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...Berlin is a city suffused with history, a lot of it sad. So it's gratifying to find a part of the metropolis that, though ruined by war and its aftermath, is now flourishing. In the last few years, Berlin's Mitte district, for three decades the cold war frontier between east and west, has been reborn as one of the city's trendiest shopping and dining areas. It's also where the politically powerful in Germany can be found conducting the country's business over a milchkaffee or a Wiener schnitzel...
...limits to visitors, but it's possible to climb to the top of the dome for fantastic views of the city. A short walk from the Reichstag is the Brandenburg Gate. Built in 1791 to look like the Propylaea of the Acropolis, the gate became a symbol of the Berlin Wall, which was first cracked open here...
...Best Jogging: Berlin has a lot of green areas, but for travelers to central Berlin, the best bet is the Tiergarten, a park with woodland, lakes and many running trails...
...Best Sightseeing: An outfit called Berlin Walks has a series of fascinating walking tours of Berlin. Daily, there's a Discover Berlin tour that includes the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. Also a tour of Infamous Third Reich Sites. All in English...
...than you can say The Sun Also Rises. A German newspaper quotes her as telling an interviewer (translated from German), "First, I'm going to do theater in London"--she will star in the play Proof--and then "I'd like to live in Europe for a while, in Berlin or Paris." She could just be making nice to Europeans, but she also sent a rocket back home: "The fact is, Hollywood is a male-dominated world." That doesn't seem to have hurt her career so far, though maybe an Oscar nod for The Royal Tenenbaums would have helped...