Being part of the same city, the residents and architecture of East Berlin resemble those just left on the other side of the wall, but the similarity ends there. The carefree spirit is largely absent here, replaced by one of tension, created in part by the ubiquitous presence of soldiers.
類似的建築、一樣的民族，開放地區的東柏林，除了沒有西柏林的熱鬧繁榮外，景物大致相似；最大的不同，在於滿街帶槍的軍人，憑添許多緊張、肅殺的氣氛。