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Not exactly a village
Berlin is more than one city. Some 3.4 million inhabitants live
in twelve independent districts on a surface area of 892 square
kilometers. Each one of these twelve districts has as many
inhabitants as a large city elsewhere.
But statistics say little about the diversity of urban life. Berlin
has a vibrant city center, high-intensity business life around
Kurfürstendamm and the zoo, a government quarter, one avant-garde
scene in Prenzlauer Berg and another in Kreuzberg. It also has
bourgeois residential areas with their own sub-centers and major
commercial avenues, extensive new residential complexes, villa
districts, summer cottage settlements, a few real villages, a large
number of parks, and numerous lakes and waterways.
Berlin is Germany's largest city, and also the center of the
country's second-largest metropolitan area, following the Ruhr
District. Its public transportation system meets the requirements
of one of the world's major
cities, reflecting the diversity of both the topography and the
residents.
The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) is the largest municipal public
transportation company in Germany. Together with the S-Bahn Berlin
GmbH (urban rail), which is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG
(German Rail), the BVG ensures that Berlin enjoys the mobility
essential for a metropolis.
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