Day 5: Berlin

The second day Sharon wanted to go to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen 40 minutes outside the city. It's a really creepy and eerie place I wanted to leave as soon as I got there. I kind of regretted going there since I already knew what went on in those camps and visiting there did nothing for me except made my skin crawl. And going there took the entire afternoon and we didn't have a chance to go to Schloss Charlottenburg. :(



the town outside Sachsenhausen



the camp



the museum at the camp



inside the museum



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Tower A, entrance to the camp



The barracks with tiny bunk beds and washrooms where people were tortured and killed



the prison



inside the camp



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the burial site where tons of ashes were buried



the crematorium



When we finally got to Schloss Charlottenburg it was already closed so we could only take pictures outside :(



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Schlosspark



the pond in the park



? near the palace



the church near the palace



Every Thursday the museums on museum island are free for the last 4 hours, so we went to Pergamonmuseum, where many of the archaeological treasures of Greece and the Middle East are held.



the Pergamon temple



a model of the entire temple



wall carvings of Zeus and Athena



Hellenistic architecture



Trajaneum



Roman architecture


Ishtar gate of Babylon



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Mschatta facade of residence of caliph al-Walid II of Jordan



Islamic art gallery



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ancient Iranian monuments



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a model of the city of Babylon



Uruk and Habuba Kabira sculpture



cone mosaic



stele Assarhaddon of Sam'al



artifacts of Syria, Asia Minor and Mesopotamia



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relief of Yazilikaya



Assyrian artifacts



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Greek and Roman sculptures and art



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ancient coins



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After visiting the amazing Pergamonmuseum we took one last look of Berlin in the night



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Entrance to the hostel



the courtyard