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how it's going with landmarks renovations?
I'll be back in July, I've been in Berlin many times, but I would like to re-experience everything if possible
most of the big stuff is cleared up now, the memorial and parliament are fine. the east side gallery is having some work done on the wall sections near the river, so that bit might be fenced off when you come. still worth a walk though
yeah they wrapped up most of the work at the Reichstag dome a few months ago, it's fully open now and the queue isn't as insane as before. the Shoah memorial is clean and accessible again, no more barriers around the stelae. if you're coming in July, check out the Neues Museum on Museumsinsel, they finally finished the long term restoration of the north wing and it's really impressive. just avoid the Sony Center area unless you like dodging construction barriers and eating overpriced food in a half empty plaza
The Gendarmenmarkt is finally looking good again, they took down all the scaffolding from the Konzerthaus and the French Cathedral last spring. If you're into the museum scene, the Pergamon is still partially closed but the Panorama exhibition next door gives you a solid taste of what's inside. For something off the usual list, the little courtyard at Hackescher Markt is fully open and the street art around there has changed a lot since last year.
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What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.