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This is Wohnanlage Moabiter Werder (Moabiter island housing?) which sits just to the west of the main government district in Berlin, and although I believe it’s residential housing for parliamentary staff, Google’s automatic translation doesn’t help much.
But never mind that… it looks like a ginormous snake! How cool is that!?
Vielen Dank Vince L.
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I think the phrase you really wanted was “Wohnanlage auf dem Moabiter Werder”. Which really just means “Housing on the Moabiter Island”. Yes, that long serpentine building is a just apartments. The entire area is a complete and apparently self sufficient residential area with a school, a sports hall, parks and police and fire departments. A little bit east of there you will see the Reichstag (German Parlimentary Building) and a little south of that you’ll find the Brandenburger Gate.
Here is an official photo of the building and the surrounding area: http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/planen/hauptstadtplanung/de/moabiter_werder/wohnbebauung1_g.shtml