Welcome home to the adidas Berlin.<\/p>\n
Originally part of the varied and historic adidas City Series, the Berlin returns in its classic \u201cDark Marine\u201d makeup.<\/p>\n
But to understand the adidas Berlin, let\u2019s start a bit further south in Rome. The Rom was a training shoe offered by adidas in the late 1950s, which came out just ahead of the 1960 Olympics held in the Italian capital. Throughout the mid-60s, adidas also introduced models like the Stockholm and the Vienna. Years later for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, adidas honored the games by re-christening an existing shoe, when the adidas Jaguar became the adidas Athen.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nThese initial shoes formed the beginnings of what we now refer to as the City Series. Consisting of a range of indoor training shoes that share the same simple design and low profile, the City Series range paid homage to some of the great European capitals. Over time, sporadic releases started to coalesce into something greater, into a collection of models.<\/p>\n
Officially under the City Series banner, adidas introduced the London as a leisure shoe near the end of the 1970s. Shortly after, the London\u2019s silhouette served as the basis for several sister shoes named in honor of other European cities. To complement the London, adidas served up the Dublin in blue and red, the Cologne in royal blue and white, and the adidas Berlin in a dark blue and white scheme.<\/p>\n
Collector and enthusiast @Dasslersfinest<\/a> tells HHV, \u201cadidas models with a city name first started appearing over 60 years ago. There were versions of Rom, Stockholm, Vienna, and others from the late \u201850s into the \u201860s. Most people associate the term City Series with the more familiar suede models from the 1970s. Stockholm, London, K\u00f6ln, and Berlin are some of the most popular.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hhv-journal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/MG_07314x5.jpg?resize=1160%2C1450&ssl=1\")
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