Berlin, Germany

I find Berlin to be a sad city, still slowly recovering. Despite this, I admire Berlin for the past troubles that it has had to overcome. I admire the way that they accept their history and admit to it. When visiting, the whole city shows the wounds of the past, and the rebuilding of the city is overflowing with symbols and memorials. 

Opposite the Neues Museum we stopped to look at this juxtaposition between old and new. 

The way that the modern architecture has been merged through the window size and shape, means the buildings connect. 

 Columns of the Neues Museum, I was very intrigued by this building. The architect David Chipperfield wanted to preserve the damaged structure. Much research went into creating new identical columns, and the outcome is striking, demonstrating the raw truth that this building was once partly destroyed. 

 I have always been fascinated by shrapnel damage marks; first hand evidence to show what once took place. The war is spoken about so much the stories almost seem to turn fictitious, but when reality is aired like this, it helps one understand what really happened. 

Bullet marks inside the museum. One can visualise the scene.

The museum's interior decor is a worn down presentation of pre-war Neues. Again, remembering what Berlin went through. 

A photograph taken from house-arch.com of Neues post-war.