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18 Nov 2025 4 min read Berlin

Berlin November 2025

Come rain, drizzle, mist or low cloud, Berlin was explored. The sun even made an appearance on our last day for 20 minutes!

A rainy Reichstag

Nothing quite like a northern European country for efficient public transport

Some moody train stations

Some moody train stations

Nothing particularly noteworthy in this picture, I think I took it by accident, but it looks cool

Daytime shot of the TV tower

The remains of a church preserved as it was destroyed in WWII

Extra zoom shot of the clock

This was the first photo I took with my new 70-350mm lens

Nighttime shot of the TV tower

Mandatory Redbrick stickering of Tresor on the way in, mandatory kebab at 4am on the way out

Mandatory Redbrick stickering of Tresor on the way in, mandatory kebab at 4am on the way out

A small Christmas market (with delicious mulled wine)

Holocaust memorial

Brandenburg Gate

A swarm of Lancias

A swarm of Lancias

The Reichstag

A wild Porsche Carrera

A wild Porsche Carrera

Old and new

Lemke Winterbock - brewed once a year with dark caramel malts, giving caramel and chocolate flavours

A bird's eye view of a Christmas market

Long exposures of traffic in Berlin from the TV tower

Long exposures of traffic in Berlin from the TV tower

An Irish bar

Long exposures of trains coming into stations will never not be cool

A photo from each side of the wall

A photo from each side of the wall

Oddly Sauron-esque feeling from this one

Some flowers for sale in a U-Bahn station

East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

I wonder what they're chatting about

Sunshine reflections on trains

Even more, trains

You won't believe what this photo is of. It's trains

And finally, a Christmas tree in the middle of the Sony Center