Berlin, how've you been?
You're often overlooked when travel destinations come to mind but that shouldn't be the case.
While the Alicantes and Romes of the world are despairing at their vanishing visitors and empty beaches, you're the level-headed, Teutonic city we need at the moment. You've lived through being bisected by a wall and two World Wars, after all. We won't get into who started them.
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Then there's the fact that your concrete blocks and dirty cobbles are never going to appear on a brochure any time soon. Arschhasslich is an ugly word, but Berlin you're a mess. However, the fact you don't care is to your credit.