BERLIN CITY TOUR - WALKING TOUR THROUGH DOWNTOWN BERLIN

Walking tour through the heart of Berlin's city center between the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie.

Tour information

On this 2-hour city tour you will get a unique overview of the history of the city with all its fractures and contradictions, its rapid growth and brutal destruction, its shock during the Wall and its glittering new beginning. Our walk leads from Checkpoint Charlie to the Brandenburg Gate and is based on the former course of the Wall. Like an open history book, we will find authentic places of the Cold War and the Wall, the Third Reich, the capital of the GDR and you will see the fascinating architecture of the capital of Germany.

Tour description

Get a first-hand experience of downtown Berlin with our qualified tour guide, showing you all the major sights of Berlin on a 2-hour walking tour. See, among other things, the remains of the Berlin Wall, the impressive building of the Nazi's Air defense Ministry, the Brandenburg Gate, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and much more. Experience Berlin and its history: The Wall, Third Reich and the modern capital of Germany. This tour is ideal for those who want to discover numerous highlights of Berlin’s city center in a short time!

On this city tour, we will show you:

Checkpoint Charlie, symbol of the Cold War and place of tank confrontation
Wall remains and a former watchtower
Places of the Berlin Wall
Building of the Ministry of Aviation under the Nazis, now the seat of the Ministry of Finance
Place of the Nazi terror and the Secret State Police – today site of the exhibition “Topography of Terror”
Impressive memorials such as the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Berlin House of Representatives – the Parliament of the city of Berlin
Embassies, including the US and French Embassy
Potsdamer Platz with its skyscrapers, glass palaces and the fascinating Sony Center
Luxury hotels like Ritz Carlton, Hotel Adlon or the former Grand Hotel Esplanade
Traffic light tower at Potsdamer Platz – the first electric traffic light in Germany
Brandenburg Gate and Pariser Platz
and much more