The Loxx miniature railway is one of our favourite things in Berlin. The attention to detail and sense of humour are amazing – it features everything inside the Ringbahn and then some, including vehicles that wait at the functional traffic lights, naked sunbathers, a drunk Santa and a Tina Turner concert. There's even a "working" airport with planes that take off and land
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 NobleAirforce One: foreign dignitaries arrive at Loxx airport, where planes taxi and take off into cotton wool clouds Photograph: Zoë NobleTrainspotting: Loxx's busy tracks buzz with the Berlin S-Bahn, regional and long-distance trains, historical steamers and the high speed ICE Photograph: Zoë NobleDo a runner: a tiny film crew make a monster movie on the streets of mini Berlin Photograph: Zoë NobleSimply the best: the geeks behind Loxx have improved Berlin with an amphitheatre, where stars like Tina Turner and Phil Collins perform Photograph: Zoë NobleIch bin ein Berliner! Crowds form around the stage in front of the Bundestag, while working cameras transmit the action to nearby screens Photograph: Zoë NoblePhotograph: Zoë NobleTear 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 NobleFire starter: the entertainment at the Loxx Christmas markets is a little more dramatic than at their real-life equivalents Photograph: Zoë NobleMetal madness: a tiny welder converts a bathtub into a sailboat Photograph: Zoë NobleGlow in the dark: a climate-control system brings night, day and all-too-familiar rain showers Photograph: Zoë NoblePhotograph: Zoë NoblePark life: just as in the real Tiergarten, the scaled-down version contains areas full of buff guys checking each other out Photograph: Zoë Noble
