A secret Island? Peacock Island

It's an Island, but not so big as you may expect and not so little when you know where to find this place. 

It's and historical landscaped garden near Berlin- actually just outside. It's a world heritage now and build or better those Island has been planed and made to walk around from the prussian king. Designed as a summer residence for the king. So what we see today is from around 1793- the little castle, the other buildings like churches and all you need for a model farm. But actually the Island was first called the rabbit Island as it was a breeding station in the last 17th hundred. But even this was not the first. 1685 the Johann Kunckel got the Island as a present to sett up a new way of making glass and to help the industry to get money on their feed back. He then discovered a process to produce red glass. But as times changed and Kunckel had no money coming from the Frederick Williams heir and the foundry was destroyed by a fire, he went to Stockholm and worked for the King of Sweden. 

So after nearly one hundred years the Island became the shape we know today. 

Now it is kind of a secret walk to take. Going by car or bus you have to take the last meters by boat. Then you have a lovely place in english style and very dreamy houses and fake old houses and fountains to cross. And the peacocks are really there now in color and white. Calm it is and there is also a place to play for children and some food to get for the older once. Then you can discover the place where the old palm house was and while the sun is burning you always have a shadow to cool you down. 

After leaving this Island you can choose to eat in the restaurant and then take the way next to the river, which is about 4-6 kilometers to the overground, but you can take the Bus when you have arrived at the Big Lion statue. 

So if you are in Berlin and have time over- Go and see Wannensee and Potsdam and there between is it- the Island.

Now some pics to imagine how nice it could be to be there by yourself.

you could hunt from inside that building- it's true they did

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Wannsee beach on the other side which is kind of Easter sea beach for Berlin  people since a very long time

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