Brandenburg Gate

Britain's Charles III will arrive in Germany on Wednesday for his first state visit as king, after a planned trip to France was postponed in the face of political protests.

British Union Jack flags have been raised along Berlin's central Unter den Linden avenue, which leads to the Brandenburg Gate, in anticipation of the monarch's arrival.

30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War.

Bulgarian artists will illuninate the Berlin Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during the Festival of Lights. Marin Dimitrov and Marin Petkov have a lot of experience at festivals around the world, and now they are going to decorate the German capital. The theme of the Brandenburg Gate is to link cultures. This will be a multicultural show with different elements from different countries.

Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate on Jan. 2 was illuminated in the colors of the Turkish flag to pay tribute to the victims of the Reina nightclub attack in Istanbul which killed 39 people on Jan. 1.

The historic gate was illuminated in red to show solidarity with its sister city after a decision from Berlin Mayor Michael Müller. 

Berlin's Holocaust Memorial, controversial when it opened 10 years ago, has become one of the city's top tourist draws and confounded fears it would be a target of neo-Nazi protesters.

RT reported on Wednesday of new footage showing Berlin in the aftermath of World War II.

The video, filmed in July 1945, shows famous landmarks like the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag in ruins as ordinary Berliners going about their daily lives.

German President Joachim Gauck told the country's Muslim community Tuesday that "we are all Germany" at a rally to condemn the Paris jihadist attacks and take a stand against rising Islamophobia.