I wasn’t aware that there were several hundred of these buddy bears located around Berlin, not that I was intending to try and visit them all anyway. The project started in 2001 when 350 of the painted bears were placed around the city, and the organisers have expanded the whole idea out somewhat over the years and there are now nearly 2,000 around the world.

This is bear number 112, located outside of the Europa Center, designed by Anette Schulz and sponsored by AG City.