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When Berlin once again became capital of Germany, its Reichstag needed a face-lift - it can now be visited and is truly spectacular.
Symbolically so, the Germans were very keen to show the world and especially Europe that their country may have reunited, but has also modernised to become a strong democracy as many others in the continent. In fact, when you are on the roof of the Reichstag, you can look down into the Parliament Hall (although the mirrors take away most of the view). The mirrors serve, by the way, to let in daylight through an ingenious system. You can walk right to the top of the cupola, the view over the city is, of course, great, and you can only wonder how different the view must have been for the Russian soldiers who raised their flag in 1945.
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