Discover Berlin’s story on a 2-hour guided walking tour. Start from Brandenburg Gate on a route which encompasses a long stretch of the Berlin Wall which still stands 30 years after it was toppled.
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- Special health and safety measures are in place. Check your activity voucher once you book for full details.
- Duration 2 hours
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- Live tour guide
- English, German
- Wheelchair accessible
- Private group available
Experience
2 starting location options:
Pariser Platz 1, Pariser Platz 1
Reichstag
Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten
Holocaust Memorial
Hitler's Bunker
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
Topography of Terror
Finish at:
Checkpoint Charlie
For reference only. Itineraries are subject to change.
- Visit all the major historical hotpots in the unique city of Berlin
- Discover stories and learn facts about recent history from your guide
- Step back in time as you walk along a 200-meter section of the Berlin wall
- Become an expert on Berlin during the Third Reich and the Cold War
- Make history tangible through encountering palpable historical sources
Hear about the tumultuous contemporary history of Berlin on a guided walking tour to historical sights. Choose from group or private walking tour. Pass by sights like the German House of Parliament, Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, and Checkpoint Charlie.
Meet your tour guide in front of the Brandenburg Gate, the site of many changes in 20th-century Berlin. Listen to commentary about the last days of the Second World War and hear how the gate came to be a symbol of reunification in Germany after 1989.
Learn about the curious Reichstag Fire of 1933 as you pass the German House of Parliament. Delve deep into the events that took place after the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in 1933, what happened to this building since the fall of the wall in 1989.
Continue your sightseeing tour by heading to the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, where you’ll have the chance to examine Soviet military hardware. Walk to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a poignant dedication to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
See the site of Hitler’s Bunker and stroll to Hermann Göring's enormous Ministry of Aviation building at the Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus, which was site where the GDR was founded in 1949. Next, you’ll head to see where the SS and the Gestapo institutions were located.
Contemplate life on both sides of the Berlin Wall while gathering around a 200-meter long stretch of the wall. Despite the wall falling 30 years ago, standing here allows you to absorb the very palpable history of the city.
Round off the walk with a stop at Checkpoint Charlie, where your guide will finish the tour with anecdotes about the infamous American versus Soviet tank standoff and the final hours before the wall fell.
- Live guide
- Walking tour
- Public transport tickets to or from the tour meeting point
- Entrance tickets to attractions
- Gratuities
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Meeting point may vary depending on the option booked.
What to bring
- Comfortable shoes
- Umbrella
- Camera
- Water
Know before you go
- Shared group and private options do not always offer the same languages. Please check all languages of interest to find your preferred option type
- Tours run in all weather conditions and on public holidays
- Expect to walk approximately 3 kilometers on the tour