{"id":2587,"date":"2011-08-20T08:40:10","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T07:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2011-08-20T08:40:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T07:40:10","slug":"ddr-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2011\/08\/ddr-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"DDR Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On one of the previous weekends I hung around Berlin, I dropped into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddr-museum.de\/en\/\" title=\"DDR musuem\">DDR museum<\/a>. It&#8217;s literally around the corner from where I stay and holds a lot of the memorabilia from the East Berlin side when the wall divided the city. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/TrabantBig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Trabant.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Trabant\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Trabant.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Trabant-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They had plenty of artefacts, everything from cars, school articles, clothing and newspapers and create a stiflingly close atmosphere that makes you feel like you&#8217;re transported in time. Perhaps it was also its popularity with people and the fact that the rain brought even more people than usual inside. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/BugBig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bug.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bug\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bug.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Bug-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t get the audio guide, but there with plenty of signs to see, and things to interact with, there was enough in the two large sections to keep me busy for a couple of hours. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/InterviewBig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Interview.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Interview\" width=\"550\" height=\"825\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Interview.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Interview-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddr-museum.de\/en\/\" title=\"DDR Museum\">DDR museum<\/a> is found on Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1 right on the river Spree and directly opposite the Berlin Cathedral.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On one of the previous weekends I hung around Berlin, I dropped into the DDR museum. 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