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ChangeSpot a German bratwurst
Find a grilled bratwurst (a longer, finer sausage than currywurst) on a paper plate or in a roll. Photograph it with mustard on the side.
Spot a German pretzel
Find a Brezel (German soft pretzel) in a bakery window or on a café table. Photograph the salt-studded loop.
Spot a graffiti tag
Berlin is one of the world graffiti capitals. Find a striking tag, throw-up or mural (Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, RAW Gelände). Photograph the wall.
Spot a Hertha or Union mural
Find a Hertha BSC (Berlin's blue) or 1. FC Union Berlin (Köpenick red and white) sticker, mural or fan banner. Photograph the football tribalism.
Spot a Litfaßsäule
Find a Litfaßsäule, the cylindrical advertising column invented in Berlin in 1855, plastered with concert posters and flyers. Photograph the round column.
Spot a Späti corner
Find a Späti (Spätkauf), the late-night corner shop unique to Berlin. Photograph the shelves and beer fridge through the doorway.
Spot a Spree boat
Find a tour boat or barge on the Spree river running through central Berlin. Photograph it passing the Berliner Dom or the Reichstag.
Spot a Trabant car
Find a Trabant (the East German two-stroke car) parked or on a Trabi Safari tour. Photograph the plastic body in any colour.
Spot a yellow Berlin tram
Find a yellow BVG tram running through Mitte or the eastern districts (West Berlin lost most of its trams after WWII). Photograph one in motion.
Spot an East Side Gallery mural
Walk to the East Side Gallery and find a famous mural (the Brezhnev-Honecker kiss, the Trabant breaking through). Photograph one of the painted panels.
Spot Berlin Pilsner branding
Find a Berliner Pilsner glass, coaster or umbrella outside a Kneipe. Photograph the blue-and-white logo.
Spot Berlin street art
Different from a tag, find a piece of street art with a recognisable figure (a Blu mural, a Banksy-like stencil, a wheatpaste). Photograph it.
Spot Mauerpark karaoke or guitar
Walk into Mauerpark on a Sunday for the open-air karaoke or flea market, or any day for the buskers. Photograph the crowd or a guitar player.
Spot the Ampelmännchen
Find the green or red Ampelmännchen, the East Berlin pedestrian-light figure with the hat. Photograph one at a crossing or in a souvenir shop window.
Spot the Berliner Dom
Find the Berliner Dom on Museum Island with its blue-green copper dome. Photograph the cathedral from across the Lustgarten.
Spot the Brandenburg Gate
Find the Brandenburg Gate at the western edge of Unter den Linden. Photograph the six columns with the Quadriga chariot on top.
Spot the Fernsehturm
Find the Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) at Alexanderplatz, the silver ball on a spike that is visible from almost anywhere in the city. Photograph it.
Spot the German flag
Find a German flag (horizontal black-red-gold) flying on a building, balcony or government facility. Photograph it.
Spot the Reichstag dome
Find the glass Reichstag dome by Norman Foster on top of the parliament building. Photograph it from the lawn or one of the surrounding bridges.
Spot the Victory Column
Find the gold-winged Siegessäule (Victory Column) in Tiergarten. Photograph it from the Straße des 17. Juni or a Tiergarten path.
Trivia: Brandenburg Gate year
In what year was the Brandenburg Gate completed?
Trivia: German reunification
In what year was Germany officially reunified?
Trivia: Wall fall year
In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
U-Bahn descent
Berlin's U-Bahn is iconic. Go to any U-Bahn station entrance and take a group photo with the yellow U sign visible.