In 1965 East Berlin decided to build a huge TV Tower to show the world their strength.  It’s not usually mentioned that they had to bring in Capitalist Swedes to design the tower.  In any case, four years later the East Germans had one of the largest free-standing structures in the world.  Unfortunately for the East Germans, when the sun was up the reflection off the ball was in the shape of a cross.  This was a bit of an embarrassment for the Communists, having spent much time removing all symbols of religion from their city.  The West Berliners started to call it the “Pope’s Revenge.”

Now there’s a rotating restaurant on top from which some pretty good views can be had.  We didn’t want to shell out 19 euros to go up, so you’ll have to be content with these pictures.