Beyond Berlin's Border: 30 Years On From The Wall
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- Опубликовано: 27 окт 2019
- 30 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, what does the city feel like now? Fred Mills went to find out. For more by The B1M subscribe now - ow.ly/GxW7y
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We’d like to dedicate this video to the people of Berlin and in particular to our amazing fans in this city!! Ich bin ein Berliner 💙
Hey guys amazing video as always. What's the name of the song you use at the start?
Cool, you have visited this city 👍
if you are indeed a filled jelly donut
who filled you with their cream?
0:48 you should follow up this video about how cities in each territory were influenced based on their occupying country
I love Berlin. Haven't been there since 2006 when visiting friend. I'm surprised you quoted president speech " i am a donut" 😂😂
Also they have most eco-friendly airport in the world.
Ha
hahah! So true
Haha, such a burn
Eco friendly 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂that's because no planes fly out of Brandenburg 🤣🤣🤣🤣😁
You Germans are hilarious
have some mercy😂
You can tell he was disappointed in checkpoint Charlie.
I find it disrespectful, what has been done to the place. If I had lived this time of separation, I don't know if I would have liked what it has become. It feels more about making money from the tourists than teaching about history and what we can learn from the past.
@@lorenzzoklein9178 There are a lot of places where the history is commemorated and where there is a lot of learning possible. For example "Topographie des Terrors" or the Wall Memorial in Pankow. Checkpoint Charlie is more of an exception in my opinion.
It's a tourist trap and nothing else. Really nothing to see if one is not extremely interested in the border that separated the city.
Bet money he ended up eating at KFC
What a tourist trap, just a bunch of thugs dressed as cold era soldiers trying to rip off people that want to take pictures of the spot.
Wouldn't bother me one bit if B1M did more historical/architectural comparative videos. Good Job Fred/B1M, nice work.
Thanks for the great feedback! ✊️
I for one would love to see more videos like this from B1M. This one appeals to me as I've been to Berlin, and want to go back again even more so after seeing it in this video. 😍
I would love to see more like this! What an amazing perspective!
exactly, great job!!! just came from Berlin 3 weeks ago and really enjoyed the place!
Seeing how Germany struggled to reunify with only 30-40 years separation, imagine how hard it would be for Korea to reunite. They have been separated for double that time, the living standards has a lot bigger gap. It’s probably just impossible now.
The east and west were quite economically linked too
Back in the 90s, the situations of East Germany and North Korea still seemed quite comparable. But now the Korean separation has been going on for twice as long, and life in North Korea has been many times more terrible than East Germany ever was.
It's not really comparable anymore.
IMHO Korea cant reunite while both forces still exist. Vietnam reunited after the defeat of South Vietnam. Germany reunited after the fall of East Germany.
@@Yora21 IMO Cyprus is more like what GDR and the FRG were. Cyprus is split apart with the Republic or Cyprus in the south which is mostly Greek and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the north which is mostly Turkish. Nicosia is just like East and West Berlin with the border between the two sides cutting right down the middle with the southern side being the capital of Cyprus and the northern side being the capital of Northern Cyprus. Nicosia is the only divided capital left on Earth unless you count Jerusalem as divided (it's not, Israel controls all of Jerusalem Fakestine only claims the Eastern half)
It’s not impossible to reunify but perhaps very hard to remove divisions for several hundred years to come.
What an incredible place. You can feel the weight of history everywhere. I spent a week and a half in Berlin three years ago and would move there in a heartbeat if given the chance.
In last 3 years Berlin changed a lot. It is losing its soul. Becoming just another big city. It is beautiful tough and still my favourite.
When I was there I couldn't help but think what it would look like if the Germans had won the war.
Wee
@@moonboy2022 if germans won the war,the whole world wouldn't be the same as it is today..
@@moonboy2022 the architecture might have been great, but the rest of the world would be sht
It feels like a BBC production, it's so professional
Thank you so much!! 👏
It’s more professionally done than three old men messing around cars.
As someone who works in historical tourism, I completely understand what you mean in the cheapening of significant locations. I've learned to go to places like that at night if possible so I can actually enjoy it.
I agree but with Checkpoint Charlie it is different. It is a tourist attraction made for Americans and other international tourists. There is a fake border booth and actors disguised in uniforms. There is nothing to see. No German (and no Berliner) goes there.
