Berlin Cathedral with artful illumination during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, Germany (@ Axel Schmies/Age Fotostock)

Berlin Cathedral with artful illumination during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, Germany (@ Axel Schmies/Age Fotostock)

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• Ordinarily, this grand cathedral presents a buttoned-up image to the world. But for two weeks each year…""It and other monuments of this city receive a phosphorescent makeover
• Fifty years ago, a wall went up in this city that divided it…""Both literally and figuratively
• In the summer of 1963, John F. Kennedy visited this European capital and claimed to be a local.""He even managed to adopt the local tongue
• Taking in the artistically lit buildings during the Festival of Lights is an enchanting (and free!) nighttime activity.""It\s a cheap date in this city that calls itself “poor but sexy”