Residential Snake
Wednesday, 16th November 2005 by Alex Turnbull
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.
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