The original Checkpoint Charlie hut used in the '80s is still standing in the Allied forces museum in Berlin. You'll get a far better feel for the Cold War era if you visit. For me, I still have vivid memories of Charlie, Zimmerstrasse and the original Peter Fechter memorial at Zimmerstrasse/Charlottenstrasse. Now it's all far too Disney for me ever to visit again.
At night or very early in the morning. Completely agree.
I'm 52 and visited a still divided Germany in 1989, six months before the wall came down on a college trip as an architecture student. Going through Checkpoint Charlie into East Berlin, roughly the first half mile in to the city buildings were left abandoned and you could still see WWII bullet holes in building facades. I still remember our West German host saying that the two countries were then so culturally different that the wall was a good thing. So hearing that there are still disparities isn't too surprising given how culturally different both societies were. Great video!
Considering that in 1989 East Berlin Border Guards still shot and killed people who tried to cross, no wonder West German guy was not thrilled about unification prospects
lkrnpk He probably was thrilled, just not before the wall came down
@@lkrnpk yep, there was ZERO indication the wall would come down six months after that. None. It was a concept we at the time couldn't fathom. That and no Soviet Union two years later.
@@electrichanoi7244 yeah, because there were also multiple ways how the Wall could come down, one of them would be Soviet and DDR tanks going through and occupying West Berlin...
Even if the West won, I doubt people thought it would happen peacefully. Most likely they thought there would be some local or not so local military conflict and people would die in order to get the Wall demolished.
Not wonder, the Prussians were always different from the Bavarians and Saxons
Every single peace of this channel is crisp concise and worth watching keep up the good work B1M
Thank you so much!! It’s our amazing viewers that make it all possible 👍👍
This is by far the most professional, polished and informative channel on RUclips. Please continue to make these fantastic videos. Every time a new one comes up on my feed I can’t wait to watch it! As for the Berlin Wall, having been and seen it myself earlier this year I still can’t get my head around it, it’s astonishing that this really happened within our lifetime. Thank you for bringing this really important part of European history to 2019.
7:47 while i agree with most of what Petra said, i have to disagree with her "one centre" point. i think its more the opposite. while there is a historical centre between Alexanderplatz and Reichstag, there are other centre like places such as Potsdamer Platz, Schlossstraße, Kurfürstendamm, Prenzlauer Allee, Gesundbrunnen and many more. of course due to the fact of beeing devided in 4 zones, but also berliners like to stay in their districs.
to me that is one of the things i really like about berlin: not having one crowded centre, but many "local centres".
Justus Ro ikr! I was thinking the same! There is not one centre really. Boxhagener Platz, Kottbusser Tor and others are kind of centres as well for their own district.
Everything inside the S-Bahn circle is centre. It's that simple :).
as someone not living in but near Berlin, i think thats because Berlin doesnt feel like a big city, it feels like a lot of smaller citys which happen to be right next to each other. you never get a feeling like you would get it in Frankfurt or Düsseldorf for example. i think the same is true for Leipzig.
@@dragonhunter8807 Frankfurt fühlt sich wie ein Dorf an im Vergleich zu Berlin. Nur die Türmchen geben was Großstädtisches. Kenne beide Städte sehr gut.
True! And it's like a no go for Berlin natives to say "let's meet in the center" :)
As someone living in Berlin, I agree with the guy in the red top. If you've ever been to places like Marzahn or Zehlendorf you feel like nothing changed in 30 years
Karl Marx exactly you have to go the suburbs to see the differences between west and east. Zehlendorf is one of the few places that remains like pre wwII i wouldn't change anything
Karl Marx I think it is good to remember the history of the city. I wonder also is the population of East Germany still Much lower than West Germany
Jack Emanuel yep it’s lower than West Berlin
In Berlin hardly anybody ever leaves his neighbourhood. I know enough Kreuzbergers for whom the other side of the Oberbaumbrücke is like the other side of the world.
@@vomm I don't see how this is special. Citys usually look meh and so there is little reason to visit parts without special places. However this is true for every city and also true for villages.
Extremely underrated city when it comes to European tourist destinations! There’s so many layers of history in practically every corner. We had a weeklong stay in Berlin as part of my architectural study abroad program. I was admittedly ambivalent before the trip but left just utterly amazed at its infrastructure, natural beauty and overall vibe.
The things you mention are exactly why you HAVE to enjoy Berlin by foot. Just switch sides, choose the large boulevards or the cozy parks, see ancient and modern architecture next to each other...it's a truly inspiring place!
Thanks for this!!
