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30 April 2007

Uncle Tom's Cabin

One of the more unusual names on the Berlin public-transport network is the U-Bahn (tube/subway) stop Onkel Toms Hütte or Uncle Tom's Cabin. Named after Harriet Beecher-Stowe's classic (and nowadays somewhat controversial) anti-slavery novel, the stop is located unsurprisingly on Onkel-Tom-Strasse in swanky suburb Dahlem in the south west of Berlin. Here's the proof:

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