Thirty-five years after the Berlin Wall was toppled, 2024 images contrasted with archival photos capture the scars that remain from the cold war's most infamous border.

Berlin Then and Now. By Rick Steves Jan 29, 2010. When Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I couldn’t help remembering my spooky 1971 visit during the Cold War.

Berlin's appearance has changed enormously since the fall on Nov. 9, 1989 of the Berlin Wall, which for nearly three decades divided the communist east from the city's west — a capitalist ...

Berlin Wall, 1989 vs today Photo: Lenstore/David Köster The Berlin Wall was built by East Germany as a barrier to close off East Germany's access to West Berlin and hence West Germany.

On November 9 Germany will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, which divided the city for nearly 30 years before it dramatically fell in 1989.

As Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I can’t help remembering my spooky 1971 visit during the Cold War. When we crossed back to the West, tour buses were ...

Berlin, Then and Now. Seventy years since the end of World War II, ... remained in ruins for the Cold War period and beyond due to its location right next to the Berlin Wall.

The Brandenburg Gate, arguably Berlin’s most famous symbol, remained in ruins for the Cold War period and beyond due to its location right next to the Berlin Wall. It was fully restored from ...

Robert Ide, then 14 and now an editor for the daily Tagesspiegel and manager of a community garden that once abutted the wall, was one of more than 20,000 jubilant people who streamed to the west ...

Berlin Wall: then and now. Pictures of Berlin today, and when the wall divided the city. 05 November 2009 • 4:28pm . The Berlin Wall was breached 20 years ago on November 9, 1989.

The Berlin Wall was breached 20 years ago on November 9, 1989. In the third of several picture galleries to mark the occasion, we compare Berlin today with the city divided by the wall Credit: AFP ...