I am a western German living in Berlin since 2012. It is particularly interesting to see one of my favorite RUclips Channels making a video about my new home town, but the accuracy of this one was impressive. Summarizing so much information in this limited time - great job. And the interviews were well made, great questions. If these two were the only ones you asked you were really lucky because their answers were on point and I totally agree with them.
If you would have covered one of the buildings I was involved planning, it would have made my day :-P
This was refreshing change of style for the channel, Fred. Would be good to see a few more of these.
Love this style, a very easy watch!
Thanks!! 👍
More B1M gamer
Been a subscriber for maybe a year and a half now and this has to be my favorite video yet. The personal touch of including the experience that Alex lives through on a daily basis really made this a special video. It surely makes me desire to visit Berlin!
Wow, thank you so much for such great feedback 👍🙂
@@TheB1M Thank you for producing such great content! I am studying to go into Pharmaceutical Sciences to develop drugs for my career but each time I watch your videos, I second guess myself for something in construction. Your personality helps make the content so original (in turn interesting) and the editing is phenomenal. I hope you are aware of the amazing work you do!
My friend Petra is being interviewed in this video! Well done - articulate and insightful.
Very interesting video. Thanks!
She's a star!!
We’ve been watching The B1M for almost 3 years now and love the channel. It’s been great seeing already amazing quality continuously improve. Thanks for the great work.
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for making an unbiased, informative and interesting video about my home town. The interviews were amazing too!
What's your workout routine, Fred? Looking solid.
Julio Alvarez ...yeah, he’s got some big guns there. Could we get him to take his shirt off?
thick chest, big arms... no doubt
I envy his girlfriend or boyfriend, as the case may be!
I was there in 1999, Ten years after the wall came down even back then it was a surreal experience
There was still lot of vacant land where the wall was, so this video has really impressed me with the way the city has taken back that land, hopefully I will get back someday to experience this city again
One big problem in your video. You talk about the "international pressure" that lead to the fall of the wall, but like too many historians and german political analysts, you completely evacuate the fact that the East German population monday demonstrations are extremely important to understand the political uprising that lead to the fall of the wall. Westerners like to play the role of the "winners" and depict the East Germans as simple victims saved by the west and that is an utterly condescending view of German history that explains in parts why many former DDR citizens feel like «second class citizens» as you mentionned.
Olivier B Well it was the international pressure and the Eastern European context, more or less...Don’t forget what was actually going on in the other Eastern countries before the fall of the wall. A pope being chosen from Poland, Romanians living with no heat and barely any food, the Soviet Union almost collapsing economically as they gave more freedom to the Warsaw pact countries, etc.
As a Romanian, I would also add the “Free Europe” radio station that helped the Easterners a lot on a daily basis as they were given international info and the truth.
So much this. I remember thinking at the time (I was an older teenager in Finland) that the pressure was coming from within DDR (& similar in other Warsaw pact countries, though obviously with different aims), and the question was more if the Western powers would *allow* a German reunification. Once the Soviets seemed out of it, it almost felt like Western leaders were called on their words: would they or wouldn't they support reunification?
Also, what reunification would actually mean was kind of up in the air. When the wall fell everything happened incredibly fast. And it ended up being more of an incorporation of DDR into West Germany. "Neue Bundesländer" - as a naive teenager I had a hard time understanding how people in the former DDR didn't show more anger over all the small slights in the name of progress.
(There's a really good documentary about the Treuhand that sort of explains parts of why things were done as they were.)
@uaedaien People lived there? Worked there? Were engaged in protests? Were members of political parties (this is a quirk of the DDR that most people don't know about - while as you say "a puppet state" and at variable degrees of dictatorship throughout its existence, there were actually multiple parties).
Asp Tuber but it doesn’t matter how many parties it had if it still had to answer to the one in the USSR
It’s indeed not true that it were just the est Germans that braked the wall. Like the others said, they had always financial problems, which were also made from the west. The “politic of strength” from Adenauer forbid that the a country that has a friendship and economic connections to the gdr has any contact to the brd. So there wasn’t even an embassy or something like this there, Switzerland was representing west german interest behind closed doors. I know, isn’t it a little bit strange for the most neutral country in the world? But there are as well other strange things when the iron curtain was still there. So Brandt came and his change of politics were the foundation of the whole processes that came afterwards.
