World Clock

The World Clock is a large turret-style world clock located in the public square of Alexanderplatz in Mitte, Berlin. By reading the markings on its metal rotunda, the current time for 148 major cities from around the world can be determined. Each side of the column represents one of the twenty-four main time zones of the Earth, and has the names of major cities which use that time zone engraved into it.

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Date: July 4

Zoo Berlin

A giant panda from Zoo Berlin.
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Date: Jan 31

Meeting Berlin

Another souvenir from Poscrossing's 20th anniversary meetup in Berlin.
Thank you Maria!
Date: July 13

Meeting Berlin

Poscrossing's 20th anniversary meetup in Berlin.
Thank you Jo!
Date: July 13

Zoo Berlin meeting

From a postcrossing meeting in Zoo Berlin.
Distance: 273 km
Travel time: 8 days

Pit and Paule

Giant panda cub twins Pit and Paule, also known by their Chinese names Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan were born in August 2019. They were born in August 2024 and are living in Chengdu Panda Base since December 2023. Pit and Paule’s parents, Jiao Qing and Meng Meng, arrived in Berlin in 2017.

Thanks a lot Lori!
Date: March 23

Museumsinsel

The Berlin Museumsinsel is a complex of buildings composed of individual museums of outstanding historical and artistic importance located in the heart of the city. The five museums on the Museumsinsel in Berlin, built between 1824 and 1930, are the realization of a visionary project and show the evolution of approaches to museum design over the course of the 20th century. Each museum was designed so as to establish an organic connection with the art it houses. The importance of the museum's collections, which trace the development of civilizations throughout the ages, is enhanced by the urban and architectural quality of the buildings.

Unesco: Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
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Date: Feb 2

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

In 2008, six representative modernist housing estates in Berlin were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The estates, which were built between 1913 and 1934, are outstanding examples of 1920s residential architecture in Berlin: Gartenstadt Falkenberg, Siedlung Schillerpark, Großsiedlung Britz, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Weiße Stad, Großsiedlung Siemensstadt. The property is an outstanding example of the building reform movement that contributed to improving housing and living conditions for people with low incomes through novel approaches to town planning, architecture and garden design. The estates also provide exceptional examples of new urban and architectural typologies, featuring fresh design solutions, as well as technical and aesthetic innovations.

Unesco: Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
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Date: Dec 30

Berlin TV Tower

Soaring 368 metres into the sky, Berlin’s TV Tower is the city’s most visible landmark. But the tower at Alexanderplatz is not just literally a must-see sight, it is also the highest building in Europe open to the general public. And from the dizzying height of its viewing platform, you have spectacular 360-degree panoramic views out across the entire city and beyond!

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Date: June 2

Mandrill

A Mandrill from Zoo Berlin. Mandrills are the largest of all monkeys. They are shy and reclusive primates that live only in the rain forests of equatorial Africa. They are extremely colorful, perhaps more so than any other mammal. They are easily identifiable by the blue and red skin on their faces and their brightly hued rumps.

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Date: Nov 7

Berliner Dom

The magnificent dome of the Cathedral Church (Berliner Dom) is one of the main landmarks in Berlin’s cityscapeand marks the spot of the impressive basilica housing the city’s most important Protestant church. With its elaborate decorative and ornamental designs, the church interior is especially worth seeing. Yet although the church is known as a cathedral, it actually has the status of a parish church.

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Date: Jan 19

Zoo Berlin

A beautiful Asian elephant from Zoo Berlin. They currently have 4 cows and 1 bull. The youngest Anchali was born in 2012.

Thanks a lot Corinna!
Date: Dec 19

Zoo Berlin

From Zoo Berlin, the panda twins Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan. The twins were born in August 2019.  The two cuddly cubs were the first pandas to be born in a German zoo, and have been nicknamed 'Pit' and 'Paule' by their carers. Jiao Qing & Meng Meng, their parents, arrived to the zoo from China in 2017.

Thanks so much Claudia! 
Date: Dec 13

Deutscher Bundestag

The Reichstag is a historic edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Diet until 1933, when it was severely damaged after being set on fire. The reconstruction was completed in 1999, with the Bundestag convening there officially for the first time on 19 April of that year. The Reichstag is now the second most visited attraction in Germany, not least because of the huge glass dome that was erected on the roof as a gesture to the original 1894 cupola, giving an impressive view over the city, especially at night.

Distance: 634 km
Travel time: 5 days

Berlin

Potsdamer Platz, an important public square and traffic intersection and The Fernsehturm, a 368 m-tall television tower in central Berlin. It was intended to be both a symbol of Communist power and of the city. It remains a landmark today, visible throughout the central and some suburban districts of Berlin.

Distance: 634 km
Travel time: 6 days

Berliner Philharmonie

The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall.

Distance: 345 km
Travel time: 5 days

Berlin by night

From Berlin, capital of Germany! The card shows the Breitscheidplatz with the Europe Center and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Distance: 259 km (161 miles)
Travel time: 10 days