Photo: Potsdamer Platz

Even now, some years after reunification, there is still talk in Germany of continuing cultural differences between East and West Germans (colloquially Ossis and Wessis), sometimes described as "Mauer im Kopf" ("The wall in the head").

A September 2004 poll found that 25% of West Germans and 12% of East Germans wished that East Germany and West Germany were again cut off by the Berlin Wall.

Many German public figures have called these numbers "alarming".