As I have already introduced in a past post about the Brandenburger Tor and its surroundings, the west side of the commemorative building leads you to one of the biggest urban parks in Germany, named Tiergarten.
Right before getting into the park, the Reichstag building rises up, another spot full of history. It used to be home of the German Empire, but it soon got ruined after fires and wars - specially during the II World War. When Germany was divided (1933-1990), the parliament of the German Democratic Republic (communist Germany) met in the "Palast der Republik" in East Berlin, while the parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany met in the "Bundeshaus" in Bonn - federal city which was the former capital of the democratic Germany from 1949 until its reunification in 1990. Once Germany got reunified again, the German Parliament met back in the Reichstag, being called Bundestag from then onwards.
It is possible to visit the inside for free – which I highly recommend, specially getting to the rooftop of the glass dome while enjoying the views over Berlin. The dome has been provided with a circular ramp around the glass structure on the pic above that will take you to the top meanwhile offering information, pictures and old documentation about its past. The purple seats point out the main chamber where the legislative issues are debated.
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