Berlin
Between Christmas and New Year I travelled with my brother to Berlin on a photography and city trip. Lots of walking, taking photos and having beers. We also took a day trip to Leipzig and Wittenberg, places I’ve not been before, now off the bucket list.
I like Berlin. It’s a bit scattered and disjointed, having been two cities for a long time, but it manages to be both down to earth and bohemian at the same time, which is an interesting mix. Its turbulent history is visible everywhere, and some places are quite emotional to visit. This still sits badly with many people, but at least you can give the Germans credit for not trying to hide what has happened. A case in point is the Neue Wache, a powerful testimony to the horrors of war.
Photos are taken with the Fujifilm XT-5, with XF10-24mm, XF50mmF2.0 and XF80mmF2.8 lenses, and a GFX50R with the GF80mm lens. We got good light a few times, and the GFX50R is just marvelous when that happens.
![Friederichstrasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901470124-DZTJM82WIQVFSDS0GG75/20221227-FXT52752.jpg)
![Construction work](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901468763-QFDUI6DLJP4GFT11BS6U/20221227-FXT52762.jpg)
![Neue Synagogue](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901504657-7IQAC8OEIA7A1SOQIGAK/20221227-FXT52783.jpg)
![In East Berlin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901508899-0K2QVGV01NK06G0513XV/20221227-FXT52788.jpg)
![In East Berlin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901549814-7JPLKNO4MHS4L4BPX9L8/20221227-FXT52790.jpg)
![St. Elisabeth-Friedhof Cemetery](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901549332-RVXBONCW9UR77HZQNLQC/20221227-FXT52832.jpg)
![Paul-Löbe-Haus](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901582513-01SAXNDOB0AV0M17HWSF/20221227-FXT52849.jpg)
![Oranienburger Strasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901624210-NCCYYHJOXBB77I9W1YW8/20221227-G50R5276.jpg)
![Doorway in the sun](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901643391-54I5HABJSGNE07QWHCFJ/20221227-G50R5280.jpg)
![Berlin Wall Memorial](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901698105-T6S73H7K5OTA3JPQH93B/20221227-G50R5299.jpg)
![Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901737537-2L6WTSN5KZSS224XELSM/20221228-FXT52883.jpg)
![Thomaskirche](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901770597-YPBVY6W65J4T5YNKMZ5A/20221228-FXT52890.jpg)
![Federal Administrative Court](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901782450-RLB2QNDX4YGZXCC6U56C/20221228-FXT52911.jpg)
![Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901796360-CXR20T45PAVYIHZV3AK7/20221228-FXT52930.jpg)
![Augustusplatz](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901809325-2QVYE0ULCVE5VU1UD5AS/20221228-FXT52956.jpg)
![Augustusplatz](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901815087-UBLCBSPNUTMCVYA0I6WL/20221228-FXT52959.jpg)
![Aula und Universitätskirche St. Pauli](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901843293-XPTPY0ZCBHX0EHILLRZ8/20221228-FXT52962.jpg)
![Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901848412-S9TF6ON2YPE7XY84VJ4P/20221228-FXT52981.jpg)
![Removing the Christmas market](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901869095-IY69VYUSEANVQI93136H/20221228-FXT52988.jpg)
![Lunch at Auerbachs Keller](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901899095-IHLOAG427NT0KJYVLOT6/20221228-FXT53010.jpg)
![Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901905487-YMEQC4270BWZCQSUDAFJ/20221228-FXT53015.jpg)
![Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901930309-BPP4S5HI3NUMR4CRXAFS/20221228-FXT53017.jpg)
![Oper Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901936495-3YZDLNWZOLITRQHSBFH0/20221228-FXT53020.jpg)
![Leipzig Hauptbahnhof](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901954830-OH3D643TJF5NLGUKAW2E/20221228-FXT53023.jpg)
![Leipzig](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673901992006-HIP6VP1JYX6A0XYBUG57/20221228-G50R5306.jpg)
![Schlosskirche in Wittenberg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902013151-8TKRJCZ2HRREWC2W65CD/20221228-G50R5315.jpg)
![Wittenberg](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902061382-9XX8Q7ZCGW8QQT0STDD7/20221228-G50R5321.jpg)
![Hardenbergerstrasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902046202-NYE1KRNQM91M329M4PRM/20221229-FXT53078.jpg)
![Kurfürstendamm](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902076344-AEA3V0OBOPSZ50882TOJ/20221229-FXT53097.jpg)
![Still lighting up](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902080531-GC2UV22A47QOBG4UFYO0/20221229-FXT53158.jpg)
![Art at Tauntzienstrasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902107190-LAF17LTG0ZHZBZO1IIH6/20221229-FXT53166.jpg)
![Tauntzienstrasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902113563-IJDY46MFXMBMHIFIH76N/20221229-FXT53169.jpg)
![The pipes in Berlin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902142660-KY3S7E4ZL22IN1TGRPGE/20221229-FXT53184.jpg)
