All text and images by SL Wong unless otherwise stated
In the top right, the city centre is supposed to be visible from Berlin's highest hills, the Müggelberge. - by SL Wong
The Reichstag affords some views of West Berlin, but mainly of the Tiergarten. - by SL Wong
Likewise, Wenders' angels from the top of the Siegessäule would have gazed upon a Tiergarten canopy. - by SL Wong
Ah, the city centre with the Fernsehturm, taken from the Französchischer Dom in Gendarmenmarkt. - by SL Wong
The view from within the city centre is not bad, taken here from the Park Inn Berlin-Alexander Platz. - by SL Wong
Nothing of course beats the view from an airplane .. - by SK Mandal
.. Unless it's the city skyline from the Dörferblick in the southern Rudow locality - bingo! - by SL Wong
Photographing a bird’s eye-view of Berlin is not easy: it’s very flat and doesn’t have big city skylines. But that’s part of the capital’s charm. However, that is slowly being changed by a highrise boom. Ignoring the obvious Fernsehturm (TV Tower) option, I attempted to photograph city vistas from various locations.
Read related stories about the Mueggelberge, the Reichstag, Wim Wenders and the Siegessaeule and the effects of flying between Berlin and Malaysia.