennis Borussia there are many smaller clubs, some of whom show the cosmopolitan feel of the city with their ethnic backgrounds, such as Turkiyemspor and Croatia Berlin. However from the ethnic teams one name stands out: the name of Makkabi Berlin. TuS Makkabi Berlin were formed in 1970, but can trace their origins back to Bar-Kochba Berlin who were formed in 1898. In the 1920s Bar-Kochba had a moderate level of success and between 1925 and 1927 won 3 consecutive lower league championships. In 1929 they merged with another Jewish soceity, Hakoah. Unfortunately with anti-Semitism on the uprise the club were excluded in 1933 and in 1938 all Jewish soceities were banned in in Germany. Since 1970 the club has operated with a keen group and is now one of the biggest Makkabi soceities in the world. They now play in the regional leagues. 189...

What's left of it, around by Potsdamer Platz.

Germany's parliament building.

The former city gates to Berlin and probably the most famous of German landmarks.

The Holocaust memorial was built by Peter Eisenmann, who claims it has no symbolism, although it is to mark the genocide of the Jewish people during the war. It was built between 2003 and 2004 and was opened in 2005 to mark the 50th anniverssary of the end of the war.

The Television tower that was built by the GDR in the period 1965-1969. It has the weird quality of looking very small and very big at the same time.

I didn't see that much of Berlin as I was there for work and only there for a couple of days, but I still managed to see a few places.