Berlin is the right place for this Abgesang. The present is filled with the past and pregnant with the future. The city was the ending point of travel for the Peace Car through Europe, beginning in Holland and ending in Hamburg via Berlin. Because there appears to be no base for comparison, the differences between these cities becomes more evident. Every city is connected to its own special period of time. For example, Hamburg was a dominant harbour in the time of the Hanse. Now it seems that Berlin is the centre of a new, free Europe.