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Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin

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Step back in time to post-World War II Germany at Karl-Marx-Allee, one of East Germany's main housing projects during the postwar reconstruction. Built by the German Democratic Republic between 1952 and 1960, the enormous development contained apartments for workers, shops, restaurants, a hotel, and a cinema considered enormous by the era's standards. Wedding cake-style buildings in the social classicist style tower above the nearly 2 km long avenue. The facades are adorned with ceramic facings with traditional Berlin iconography by Karl Friedrick Schnickel. As you walk down the grand boulevard, you will be able to imagine life in 1950s East Germany, when this area was a prime shopping destination and icon of the new Soviet era. Put Karl-Marx-Allee into our Berlin trip itinerary planner and find out what's close by, where to stay, and where to head next.

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Joenie1974

Aanbeveling is om van Alexanderplatz te lopen naar Frankfurter Tor. Zo loop je langs de gebouwen die indruk moesten maken op het voormalige DDR en haar inwoners maar vooral 'het westen'. more »

Recommendation is to from Alexanderplatz to walk to Frankfurter Tor. As you walk along the buildings had to make that impression on the former GDR and its inhabitants but especially ' the West '.

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AnjosSantos

Karl-Marx-Allee is a 2 km avenue in the east part of Berlin. You'll see soviet architecture as well the concept of the imponence of the main avenues. more »
Wendy V

Nice to walk along this street with typical DDR buildings. Start at Warschauer Strasse to end near Alexander Platz more »

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