It's been 30 years since the Berlin Wall fell and the country was re-unified, but quirky signs abound that the German capital was once split between East and West.
This undated photo provide by the European Space Agency and captured by ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, shows the German capital Berlin from the International Space Station, ISS. Seen from above, street lights in the former East Berlin appear slightly more orange; those in the western part of the city are a harsher yellow.
But those who look closely will spot other signs that the city was once split in half: from stoplights to manhole covers, the differences that marked East and West Berlin have survived into the new century, some visible even from space:Like many products of the east, the Ampelmaennchen — literally the “little traffic light man” — was nearly discarded after the fall of the wall in 1989.
Since the two opposing sides couldn’t agree to work together when the bridge required repairs, each conducted them separately. The paint was applied differently and faded un-uniformly, and the two shades of green meeting at the middle of the bridge are still clearly visible today.The East’s ailing economy was expected to converge with that of the capitalist West after a period of transition, but numerous differences remain.
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