The Tiergarten is Berlin's saving grace!
Well aware of Berlin's other assets, the older I get, the more I appreciate the many green spaces this city offers, of which my favorite is definitely Tiergarten. For the simple reason because although it does feel like you're walking through a forest - you're still in the center of town! In fact, Tiergarten is the center of town!
So, with Tiergarten you can have the cake and eat it, too: rural life at the heart of The City, so you won't miss a thing! Especially on sultry summer days like ones we just had, I particularly appreciate Tiergarten, for no matter how hot and muggy it gets and no matter how packed the city is - there's always a cool, leafy deserted, spot to be found in Tiergarten ... but the best thing is, that Tiergarten does have two faces, so depending on your mood, you can go where the mood takes you:
... wild:
... lose yourself in its wild side, which sometimes feels like you're crisscrossing a rainforest ...
...and formal:
... or marvel at the beauty of its formal side ...
... on Luise Island:
at the Rose Garden:
... at the Venus Bassin, with the fabulous Composers' Memorial in front:
... Tiergarten is dotted by a number of pretty statues to honor poets, composers, etc., among them:
Lessing
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