When people want selfies, they won’t be stopped by anything. Even when the place is called “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe” they still think it’s a good idea to take a selfie there.

Ibo Omari is a German activist who, through his NGO Die kulturellen Erben (The Cultural Heritage) has started Paintback, a campaign to turn hateful symbols and slogans on the streets into something fun and artistic.

Lafayette, Berlin, Germany actually gives out little pieces of gold.

Photos of a cute baby hippopotamus and his mother. This baby was born at Berlin’s Zoo.

Every fall Berlin is filled with a variety of projections and illuminations. This spectacular October event is known as the Festival of Lights. Inside this post, you are invited to an incredible ‘lightseeing’ tour.

Black and white photos of post-war Berlin.

Germans seem to have found a fantastic and realistic way that turns a dull apartment building into an interesting one. Aren’t these wall paintings genius?

These photos of post-war Berlin were taken by LIFE photographer William Vandivert. He took pictures of the destroyed city in July, 1945.

This AquaDom was built in one of Berlin hotels in 2003. It’s the biggest cylindrical acrylic glass aquarium in the world filled with 900,000 liters of seawater and 2,600 fish of 56 species. Two divers work full-time to clean this huge 25 meter tall aquarium! No wonder that AquaDom that has costed over 12 million euros is the main attraction in Berlin. I wouldn’t mind taking the build-in transparent elevator and exploring the sea world myself!