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Checkpoint Charlie
Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe
Brandenburg Gate
Reichstag
Original Wall

Berlin Third Reich and Cold War 2-Hour Walking Tour

By Insider Tour Berlin
4.9 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £17 per adult
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Overview

Learn the tumultuous contemporary history of Berlin on a guided walking tour of the city's iconic Third Reich and Cold War sights. See the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and Soviet War Memorial. Walk through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a poignant dedication to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust/Shoah.

Visit the site of Hitler’s Bunker and witness Hermann Göring's enormous Ministry of Aviation, the place where the GDR was founded in 1949. Then go to the site of the former Gestapo and SS HQ, now the site of the Topography of Terror exhibition

Learn about the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 and hear details of the almost impenetrable “death strip”. See the 200-meter long stretch of the Berlin Wall and view the location where successful escapes took place over the Wall. You'll hear stories about those people who did not make it and what their fates were..

Round off the tour at Checkpoint Charlie and learn about how the Wall came down in 1989 and all about German unity today.

Activity location

  • Brandenburg Gate
    • Pariser Platz
    • 10117, Berlin, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Brandenburg Gate
    • Pariser Platz
    • 10117, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Berlin Third Reich and Cold War 2-Hour Walking Tour
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
£17.07 x 1 Adult£17.07
Total
Price is £17.07

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional local guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedWalking Tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge

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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
  • IMPORTANT: Meet in front of the Tourist Information office at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz side). Look out for the guide with the pink umbrella!
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Brandenburg Gate
  • 6m
Start the tour at the Brandenburger Gate and learn why this monument is the symbol of the reunfied Germany.
Reichstag Building
  • 7m
Experience the house of parliament and hear why this building encapsulates Berlin and German history over the last 100 years. Hear the storey of the Reichstag fire in 1933 and how Hitler used the building during his dictatorship.
Soviet Memorial Tiergarten
  • 7m
See Soviet T34/76 tanks and field artillery from WW2 at the Soviet war memorial in the Tiergarten
Victory Column (Siegessaule) (Pass by)
See the Victory column and learn why Albert Speer moved it from it's original location to the new site. Also learn about Albert Speer's plans for the new capital city of the world, Germania, which would have been the new name for Berlin if the Nazi's were successful in winning WW2
The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
  • 10m
Walk through this immense memorial dedicated to the murdered Jews of Europe
Fuhrerbunker
  • 7m
Stand above Hitler's bunker listening to your guide inform you about the last days of WW2 and Hitler's suicide in the bunker on April 30th 1945 and how the Germans come to terms with this destructive past today.
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus
  • 5m
Wlak the length of Hermann Goerings Airforce ministry, which was also the location where East Germany (GDR) was proclaimed in 1949.
Topography of Terror
  • 5m
See the site where the infamous Nazi insitiutions, the SS, Gestapo and the SD had their headqurters in Nazi Germany, whch today houses the Topography of Terror exhibition which teaches us about the heinous crimes these people perpetrated during WW2
Niederkirchnerstraße
  • 7m
See a huge piece of the Berlin Wall and hear stories of people escaping over the Wall and what happened to those people who tried, but didn't make it. Learn about life on both sides of the Wall East Berlin and West Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
  • 7m
End the tour at Checkpoint Charlie, the most famous of the checkpoints through the Berlin Wall. Hear about the Soviet vs USA tank standoff on this street in 1961. Learn how the Berlin Wall came down on the fateful night 9th Novemeber 1989. End the tour by discovering how successful reunification has been over the last 30 plus years.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBrandenburg Gate
    • Pariser Platz
    • 10117, Berlin, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEBrandenburg Gate
    • Pariser Platz
    • 10117, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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