Europe Trip #7: Welcome to Berlin - Siegessäule

After visiting the Brandenburg Tor and doing a scenic bus trip [which included a visit to the TV tower - coming up soon], some idiot [I was by myself... :-)] decided that despite the mini-heatwave, that today was a good day to walk half the length of the Tiergarten [next post] to visit the Siegessäule, or Victory Column. This monument was built to commemorate Prussian victories against France, Denmark and Austria. If I heard the commentary on the bus correctly, there's just over 1kg of gold on there... might be worth visiting one evening? Maybe not!

The first photo shows the monument, the second highlights the detail on the lower landing, and the third picture... well, that's one of the entrances to the walkway under the road to the monument! Even their subway entrances are flash over here! :-)