{"id":8441,"date":"2013-12-19T14:21:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T13:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=8441"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:47","slug":"berlin-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/berlin-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Siegess\u00e4ule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I climbed to the top of the Berlin Siegess\u00e4ule (Victory Monument) with my new friend Annette. The monument was originally built to commemorate the Danish-Prussian War, but by the time it was erected in 1873, it was also used to commemorate the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars. It was smaller and located closer to the German parliament, but the Nazi&#8217;s moved it further away and lengthened it by 7.5 m in 1939. The French wanted to dynamite the monument in 1945, but thankfully they were prevented from doing that and we were still able to enjoy the (windy) view of Berlin from the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-1-453x680.avif\" alt=\"Berlin moniment\" width=\"453\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-1-453x680.avif 453w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-1-768x1152.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-1-600x900.avif 600w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-1-233x350.avif 233w, 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https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4-680x510.avif\" alt=\"Berlin moniment\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4-680x510.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4-768x576.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4-900x675.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4-250x188.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4-1000x750.avif 1000w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-4.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5-680x453.avif\" alt=\"Berlin moniment\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5-680x453.avif 680w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5-900x600.avif 900w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5-250x167.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5-1000x667.avif 1000w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-5.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-annette.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-annette-510x680.avif\" alt=\"Annette\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-annette-510x680.avif 510w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-annette-768x1024.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-annette-675x900.avif 675w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/11\/berlin-monument-annette-250x333.avif 250w, 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