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About City

Berlin, Germany

Berlin is the capital and the biggest city of Germany and in addition one of its 16 constituent states. With a populace of roughly 3.7 million, Berlin is the second most crowded city legitimate in the European Union and the seventh most crowded urban territory in the European Union. Situated in northeastern Germany on the banks of the streams Spree and Havel, it is the focal point of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has around 6 million inhabitants from more than 180 countries. Because of its area in the European Plain, Berlin is affected by a calm occasional atmosphere. Around 33% of the city's region is made out of woods, parks, gardens, streams, channels and lakes.

Climate

Summers are generally warm and sometimes humid with average high temperatures of 22–25°C (72–77°F) and low temperatures of 12–14°C (54–57°F). Winters are cool with average high temperatures of 3°C (37°F) and low temperatures of −2 to 0°C (28 to 32°F). Spring and autumn are mostly chilly to mild.

Universities and research centres

The major famous colleges are Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts, University of Potsdam, Hertie School of Governance, Steinbeis University of Berlin, ESMT European School of Management and Technology, Touro College Berlin. Berlin has a high thickness of research organizations, for example, the Fraunhofer Society , the Leibniz Association , the Helmholtz Association , and the Max Planck Society , which are autonomous of, or just approximately associated with, its colleges. An aggregate number of around 65,000 researchers are working in innovative work in 2012.

Scientists

The famous scientists are Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Max Delbrück, Hermann von Helmholtz, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Alexander von Humboldt, Edmund Landau, Bernhard Hermann Neumann, Alfred Wegener, Adolf Windaus, Carl Gustav Witt, Konrad Zuse etc.

Tourist attraction

The top Tourist Attractions in Berlin are The Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, Charlottenburg Palace and Park, Unter den Linden, The Gendarmenmarkt, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin Cathedral Church etc.

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