Digital TV

Every year thousands of people take holidays abroad, Europe is a major tourist destination during the summer months.  Berlin has always been intriguing with regards to the history of the city.  Berlin has totally reformed since world war II, this war had a significant effect on Berlin, and left rubble and broken buildings all over the city, after Berlin took most of the bombings.  More than one third of all industry in the city was destroyed and over half of the buildings.  The division of West Germany from East Germany was formalised in 1949.  At first movement between the two areas of Berlin was fairly open, both east and west Berliners were allowed to move freely between the two, to visit friends, shop, etc. However in 1951 the GDR enforced restrictions on the people of west Berlin, permits were required when travelling across the border, from west to east.

The GDR government then started construction of the Berlin war, this began on the 13th of August 1961.  The inside German border was heavily mined and guarded and fenced.  The people of Berlin were left stunned and formal protests were a regular sight.   There were many well documented escape attempts, which can be seen in detail in the check point Charlie museum.  The wall came down on 9th November 1989, but by this point almost 200 people had lost their lives trying to get over it.

The turning point for Berlin was undoubtedly when the wall came down, check point Charlie is now a museum and viewed by thousands of tourists each year.  Berlin is a city that is well worth visiting, and has much in the way of culture and history to offer the tourist.  There are many nightclubs, restaurants and cafes, and for those who like walking and sight seeing there is plenty to see and do.  There are plenty of cities which are close by which are also worth a visit.  Cottbus is a city which is situated between Berlin and Dresden, on the River Spree.  There is much accommodation around this area Hotel Cottbus being one of them.

The hotels in Cottbus and restaurant Cottbus are regularly updated to keep up with the competition from neighbouring hotels.  Many of the hotels in this area now boast the added luxury of digital TV, which has many more free channels to offer the paying guest.  It is imperative that hotels keep up with regular furnishing to ensure the guests keep coming back.  Most of the hotel furnishings in this area are contemporary but have a welcoming feel about them.