The two German states then started to work together, when they wanted to earn money, cause the DDRwas about to run bankruptcy and the BRD wanted more. It was forbidden to export weapons and tanks to many eastern countries or countries that get supported by the east. This rules were coming from the NATO. So the BRD brought the Weapons to Scandinavia, where the gdr was over taking them and brought them to Africa. The Sowjetunion let the other UdSSR states fall down, cause they had major issues. Without their support and control the tables started to turn in the eastern countries. The most countries didn’t wanted to be communistic anymore, but the powerful people built up dictatorships, that weren’t so stable like the one of the ddr. The ddr was the shining state of the UdSSR, the leaders were too loyal cause they always got special conditions for Berlin from the Sowjetunion cause the western world is mostly looking at this particular border. So the DDR tried everything after they lost their friend to get stabilized and the western world took advantage from it like always. The other eastern state dictators were already brought down by the people they have treated bad and in the GDR was the same about to happen, but this would have led to two German states, cause nearly each eastern country reformed itself to a new country. So why do we got one Germany today? Cause Kohl, who was afraid of loosing the next elections, knew that he only can win if he’s the one that reunifies the people, that we haven’t reunified till today is also clear. But anyway so Kohl invited some ambassadors and co. From the Sowjetunion and explained to them that is only a matter of time till the reunion, that he will take advantage of the situation in the east Europe. He said this in a private talk in his living room in Bonn, with the Russian guest. Afterwards he was founding secretly the Monday protests in the gdr, he was bringing over some banners and protest signs and co. Where u could read something from “reunification” and co. But shortly before the wall fell, only the minority of East Germans wanted to be one country with the ddr. But kohl had other plans and the brd was always prepared for including the ddr, that’s why the “Grundgesetzt” wasn’t called constitution, instead “basic law”.
So the direction was given by the brd and the ddr had to deconstruct itself in the direction to become a part of west Germany.
So that’s the storyline. It were the people who brought down the wall, that were doing the action part, but the foundation was set from the outside. Cause the protest would have ended like the first day of reunion. So the situation the ddr government and the rest of the East have been in different circumstances, weakened.
So no one saved here anyone, besides kohl saved himself and he treated the former gdr like the cdu/csu always did till this point of time: as a personal colony.
But there’s one big difference: there’s actually no “west Germany” in a mental point of view, they don’t identify themselves as “wessis”, but the East Germans do that, like they would say that they are East German. I also said “west Germany” but this only references to the area not to the mentality of the people.
Thanks for the great Video. As a german this kinda touched my heart.
Fantastic work! absolutely loved this! you should do more in this style Fred!
Great work. There is nothing more to say.
Have a nice day and greatings from an former east german inhabitant.
Love this new format! The street interviews and physical presence on location just add to already great content from your channel. Great job.
wow you've done it again Fred, brilliant video. also i think you should definitely do more mini docs like this. where you present and lead from the front. very entertaining.
Living close to the Berlin Wall and diving into its history, I am glad a lot of people hear about it. Many people underestimate the effect it had on so many lives, even today.
I was only there for two days in 2017 but seeing as it was rainy and bleak, this made me want a return all the more! Another great B1M video as always!!
Berlin has fascinated me all my life. I’ve now travelled there 4 times from Canada. A journey that will continue unabated.
20 years later the imagery of a Berlin citizen breaking the wall with an axe is still powerfully moving
Completely agree
Odd how so many of our images from those days are from the western side of the wall. People and events in the east brought down the wall but the imagery doesn't show them.
This was my favorite B1M video yet! Loved the personal insight from residents!
Berliner here. Great video on a great channel! :) It’s really worth taking a walk along the former route of the wall apart from the touristy places. Potsdamer Platz, Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie are places of great historical significance but as someone living here I rarely frequent these places. There is really no infrastructure for the inhabitants of the city, just everything catered at tourists. Have a look at where the wall stood in Kreuzberg, Wedding, Prenzlauer Berg or Neukölln. Despite the real estate boom in the recent years, there are still many undeveloped sites there. Plus, that’s where Berliners actually live. :) Download the „Berliner Mauer App“ for a Google Maps overlay that shows you where exactly the wall was.
Great piece! I am from Berlin and I found it a very true presentation of my city. Thanks!
*Fun Fact:* You can find a well preserved whole section of the wall in Montreal!
Great fact!! 👍👍
Fun Fact 2: There are still buildings with said holes to be found all over East Berlin. Though they are becoming rarer.
Taras O gg. P
Loved this new format, what a wonderful city! It would be great if you decide to continue and make it a series of videos like this one. BTW great job as always!
