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Best of Berlin Walking Tour with Cold War Eyewitness
Mitte
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Discover Berlin’s history through the eyes of those who LIVED IT. On this tour, your guide is both a local expert and an eyewitness—someone who lived in divided Berlin. They crossed Checkpoint Charlie, witnessed Reagan’s visits, and helped bring down the Wall with their own hands. They’ll share personal stories of life in both East and West Berlin, answer all your questions, and guide you to key landmarks—Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie a preserved Wall section, and more. Book your tour with a real eyewitness while you still can!
- Led by an expert eyewitness guides who LIVED in divided Berlin - Hear not just the history but personal stories, anecdotes, and reflections - Explore signi...
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guiding Services
Meeting Points
Departure
Academy of Arts
We meet on the street in front of the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) at Pariser Platz 4 (Parisian Square), near the eastern side of the Brandenburg Gate. Please note that there are two "Academy of Arts" locations in Berlin and our meeting point is the one next to the Brandenburg Gate.
Return
Topography of Terror
If you desire, you can stay & visit, on your own, the Berlin wall memorial exhibitions and/or the museum of the Topography of Terror. Both are free.
Topography of Terror: Open 10 am-8 pm daily*
Berlin Wall Visitor Center: Open Tue-Sun from 10 am-6 pm (closed Mondays)*
*also closed Dec 24,25 & Jan. 1
Best of Berlin Walking Tour with Cold War Eyewitness
Mitte
About
Discover Berlin’s history through the eyes of those who LIVED IT. On this tour, your guide is both a local expert and an eyewitness—someone who lived in divided Berlin. They crossed Checkpoint Charlie, witnessed Reagan’s visits, and helped bring down the Wall with their own hands. They’ll share personal stories of life in both East and West Berlin, answer all your questions, and guide you to key landmarks—Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie a preserved Wall section, and more. Book your tour with a real eyewitness while you still can!
- Led by an expert eyewitness guides who LIVED in divided Berlin - Hear not just the history but personal stories, anecdotes, and reflections - Explore signi...
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guiding Services
Meeting Points
Departure
Academy of Arts
We meet on the street in front of the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) at Pariser Platz 4 (Parisian Square), near the eastern side of the Brandenburg Gate. Please note that there are two "Academy of Arts" locations in Berlin and our meeting point is the one next to the Brandenburg Gate.
Return
Topography of Terror
If you desire, you can stay & visit, on your own, the Berlin wall memorial exhibitions and/or the museum of the Topography of Terror. Both are free.
Topography of Terror: Open 10 am-8 pm daily*
Berlin Wall Visitor Center: Open Tue-Sun from 10 am-6 pm (closed Mondays)*
*also closed Dec 24,25 & Jan. 1
The perfect place to begin your tour, the Brandenburg Gate is the most famous and most recognizable monument in Berlin. It is a splendid 18th c. Neo-Classical monument that has featured prominently in the political history of Prussia, France, the Soviet Union, and both divided and unified Germany.
10 minutes
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Pariser Platz
Historically, the grandest square in Berlin and the sight of many important historical events. It's home to the U.S. and French Embassies as well as the famous Hotel Adlon.
5 minutes
3
Fuhrerbunker
Hilter had a multi-story underground structure built that served as his final residence and as his place of death. It was deliberately destroyed after WWII and now a parking lot occupies the site.
10 minutes
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The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A vast plaza of irregular blocks, set at varying heights, inducing a maze-like sense of disorientation to abstractly convey the horrors of the Holocaust.
10 minutes
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Victory Column (Siegessaule)
A 19th c. Neoclassical column, 67 m (219 ft) in height, that is one of the most recognizable monuments in Berlin. NOTE: We get a nice view of the column from near the Brandenburg Gate but DO NOT walk to the column as it is somewhat far and out of the direction of our itinerary.
5 minutes
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Reichstag Building
Seat of the former legislature of the German Empire, Weimar Republic and later a symbol for the Nazi regime. In ruins for decades, it was reconstructed, combining classical and modern elements, and now is the seat of the federal Parliament.
5 minutes
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Spree
Berlin's main river boasts a stunning boardwalk, lined with some of the city's finest modern architecture-an experience no visitor should miss.
10 minutes
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Palace of Tears
Historically, Friedrichstraße was both a symbol and a literal divide between East and West Berlin. It was a place of transit, control, and often trauma. The Tränenpalast, or Palace of Tears, was a departure hall for West Berliners visiting family in the East, where tearful goodbyes were exchanged before their return.
10 minutes
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Bode-Museum
Charming Baroque revival style building, home to sculptures, Byzantine art, medals, and coins
10
Pergamonmuseum
Home to the Pergamon altar, Ishtar Gate, and the Market Gate of Miletus
11
Neues Museum
Home to a famed Egyptian collection which includes the bust of Nefertiti
12
Altes Museum
Berlin's first museum, designed by the famous Karl Schinkel and home to classical antiquities
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Berliner Dom
Monumental German neo-Renaissance building which is the largest Protestant church in Germany. It also houses the dynastic tombs of the Hohenzollern family. We speka bout it from the outside
5 minutes
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Berliner Fernsehturm
TV tower of Berlin, tallest structure in Berlin at 368 m (1207 ft) was built as a sign of modernity and progress in East Berlin. Note: We see it from a distance but do not walk to the base as it is out of the way of the rest of the itinerary
5 minutes
15
Berlin State Opera
Originally built by AFrederick the Great in the 18th c., known as the world's oldest state opera
5 minutes
16
Cathedral of St. Hedwig - Domgemeinde St. Hedwig
Roman catholic cathedral of Berlin, stunning design based on the Pantheon in Rome
5 minutes
17
Bebelplatz
Beautiful 18th century square, site of infamous Nazi book burning in 1933
5 minutes
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Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz
The site of a major Nazi book burning in 1933, tens of thousands of works were lost. See the innovative memorial commemorating the loss. "Where they burn books, they will, in the end, burn people." - Heinrich Heine
5 minutes
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Gendarmenmarkt
Impressive square that is known for its architecture ensemble of the Concert Hall (Konzerthaus), which is home to the Berlin orchestra, the French Cathedral (Französischer Dom) and the German Cathedral (Deutscher Dom). The latter are technically not cathedrals but are colloquially called so.
5 minutes
20
Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat)
Prussian liberal arts University which is now an esteemed public university. Karl Marx, Engels, and Einstein taught here, along with 28 other Nobel Laureates.
5 minutes
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Checkpoint Charlie
The best known Berlin wall crossing point from East Berlin to West Berlin. It was located in the American quarter, serving as a face off between the USA and the western world and the USSR and the communist world. It was the site of John F. Kennedy's famous Berlin speech and has been featured in countless movies and novels.
10 minutes
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Memorial of the Berlin Wall
Memorial created in 1998 that preserves a 60 m (200 ft) long section of the "the Wall," the way it was when it fell. There is also a visitor center (closed Mondays) featuring information about the wall, including a short video, remnants of the wall as well as historic photos.
10 minutes
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Topography of Terror
Outdoor and indoor history museum which sits on the site of former Nazi buildings including the gestapo. The exhibitions inside chronicle the rise of the Nazi party, their means of control through propaganda and various forms of terror, as well as their fall and accountability at the trials at Nuremberg.