I'm a historian from the US and I've just spent five days in Berlin, my first time in Germany at all. Everywhere I went, world-famous history was around every corner. Today while visiting spots around town I saw the ruins of the old Anhalter Bahnhof, the ghost station exhibition at Nordbahnhof, the Berlin Wall memorial there, and the stones in the ground at Leipziger Platz marking where the wall was. None of these were my destinations, I just happened across them. And, of course, there are Stolpersteine everywhere you look.

What is it like to live amongst this profound, often sad, history? Do you become used to it and not notice it? Do you visit the memorials and museums sometimes, or ignore them? Do you read information (such as Wikipedia or history articles) about the famous things you see all the time?

Berlin is an amazing city and I wish I could stay longer, there's so much more I want to learn. My visit has been really fascinating. Thanks in advance for your answers!