Yet, perhaps because the past still rings like a warning – and is still physically visible in the topography and architecture of the city today – Berlin is striking in its simplicity, its radiant modernity (symbolized by the glass dome of the Reichstag, a conception of the British architect Norman Foster), and, above all, its intensity.
Essa energia positiva contrasta fortemente com a beleza decadente de Paris, uma cidade que está num caminho de “museificação.”