Jeez, why is this city in such a hurry? We just had christmas a little while ago and the new year isn’t that old either but the city shuts down christmas lights wherever they can. Did they figure that all tourists visiting for the holidays are gone anyway now and Berliners don’t care? Kurfürstendamm: pulled the plug, Friedrichstrasse: darkness, just the trees at Unter den Linden are still lit up. In my old hometown they waited at least a little while more until they shut down the lights. I mean, yes, Berlin is bankrupt, but *not* that bankrupt? Seems to be a common phenomenon here in this town since Berliners obviously are in a hurry too to throw out their christmas trees. Sidewalks are just full of them.
Well, I guess I have to enjoy myself with other lit up places, for instance this building 
