28. 1871 Capital Berlin

I'm really exited! Guess what? They founded the German Empire and I, Berlin, became its capital! Crazy, right? Now there’s buildings sites everywhere. And I'm gonna be a big modern city. State of the art actually! Can you see the houses in the painting? Those tenement blocks spring up all over the city. Because now a lot of people come here and they all need a place to stay. Finally, the administration has got the message: they are making adjustments. And I`m enjoying my makeover. It wasn’t pretty before, trust me: all the dirt, the sewage flowing through my streets. Imagine the smell! Many Berliners got sick and died of cholera and typhoid fever. Now there’s a new sewage system. All the waste water ends up on the fields outside the city. And I got a new overground train line. The Berliners are truly taking care of me. Feels really good to be the capital, I tell ya!

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Märkisches Museum

Due to the current circumstances we invite you to take a digital tour through the permanent exhibition BerlinZEIT. The Stadtmuseum Berlin presents at Märkisches Museum a host of artefacts related to the culture and history of the city. A strong level of civic engagement had already led to the foundation of the Museum in 1874. From 1899 to 1908 architect Ludwig Hoffmann designed this first city museum in the world.