Berlin in miniature: a model city – in pictures

Little Big Berlin: The 3,000 square-metre showroom of Loxx Miniature Welten Berlin houses a 1:87 scale model railway version of the German capital Photograph: Zoë Noble

Airforce One: foreign dignitaries arrive at Loxx airport, where planes taxi and take off into cotton wool clouds Photograph: Zoë Noble

Trainspotting: Loxx's busy tracks buzz with the Berlin S-Bahn, regional and long-distance trains, historical steamers and the high speed ICE Photograph: Zoë Noble

Do a runner: a tiny film crew make a monster movie on the streets of mini Berlin Photograph: Zoë Noble

Simply the best: the geeks behind Loxx have improved Berlin with an amphitheatre, where stars like Tina Turner and Phil Collins perform Photograph: Zoë Noble

Ich bin ein Berliner! Crowds form around the stage in front of the Bundestag, while working cameras transmit the action to nearby screens Photograph: Zoë Noble Photograph: Zoë Noble

Tear down this wall!: at the push of a button, tiny versions of Ronald Reagan, JFK, and former mayor of West Berlin and German chancellor Willy Brandt deliver their famous speeches Photograph: Zoë Noble

Fire starter: the entertainment at the Loxx Christmas markets is a little more dramatic than at their real-life equivalents Photograph: Zoë Noble

Metal madness: a tiny welder converts a bathtub into a sailboat Photograph: Zoë Noble

Glow in the dark: a climate-control system brings night, day and all-too-familiar rain showers
Photograph: Zoë Noble

Park life: just as in the real Tiergarten, the scaled-down version contains areas full of buff guys checking each other out Photograph: Zoë Noble