Image provided by Dreamstime.comThe Gate "Brandenburger Tor" maybe the most important symbol of Berlin.
The dialect in Berlin is less known for
its linguistic special quality, but for its cultural special quality.
Since centuries Berlin is a city of immigration, which grew in a short
time. In the cultural and linguistic melting pot daily arise hundrets
of everyday lifes little conflicts, in which something does not not
come up to someones expectation. The language in Berlin has developed
the ability to comment such critical situations in a coarse humorous
way, without any bad or rude swearwords.
copyright: Photographer: Simone Gobbo | Agency: Dreamstime.com The Olympic Stadium of Berlin: built for the Olympic Games in 1936.
copyright: Photographer: Ewa Walicka | Agency: Dreamstime.com The underground subway of Berlin.
The city crest of Berlin shows a black
bear with red tongue on two feet. The origin of that animal crest is
unknown.It's supposed the black bear is a allusion to the founder of
the Mark Brandenburg. His name was "Albrecht the Bear".
The bear is seen the first time on a document from 1280. But only in
the end of the 19th century, the bear received its official status as a
symbol of Berlin. Before the crest animal of Berlin was an eagle. It
was the "Eagle of Brandenburg".
