A city steeped in history

WHY did it take me so long to visit Berlin? The German capital had been on my list of places to see for years.

I was intrigued by its war-torn and divided past. I was fascinated by its underground artistic scenes. And on a crisp winter’s day, I finally arrived, ready to immerse myself in it all.

What I wasn’t ready for was quite how many surprises the city held in store for me. Surprises such as KaDaWe, a department store that is more than a century old and that is all you can see when you emerge from the underground at Wittenbergplatz. This is the second largest department store in Europe (beaten to first place by Harrods in London). It attracts up to 50,000 visitors every day and I couldn’t help but become one more.