![Tiergarten eagle bridge](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902154635-22BE1ZQTIFGKIFLM18I7/20221229-FXT53205.jpg)
![Tiergarten](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902197180-JYL08ZKVZ8SPEUDX964F/20221229-FXT53207-Edit.jpg)
![Getting a snap at Checkpoint Charlie](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902184826-IZ6PVI53UR13XFVC6XNF/20221229-FXT53242.jpg)
![Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902203551-0QD4OS6DAWRD5S801Y7Z/20221229-FXT53267.jpg)
![East Side Gallery](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902229060-MRO0GC10O8ED21NGIDFD/20221229-FXT53277.jpg)
![East Side Gallery](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902226892-9A3GCU44V4TID4XPDHXH/20221229-FXT53281.jpg)
![East Side Gallery](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902254014-K2CYKZDSVSBEGC75NUDM/20221229-FXT53292.jpg)
![East Side Gallery](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902258021-I2RX1LQKHVLFOYBOXA6T/20221229-FXT53306.jpg)
![Warschauer Strasse U-Bahn](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902286355-V5NMD66MS216JJRJ65W3/20221229-FXT53310.jpg)
![Contruction work](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902304490-2EQFWQT3QWEQGK5OWEB3/20221229-G50R5334.jpg)
![View from Berliner Dom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902308601-SX3NYFH4PLRQQ49ANCBX/20221230-FXT53378.jpg)
![Berliner Dom](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902324633-11K50WFOZOXHI2OX5PGO/20221230-FXT53383.jpg)
![BuddyBear](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902330263-ZQKRJ3C1E97Q4CZR6HBP/20221230-FXT53406.jpg)
![Comeback ad](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902351583-1LP09GVT93AVTOVERC6T/20221230-FXT53407.jpg)
![Karl Liebknecht Strasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902363901-D1K15XNQ5EE74VWCJEHA/20221230-FXT53430.jpg)
![Gendarmenmarkt under construction](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902378216-CCV8IHET8GEIXGVX2YO4/20221230-FXT53483.jpg)
![Gendarmenmarkt under construction](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902388831-03RNIJF9UGW37QBV86KZ/20221230-FXT53497.jpg)
![Wilhelmplatz](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902397178-OYI22DQA8NF0OYW1P6PF/20221230-FXT53521.jpg)
![Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902407719-EUJR6G0FUL0C47HMJWNX/20221230-FXT53538.jpg)
![Protests at the Russian Embassy](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902437743-FNQAWHQX4QOBP37K92TO/20221230-FXT53561.jpg)
![Unter den Linden](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902437766-JZXYNXFHMDX555DKD36O/20221230-FXT53567.jpg)
![Buses everywhere](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902460436-C7TKU6ZYAUYT0ES1HPVX/20221230-FXT53574.jpg)
![Blond lady](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902459639-0EV721HGGLSXUM3BDPR0/20221230-FXT53584.jpg)
![Under den Linden](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902498275-6EYMCLADHW3HJ2HF2ADX/20221230-FXT53589.jpg)
![Waiting for Ampelmann](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902500472-7IK5C5ZXJ8INE066OVJ4/20221230-FXT53594.jpg)
![Tourists on the move](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902530345-G5XM3AHBWR5CKNFC2I3O/20221230-FXT53597.jpg)
![BuddyBear](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902544402-U19KLVY5KDE4ICFRXA7O/20221230-FXT53601.jpg)
![Stefán at Gaffel-Haus Berlin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902562665-F43PAY01FWOCGFT1IL3G/20221230-FXT53607.jpg)
![On the move](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902570311-O95OLCIX36X3ZWCC1S9D/20221230-FXT53610.jpg)
![Smoke break](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902587812-WI0KPFZJ23ZK34RGG7K8/20221230-FXT53623.jpg)
![Friederichstrasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902597477-9SFYNHWM6LU50U6SK3X6/20221230-FXT53626.jpg)
![Friedrichstrasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902613297-Q1KZYSYHKSGBNKQ88W3N/20221230-FXT53643.jpg)
![Old man in a hurry](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902618431-O7RT5OCNZ17QDKD9Z47O/20221230-FXT53647.jpg)
![Tourists on the move](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902677309-G99A5DG4JKXCGCL43GEZ/20221230-G50R5365.jpg)
![Karl Liebknecht Strasse](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902684748-PGORF1GKEIGX1PWIOX0R/20221230-G50R5369.jpg)
![Brandenburg gate](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902716706-J8O66SJKX3BU1GW1U3OB/20221230-G50R5391.jpg)
![Selling pretzels](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902715580-CP5TXBQ7K77EV9NPUY9W/20221230-G50R5397.jpg)
![Unter den Linden](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902747858-57OJPF2DK1K8G9QLLE7T/20221230-G50R5398.jpg)
![Unter den Linden](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdf9fe7ff074777c985b32e/1673902747145-ZP2LNYVU1EG4JRIOP3TN/20221230-G50R5400.jpg)