A few years later the whole area was one massive construction site (one of Europe’s biggest, I believe). Berlin’s soil is so wet that if you dig a hole, it instantly fills with water (which has to be pumped out — that’s what all those blue and pink pipes you see at every construction site are). They had teams of divers laying the foundations for what you see at Potsdamer Platz today.
Hey, welcome! I too just moved here four days ago. Wish you luck on your adventures.
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That’s where I spent my first ever night in Berlin. But it didn’t look anything like that — there was nothing there but an old hotel that was being used as student accommodation, and [this is what it looked like](https://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/1993bellevue/19226056/3-format140.jpg).
A few years later the whole area was one massive construction site (one of Europe’s biggest, I believe). Berlin’s soil is so wet that if you dig a hole, it instantly fills with water (which has to be pumped out — that’s what all those blue and pink pipes you see at every construction site are). They had teams of divers laying the foundations for what you see at Potsdamer Platz today.
Hey, welcome! I too just moved here four days ago. Wish you luck on your adventures.