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Berlin: Traces of the Third Reich and the Cold War
Berlin Wall & recent history explained concisely
Route: Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie
- 3-hour walking tour
- Private tour: €299 (1 to 10 people)
Additional tickets: €20 per person -
Public Tour, Small Group: €95 per person
Minimum booking: 2 participants
(Solo travelers can book 2 tickets)
Details:
Follow the former path of the Berlin Wall on this classic walking tour and explore key landmarks that shaped the city’s turbulent 20th-century history. From imperial ambitions and fascist terror to Cold War division and reunification — this route tells Berlin’s story like no other.
Your guide will lead you through Berlin’s historical core, sharing stories and insights about both world-famous sites and hidden corners. Learn how the Wall divided streets, families, and lives — and how Berlin transformed from a symbol of division into one of unity and reinvention.
Your guide will lead you through Berlin’s historical core, sharing stories and insights about both world-famous sites and hidden corners. Learn how the Wall divided streets, families, and lives — and how Berlin transformed from a symbol of division into one of unity and reinvention.
Stations:
- Brandenburg Gate
How this 18th-century gate became a powerful symbol of German history - Pariser Platz
Modern embassies and the legendary Hotel Adlon - Berlin Wall Memorial and Info Point
Learn how the Wall divided the city and affected daily life - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Reflect at this powerful Holocaust memorial - Site of the Führerbunker
The location of Hitler’s last bunker and the former Neue Reichskanzlei - 1980s housing on Wilhelmstrasse
East Berlin residential buildings constructed just beside the Wall - Memorial to Georg Elser
The man who almost changed history with an assassination attempt on Hitler - Berlin Mall & former Kaufhaus Wertheim
Includes the vault that became the cradle of Berlin’s 1990s techno scene - Optional: Kollhoff Tower
Europe’s fastest elevator to panoramic views and a coffee break (approx. €8 per person) - Potsdamer Platz
From Cold War no-man’s-land to modern city center; site of Europe’s first traffic light - Preserved GDR Watchtower
One of the few remaining East German border towers - Berlin Wall / Niederkirchnerstraße
Preserved Wall remnants and site of the former Gestapo HQ - Former Reich Air Ministry
Later the GDR’s House of Ministries, now the Ministry of Finance - Memorial to the East German Uprising (June 17, 1953)
Commemorating the worker protests crushed by Soviet tanks - Former Prussian Parliament
A building with a long political history - Martin-Gropius-Bau
19th-century exhibition hall and cultural institution - Topography of Terror (intro)
A look at the Nazi regime’s instruments of oppression - Checkpoint Charlie
Cold War’s most famous border crossing, where East met West
