The German capital has taken on something of a "second life", writes Kate Connolly in Berlin, after becoming the first city in the world to present itself in 3D on Google Earth. It's a warts and all spectacle. From the potholes in the streets to the inside of Frank Gehry's fabulous DZ Bank on Pariser Platz, the city has literally been given a new dimension thanks to the large-scale model.
More than 44,000 buildings in the western and eastern parts of the city are viewable. Most importantly 17 years after it was torn down, the former path of the Berlin Wall can be traced through the city centre - something it is otherwise hard for the imagination to conjure up when "on the ground".
guardian.co.uk / Europe
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