Berlin's appearance has changed enormously since the fall on Nov. 9, 1989 of the Berlin Wall, which for nearly three decades divided the communist east from the city's west — a capitalist enclave deep inside East Germany.

A man hammers away at the Berlin Wall on Nov. 12, 1989 as the border barrier between East and West Germany was torn down after 28 years, symbolically ending the Cold War. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)

East Germany disappeared less than a year later when the country was reunited, and much of the wall also was demolished quickly — though a few sections still remain at their original sites.

This photo gallery compares iconic images of the Berlin Wall when it stood with the same locations in the reunified German capital today.

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The combo shows East-German policemen in work dress as they remove barbed wire from a brick wall while other policemen in background are raising the wall to 15 feet at the border between the French and Russian sector at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin on Sept. 9, 1961 and the line the of former Berlin Wall in the pavement at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin on Oct. 21, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows East-German policemen in work dress as they remove barbed wire from a brick wall while other policemen in the background are raising the wall to 15 feet at the border between the French and Russian sector at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin on Sept. 9, 1961 and the line of the former Berlin Wall in the pavement at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin on Oct. 21, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The combo whos construction work at the Berlin Wall on Aug. 13, 1985 on Friedrichstrasse near checkpoint Charlie and Friedrichstrasse Oct. 2, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows construction work at the Berlin Wall on Aug. 13, 1985 on Friedrichstrasse near checkpoint Charlie and Friedrichstrasse Oct. 2, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows a child playing on a play ground at the Berlin wall in July 1981 and cars parking at the same spot in Berlin's Kreuzberg district on Oct. 2, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this Sept. 17, 2014 photo a few meters long part of the former Berlin Wall sits on the cemetery of the French community in Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this Oct. 30, 2014 photo a couple kiss in front of a painting of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, left, and long time East German communistic leader Erich Honecker at the East Side Gallery, the largest part of original remains of the Berlin Wall in Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. The East Side gallery is a part of the Wall which separated East Berlin from the river Spree, where the border at this area was located. With 1300 meters it is the longest remaining part of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this Nov. 4, 2014 photo tourists walk alongside of the painted East Side Gallery in Berlin, the largest part of original remains of the Berlin Wall. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows the Brandenburg Gate landmark in Berlin with people dancing on the Berlin Wall on Nov. 10, 1989 and 25 years after in October 2014. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows east Berlin citizens crowding the new passage at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin where East German border police tore down segments of the wall on Nov. 11, 1989 and people walking at the crossing Bernauer Strasse and Oderberger Strasse on Oct. 26, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photos/Rudi Blaha, Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows the Berlin Wall checkpoint at Heinrich-Heine-Strasse on March 12, 1971 and people walking and cycling at the area of former checkpoint at district Kreuzberg in Berlin on Oct. 1, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photos/Edwin Reichert, Markus Schreiber)

In this photo Oct. 16, 2014 photo a couple with an umbrella walk alongside an original part of the Berlin Wall at Niederkirchnerstrasse in central Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this Nov. 4, 2014 photo a few meters long part of the former Berlin Wall stands on the 'Cemetery of the French Community" in Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this Oct. 30, 2014 photo children play in front of the painted East Side Gallery, the largest part of original remains of the Berlin Wall in Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. The 1300 meters long East Side gallery, a part of the Wall which separated East Berlin from the river Spree, the border at this area, is the longest still existing part of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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The combo shows children playing at the Berlin Wall at Sebastianstrasse near Heinrich-Heine-Strasse in 1968 and a man walking over the once divided Sebastianstrasse on Nov. 3, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The combo shows West Berliners waving to relatives in East Berlin one year after the Berlin Wall was erected at Bernauer Strasse on Aug. 13, 1962 and people crossing the area of the former Berlin Wall in Berlin on Oct. 26, 2014 - 25 years after the fall of the wall. (AP Photo/Werner Kreusch, Markus Schreiber)

In this Oct. 30, 2014 photo a woman presses her hands on a painting of the East Side Gallery in Berlin, the largest part of original remains of the Berlin Wall. On Nov. 9, 2014 Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. The 1300 meters long East Side gallery, a part of the Wall which separated East Berlin from the river Spree where the border was located in that area, is the longest original part of the Berlin Wall. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

In this Nov. 3, 2014 photo original elements of the former Berlin wall are displayed for sale at the area of a construction material merchant at the village Teltow near Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The Nov. 4, 2014 photo shows the the remembrance site for the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin. On Nov. 9, 2014, Germany celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall and the end of the Iron Curtain on Nov. 9, 1989. After 25 years only a few remains of the wall remind of the about 160 kilometers (about 100 miles) long border which surrounded the west part of Berlin. At the remembrance site Bernauer Strasse some hundred meters of original wall parts still exist. The barricade consisted of two walls and a so-called 'death strip' in between where dogs patrolled and East-German border guards where allowed to use their weapons to stop people who tried to escape to the West. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Opening text from the AP news story, Berlin When the Wall Stood and Today.

Additional photos from the AP news story, 11 Photos Showing the Berlin Wall Today.

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