Fred - I think this is one of your very best episodes, if not the best. At its best, Architecture helps improve the human condition by providing better places to work, play and live. It is so much more than a pretty facade.
I think you've hit on something here. I encourage you to visit some of the greatest architectural achievements over the past 25 years, and to do in-depth follow up reports on how those space/structures are working as places for human activities. Also, is there any 'buyer's remorse' over any aspect of the construction? Are there maintenance problems, use problems? How well is a structure serving its inhabitants and the community in which it resides? Such a series could be invaluable to budding architects, structural engineers, and civil planners. I would find such content extremely interesting.
Thank you for your great thought provoking videos, the exceptional production quality, and your insightful comments.
Visited Berlin twice these past 2 years. My favourite place. Fascinating history. I remember going clubbing and getting out of the taxi to the former east and could notice the small differences in architecture and the whole feel of the place. I absolutely love this city. Hope to return very soon🇩🇪
Excellent video, more of this!
I love the thousands of faces you have in Berlin. Every corner, street, district is different. And it is so cosmopolitan. I definitely recommend going there.
Well done. Thank you
Another fantastic video from the B1M.
Love the longer-form content - great work guys :)
This is the best of the outstanding B1M videos. I have been fascinated with the city of Berlin since I was teenager during the Kennedy Administration.
Wow, thank you so much! It’s an incredible city.
Absolute great video! I love how critical and differentiated you are with this special history and how you present it in your content! Well done and carry on!
Thank you for making this video!! I still have a piece of the wall from when I visited a friend 2 months after it’s fall.
really amazing and meaningful video! I hope you guys can keep up the good work and make more videos like this.
I just visited Berlin, and while there I avoided Checkpoint Charlie because I heard that it was touristy, and not worth it. Given what I've seen in this video (starting at 3:45), I made the right decision. The one other time I had been to Berlin was in the spring of 1988. I went through the checkpoint on a bus as part of a tour. I felt no real tension there, but it was a real checkpoint back then.
Great video about my home on my favorite Channel.
One small hint: The TV Tower at Alexanderplatz is a huge tower from East-Germany to show the western the economical power. From West Berlin you can the the tower really clear.
Today the TV Tower looks like an huge dico ball in the sky. Perfetly for Berlin.
I was stationed in Berlin for a bit more than two years back in the very early 1970s. I've never been back, because just about everything that meant anything to me is now totally gone or off limits. When I was there, the West Berliners called the TV tower Ulbricht's Needle. Too bad you didn't show the ruin atop the Teufelsberg.
Wow, this was really well made! Nicely done
I can't tell you how much I appreciate these videos. So well put together. Thanks you
What a fantastic video, this isn’t what I was expecting from the definitive channel for construction
been living there for 9 years,best experience of my life for sure !
Fred, amazing video! Great topic on a great city!
Thanks so much Adam - and thanks for watching!!
Great Video. Tank you
You have some great content. I would like to see the B1M cover some astronomy builds like optical and radio telescopes.
I had the pleasure of studying in Berlin in 1978. Last year my study group met back in Berlin 40 years later. Thank you to the Hotel Bristol for hosting our group. When we were in Berlin the city was divided but we did cross to the East, via Checkpoint Charlie, which was VERY different back then. My mother lived in Berlin during the war when it was also a very different city than today. All of us from our study group all feel the same thing that Berlin impacted and changed our lives forever.
An absolute great vid, I loved the insights! Thanks for the work you put in
Amazing video!
Greetings from Dresden (omg, there were 2 pics from here in your video! :D)
As a Canadian, Berlin has fascinated me all my life. That’s why I’ve travelled there 4 times now, and this will continue unabated.
This is a great video! Thanks for that great piece of reporting of our capital!
2:12 legends say that he’s still hitting the wall with his hammer
Just excellent. I am of the generation that lived through the wall. And while you’re correct, reunification is still unfinished, the difference between then and now is staggering.
Great video, Fred! All of the B1M videos are superb but this one especially so. Very informative and interesting! More videos like this would be great but any video you post I'll watch with rapt attention.
Thank you so much for creating such quality content.
Excellent program.
Thank you!! 👍
I appreciate the more international look beyond British/London topics/cities/projects.
Really like this more personal feel of video - I mean I still love *all* of your content but this format made for really enjoyable viewing. Keep up the great work!
What a great show! Thank you!
