Joyce Matthews | Travel & Hidden Gems

The famous “Flesh Mural” on Bernauer Straße captures the raw reality of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall wasn’t just a political line, it felt like a violent cut straight through the living flesh of a city and its people. If you look closely at the grain of the meat, it forms the actual map of divided Berlin.

Skip the crowded tourist spots for an hour to walk down Bernauer Straße.
The surrounding streets still hold the echoes of the “Death Strip” that once ran right alongside them.

📍 Wolliner Straße
📍 Brunnen Straße
📍 Bernauer Straße
📍 Ackerstraße

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