Berlin Pics

The Trabant was an East German car, a P 50, powered by a smoky two-stroke generator that maxed out at 18 hp; the P stood for plastic and the 50 signified it’s 500cc engine that used only 5 moving parts. To conserve expensive metal, the Trabant body was manufactured using a form of plastic containing resin strengthened by recycled wool or cotton. There was a waiting list of up to ten years to get one so old ones sold for the same price as new ones.



Most of the beer gardens in Berlin face the canals and are made to look like beaches. Every lunch time you head for the canal beach for a quick beer and a sausage and watch the passing boats.

AlexanderPlatz - the centre of former East Berlin