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Potsdamer Platz is a vibrant, modern area of central Berlin, the product of a major $5 billion redevelopment of an area that was almost completely destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War (1939-1945), then neglected as part of "no-man's land" between East and West during the period of the Berlin Wall (1961-1989). A discrete self-contained area but with good connections to district around it, Potsdamer Platz is situated in the Mitte district and the huge park "Tiergarten", being easily accessible through it's own U- and S-Bahn stations.

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Where the Wall once stood, a veritable no-man's-land of disused space, has now become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Berlin. Potsdamer Platz was rebuilt by a team of world-famous architects to serve as a new center of a new capital city looking forward to the future. An Infobox, a red three-story multimedia exhibit which contained interactive displays showing what would result from all the development, was the most visited object in the square (by Germans and foreigners alike) (The Info Box is still mentioned in many guides, but note that it is long gone now, as Potsdamer Platz is finished!).

A 3-story American-style shopping mall (Potsdamer Platz Arkaden), the Sony Center, several large office, hotel and apartment highrises and Daimler-Benz's complex are some of the new business attractions on Potsdamer Platz, which was historically a heavily-trafficked area of Berlin. The Wall divided the Platz during the Cold War, but once more it plans to become one of the business centers of Berlin. In 2006 the new Canadian Embassy opened directly at the Potsdamer Platz.

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• Potsdamer Platz (U2 or S1/S2/S25)

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• Sony Center am Potsdamer Platz, Kemperplatz 1 (U-Bahn: Potsdamer Platz), ☎ +49 (0/30) 2575 500, [1]. One of the coolest pieces of architecture in Berlin, the Sony Center is a modern building, completed in 2000, and is made of a mix of offices, a movie theater, apartments, museums, shops, and restaurants. At night, the building is illuminated and the rooftop will change colors. (52.51, 13.37) edit

• Kollhoff Tower.  edit

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• the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden

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