Altes Museum
Innenansicht der Friedrichswerderschen Kirche
Die Friedrichswerdersche Kirche
Schinkel Denkmal mit Fragment der Bauakademie im Hintergrund
Die Schloßbrücke
Gusseiserne Ballustrade der Schloßbrücke
Neue Wache
Schinkel Standbild mit einem komplett überwältigtem Tourgast im Vordergrund 🤓.
Gusseiserne Sitzbank von Schinkel entworfen
Die Bauakademie ca. 1888
Sockelinschrift am Schinkeldenkmal
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Buildings as Artworks: Schinkel Tour, Berlin Mitte
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by and with: Klaus Wehner
Klaus Wehner, PhD:Real, Old, New Berliner, continuous enthusiastic explorer of the city and Berlin city tours, passionate Berlin-Lover und founder of Kontext Berlin
I am a visual artist and have worked as an art teacher in London for many years before moving to Berlin. Hence, presenting city tours comes quite natural to me. I am an art, art-history and history enthusiast and have worked for several different tour operators in Berlin before setting up this site. I still continuously discover new and interesting details about Berlin and I love to pass these on during my tours.
- approx. 3 hours
- 3 hour walking tour
- Private Tours from 299€ for up to 10 people
(further tickets: 20€ pp)
Details:
The tour begins at the Brandenburger Tor / Pariser Platz and finishes at the Gendarmenmarkt.
We will take the U5 from Brandenburger Tor to Museumsinsel, so a ticket for this short ride is required.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel is known as Germany's most influential and innovative architect of the 19th Century and beyond. It is a happy fact, that many of his most important buildings can be found within a relatively small area of Berlin's historic center. The tour presents some basic details of Schinkel's life and career. It is often said that Schinkel's buildings can be looked at as works of art rather than 'architecture'. During this walk some innovative architectural aspects are explained in context of the importance of the buildings and their function for the history of Berlin and Germany.
We will take the U5 from Brandenburger Tor to Museumsinsel, so a ticket for this short ride is required.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel is known as Germany's most influential and innovative architect of the 19th Century and beyond. It is a happy fact, that many of his most important buildings can be found within a relatively small area of Berlin's historic center. The tour presents some basic details of Schinkel's life and career. It is often said that Schinkel's buildings can be looked at as works of art rather than 'architecture'. During this walk some innovative architectural aspects are explained in context of the importance of the buildings and their function for the history of Berlin and Germany.
Stationen:
- Meeting point: Brandenburger Tor
- U-Bahnhof 'Museumsinsel'
- Neue Wache
- Schlossbrücke
- Altes Museum
- Schinkel's changes to the Lustgarten and his moderations of the old cathedral
- Schinkelplatz
- Bauakademie
- Friedrichswerdersche Kirche (with a possible visit to its interior)
- Schauspielhaus (today's Konzerthaus) on the Gendarmenmarkt
