William Cook

Chaotic centre of culture

It’s 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. William Cook on the city’s changing face

issue 07 March 2009

It’s 20 years since the Berlin Wall came down. William Cook on the city’s changing face

On the west bank of the River Spree, beside the old route of the Berlin Wall, there is a building which sums up the strange renaissance of this wonderful, awful city. The Hamburger Bahnhof used to be a train station.

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