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for the great feedback 🙂
This was a really nice video! I appreciate it. Thanks
I absolutely love your short programs and have learned so much about a topic I love though them... this one combined two great loves of mine, with both architecture and social history featuring and you summed it up perfectly when you said that you've learned the history of Berlin from a Western point of view... I have found it fascinating to visit places I've studied and longed to see since I was growing up in Melbourne, Australia, and when I arrive I'm surprised by lots of things which are completely different to what I assumed was "the norm" because the world in which these places exist are so different to the world in which I live. Thank you for such an interesting and thought-provoking perspective. I am even more determined to visit Berlin in the next year!
Fantastic video. It's great you're going beyond just the architecture of cities
Great video. History and culture are woven together with architecture. Well done.
Thanks!! ✊️✊️
I spent a week in Berlin back in April of this year (2019) and could have happily spent another week there. Like many, I came mainly for the WWII and Cold War remnants and history. To see and touch the (remains of) Berlin Wall was somewhat chilling, especially when you read the stories of those who tried to get from the East to the West when the Russians said *NO!!!*
I've also been to Dresden (briefly), Munich, and Cologne. All are great cities, although there are people in each that have not let the war die. They still maintain the attitude that you cannot take photographs of certain things, namely transport, and get very worked up when told they are out of line, the war is over, and in the words of John Lennon: "Give Peace A Chance!"
As a footnote, while I like Berlin, there is something about Munich I like even more so, perhaps because it was the first German city I ever visited, merely a bit over 12 months ago in August 2018, then again in March 2019.
I went to Berlin in May 2019 and it was a real eye opener. I feel it is a trip worth taking especially if you are born after all that happend there.
To see that whrlat ou have learned in history books is true, and feel a city deeply sorry for what happened.
I rly wanna go now
Lets be honest the quality of this channel just gets better and better. Outstanding quality content. I use so many of the videos in my teaching.
1:28 I cannot unsee the wizard, thanks Map Men
More videos like this!
What! No definitive video channel for construction outro!?!
Haha, thought we’d mix things up a bit! 😉
Great work, enjoyed the video a lot. I can absolut relate to it since I lived there for quiet a while, and you captured some of that spirit that people feel if they take the time and listen to the city.
Amazing video and super interesting topic! Hearing from natives is always a great way of learning from another perspective. Totally agree with that guy Alex
Another great presentation Fred. As I watched this it reminds me of the old border here between Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland. The "checkpoint charlie" where I live near would have been the famous "Camels Hump" bridge between Strabane Northern Ireland and Lifford in the south in Donegal. Seamless now for many years but with lasting memories of the troubles gone by like East and West Germany. Well done again. 👍
This is super going to fly to Berlin. Next Wednesday thanks guys 😊
Fred Mills 😍😍😍
I was an Ossi (Easterner) when the wall came down in 89, and more than 30 years later I can still not imagine living the West Berlin. It just feels different, and only in the East do I feel like I belong.
Attention mr. B1M, I am just now seeing this episode in October of 2020. I really enjoyed it it is a fantastic episode I've always enjoyed B1M, the architecture and cities from around the world have just fascinated me. But this one's different, this one was not actually about architecture to me it was more about people and how are architecture enhanced the lives in the city. Thank you for producing this one. I look forward to more. But please do not lose your original format that attracted me to your channel in the first place. Great job Mister B1M.
I love your channel! Keep up the good work...and your gym membership!
What a fantastic video, please do more like these!
Fantastic video and really interesting subject. I visited Berlin recently and was fascinated to see the differences between east and west that still remain. Also, I think the Berlin does such a great job of recognising its history.
Really enjoyed this and while still a fan of the engineering/construction focused content this is an interesting new strand that combines that with historical stuff. Looking forward to seeing more!
Thanks for the great feedback! 👍
Fred you presented this so well, I had to watch twice. I remember when it was tore down, but showing it from Berlins peoples point of view was interesting, thanks as always for posting !
I loved this video! You should do more like it
Love the channel anyway but this diversion to a new style of video was most welcome and thoroughly enjoyable. Great stuff. More!
Thanks so much for your support and for the great feedback! We love our viewers 👍✊️
Really good variation on the style!
Thanks for the positive feedback! 👍
I actually appreciate this style of narration. Makes more sense to bring up the historical concepts of architectural and engineering evolution. As someone whose profession isn’t anywhere near those of B1M, I really adore this video.
Thanks! I only visited Berlin in winter 1992, the first part of Germany I saw, straight from an Australian summer, so all these developments are new to me, including the good weather!
There are quite a lot of Aussie's in Berlin, somehow.