Going to Berlin - Any recommendations?

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mattdreyer

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Going on a Uni study trip and was wondering if any of you guys have been to berlin and recommend any interesting places to film/take photos?
Or even just interesting suggestions for things to do there would be awesome!

Cheers
 
Make sure you see the Einstein Tower at Potsdam.
Build in the 1920s, absolute Art Deco Retrofuture Madness :-)

The Einstein Tower (German: Einsteinturm) is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by Erich Mendelsohn. It was built on the summit of the Potsdam Telegraphenberg to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich. The telescope supports experiments and observations to validate (or disprove) Albert Einstein's relativity theory. The building was first conceived around 1917, built from 1919 to 1921 after a fund-raising drive, and became operational in 1924. Although Einstein never worked there, he supported the construction and operation of the telescope. It is still a working solar observatory today as part of the Potsdam Astrophysical Institute. Light from the telescope is directed down through the shaft to the basement where the instruments and laboratory are located.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_Tower

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Frank
 
Thanks for getting back to me so quick!
And cheers for the suggestion, that looks amazing! Looks like something straight out of metropolis almost; definitely bumped up to the top of my to do list.
 
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