Best of Berlin Walking Tour with First Hand Witness

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Best of Berlin Walking Tour with First Hand Witness

By Cosmopolitan Tours

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Overview

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 significant sites like the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin Wall Memorial, site of Hitler's bunker, Museum Island and more
Group size is limited to 20 or fewer

Activity location

Brandenburg Gate
- Pariser Platz
- 10117, Berlin, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

Academy of Arts
- 4 Pariser Platz
- 10117, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Best of Berlin Walking Tour with First Hand Witness

3h 15m
English

Travellers

Language options: English

Starting time: 10:00 AM

Price details

AU$37.78 x 1 AdultAU$37.78

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20% off

Until Mon, 25 May

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Guiding Services

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Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transport options are available nearby
Transport options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Brandenburg Gate

The perfect place to begin your tour, the Brandenburg Gate is the most famous and most recognisable 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.

Pariser Platz

Historically, the grandest square in Berlin and the sight of many important historical events. It's home to the US and French Embassies as well as the famous Hotel Adlon.

Fuhrerbunker

Hilter had a multistorey underground structure built that served as his final residence and as his place of death. It was deliberately destroyed after WWII and now a car park occupies the site.

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.

Victory Column (Siegessaule)

A 19th c. Neoclassical column, 67 m (219 ft) in height, that is one of the most recognisable 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.

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.

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.

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.

Bode Museum (Pass by)

Charming Baroque revival style building, home to sculptures, Byzantine art, medals, and coins

Pergamonmuseum (Pass by)

Home to the Pergamon altar, Ishtar Gate, and the Market Gate of Miletus

Neues Museum (Pass by)

Home to a famed Egyptian collection which includes the bust of Nefertiti

Altes Museum (Pass by)

Berlin's first museum, designed by the famous Karl Schinkel and home to classical antiquities

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

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

Berlin State Opera

Originally built by AFrederick the Great in the 18th c., known as the world's oldest state opera

Cathedral of St. Hedwig - Domgemeinde St. Hedwig

Roman catholic cathedral of Berlin, stunning design based on the Pantheon in Rome

Bebelplatz

Beautiful 18th century square, site of infamous Nazi book burning in 1933

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

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.

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.

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 films and novels.

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 centre (closed Mondays) featuring information about the wall, including a short video, remnants of the wall as well as historic photos.

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.

Location

Activity location

Brandenburg Gate
- Pariser Platz
- 10117, Berlin, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

Academy of Arts
- 4 Pariser Platz
- 10117, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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