The name of the U-Bahnhof Südstern (literally, south star) references the station's location at Berlin's erstwhile southern boundary, from which roads leaving the city radiated in a star shape.
Before "Checkpoint Charlie", the U-Bahnhof Kochstraße's signboard blurb was "Final Station in Berlin West". But that was during the Cold War of course.
The U-Bahnhof Altstadt Spandau is one of Berlin's deepest stations, built thus as this section of the U7 line runs under a river and a medieval city centre.
The U-Bahnhof Paracelsus-Bad's interior design references both the nearby 1950s swimming pool as well as Roman baths. Its Art Deco 'stalactite' lamps are noteworthy.
Boasting gorgeous classical architecture, the Hamburger Bahnhof is the only surviving great terminus from the railway period's beginnings in Prussia.
Did the 'royal red' limestone in the Bahnhof Mohrenstr underground station come from Hitler's Reich Chancellery?
In Prussian times, the square after which this underground station was named, served as Berlin's bailiwick.
The buildings on Revalerstr. 99 were pointed out to us on our very first day in Berlin. But we never had cause to enter them. It was whilst on the trail of a piece by street artist Vhils that I finally walked into the RAW-Gelände.
