Berlin's Bridges, the Schlossbrucke Moltkebrucke and Liebknechtbrucke, suffered server damage during World War 2 but they are still worth seeing. This is a great view of the Berlin Cathedral and the Fernsehturm TV tower with the bridge statues in the foreground.

The bridge statues, restored to their former Prussian Glory, are very attractive. The most famous bridge is the Schlossbrucke but there are many others that cross Berlin's Spree River and canals. One of the best ways to see them in their glory is to take a Berlin tourist river boat sightseeing cruise.

If you walk over the Moltkebrucke bridge you will see that it is guarded by a huge griffin holding a shield adorned with the Prussian Eagle. Have a look at the cherubs on the bridge. They are dressed in a military style and hold up lamps. On the Liebknechtbruckle bridge look out for the ornamental bear designs

A lot of Berlin in the Western section of the city during the cold war was knocked down and replaced with ugly modern 1950's tower blocks. This contrasted dramatically with what happened to the surviving old buildings in the Communist Easterns Section of Berlin. They were patched up and used as the Soviets did not have enough money to start a major rebuilding program. When the Berlin wall came down in 1989 the German government of a newly unified country started to restore the old Prussian neo classical buildings of central Berlin.

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