🇬🇧 Back in 1990, Japan’s TV Asahi launched a campaign to celebrate the reunification of Germany. Money was collected Japanese cherry trees – popular ornamental trees that are said to bring peace and serenity – can be planted in different parts of the country but mostly, in Berlin and Brandenburg. The campaign was able to raise 140 million yen (that’s about a million Euros) and those donations made it possible to plant over 9,000 trees. The first batch was brought to Glienicker Brücke a.k.a. Bridge of Spies and the rest were spread out in former borders and other public areas.* (text taken from the blog Almost Diplomatic)
We visited one of these places today and we biked there from Berlin Kiez Friedenau direction south towards city limits.
Cca 8km of beatiful bicycling and due to crisis caused by virus pandemic in almost totally car-free environment.
Full name of this park is TV-Asahi Kirschblütenallee (TV-Asahi Cherry Blossom Lane)
2 km long walking path which goes between cherry trees all the way and almost all that time at what once was Berlin wall and today is a border between Berlin neighborhood Lichterfelde and town of Teltow which belongs to the district Potsdam-Mittelmark in the state of Brandenburg.
One can easily spend whole day here, and in a surrounding area, keeping the "social distance" bicycling, waking and chilling.
Cherry trees will be soon in full blossom so you're not too late to enjoy seeing them.
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