Palast der Republik

This is, or better this was, the Parliament in the formal East Berlin. Despite strong resentments, in November 2003 the German parliament decided to demolish the building and leave the area as a parkland until funding for the reconstruction of the Berlin City Palace could be found. A parkland??? As if in Berlin there is this huge need of parkland!!! And they spent a lot of money for the deconstruction of the bulding and now they dont have any to re-build anything? Well, that doesnt surprise me, Berlin s not a very rich city, but so what's the point of deconstruct such a big palace if you have no money.
Demolition started on February 6, 2006 and was scheduled to last about
15 months and to cost 12 millions euro. The Palast der Republik is actually still under deconstruction and this is how the Palast looks like now.
About 35,000 tonnes of steel that once held this bulding together are now being shipped to United Arab Emirates to be used on the construction of the Burj Dubai.

If you want to know more about the story of the Palast der Republik or if you more simply are interested in seeing how beautiful Berlin is, you can watch this video .