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logwire · 10 months

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Gateway to Harajuku: Where Takeshita Street Meets Checkpoint Charlie

#harajuku #takeshita street #gateway #heaven gateway #Pedestrian #Pedestrians #night walk #photographers on tumblr #original photographers #street photography #street photo #street photos #tokyo #20170515 #checkpoint #heaven #checkpoint charlie

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europeposts · 3 months

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Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, as named by the Western Allies. After the reunification of Germany, the American guard house at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction. Wikipedia

#Checkpoint Charlie #Berlin #Germany #Checkpoint Charlie Museum

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szonikuscsavarhuzo · 7 months

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Ezt kéne kirakni az osztrák-magyar határra

#checkpoint charlie #entering the soviet zone

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scavengedluxury · 2 years

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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 1990. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

#berlin #street photography #checkpoint charlie #1990s

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thomas-goetze-fotografie · 8 months

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2018.03.12 | ber checkpoint charlie

#fotografie #photography #original photographer #original photography #checkpoint charlie #berlin #lx100

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princessmisery666 · 8 months

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Photo dump of first 3 days in Berlin

#Berlin #work trip #exploring Berlin #Berlin Germany #🇩🇪#checkpoint Charlie #Berlin wall #all the food

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normally0 · 8 months

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been around the block a few times

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#berlin #checkpoint charlie #peter eisenman

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ivo3d · 2 years

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#checkpoint charlie #Still touring #bw photography #artists on tumblr #ivo3d

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tomorrowusa · 1 year

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In the bad old days of communism, Checkpoint Charlie was a crossing point between West Berlin and Soviet occupied East Berlin. It was one of the few openings in the Berlin Wall. However East Germans were not allowed to use these portals because their Soviet puppet government feared losing its population to the West.

Nowadays at the site of the old checkpoint is a museum and some souvenir shops. For this holiday season there is also a Christmas tree decorated with Ukrainian flags. It acts as a reminder that the threat of Russian imperialism is not just something in the past.

Vladimir Putin was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet secret police (the KGB). In the 1980s he was stationed in East Germany. So in addition to showing support for Ukraine, this pro-Ukraine Christmas tree could be seen as a dig at Putin.

The flag of Ukraine is distinctive and simple. If you wish to add one or more to your own holiday decorations, the color codes can be found here.