WORLD CLOCK IN BERLIN
The world
clock in Berlin is somewhat of a cultural icon in Germany and a landmark that
nearly everyone is familiar with. The
clock is located in Alexanderlplatz which is a big open public square and
transport hub in Central Berlin. The
park square is often referred to as “Alex”.
The square began as a cattle market outside the city walls. It was named after the Russian Emperor
Alexander I when he visited Berlin in 1805.
The world clock was built in 1969 as part of the squares
redevelopment. The clock is cylindrical
in shape and revolves in circles, displaying the worlds 24 time zones with
major cities in each time zone listed beneath.
There is also a moving circular map of the world with light projected
onto it, showing which part of the world is in daylight. On top of the entire structure is a model of
the solar system that rotates once per minute.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_clock
SANDMANNCHEN
Sandmannchen
was a children’s bedtime television program that began airing while Germany was
still divided. There were two versions
of the show, a West and East version.
The Original idea actually originated from Ilse Obrig of the West Berlin
TV and radio station SFB. The first episode was shown in the West on
December 1, 1959 and was called “Sandmannchen’s Greeting to Children”. Only three weeks later, East Ferman TV DFF began broadcasting their own show
with a character that happened to be called Sandmannchen. The Eastern show was about everyday life,
adventure, and tavel and often included futuristic flying machines. After the wall fell the show was taken over
by the corporate Western TV companies, much to the disappointment of former GDR
citizens. Production of the show ceased
altogether in 1991 after the unification of Germany. However, episodes of the much loved Easern
show still run every night on TV.
Sandmannchen has become a very popular German pop culture icon.
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