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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
This 3-hour private guided tour explores the surviving monuments of the East German regime including the infamous Berlin Wall and Stasi headquarters. Your private guide will reveal the dialogue between modern Berlin’s built environment and its dark and often hidden history. You’ll hear about life under Communist rule, the East Germans’ growing discontent and their government’s brutal suppression.
Private walking tour
Professional art historian guide
Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities
Transportation to/from attractions: You will need to use public transport a few times, since the distances between some key sites would be too far to walk. If you will not have a few days visitor's transit pass to Berlin already, we suggest that you purchase the day metro pass. If you cannot purchase it in advance, your guide will help you purchase it at the first metro station on the tour. Berlin Transit One Way Tarif AB Ticket 2.8 Euro, Senior Discount 1,70 EUR Berlin Transit Day Ticket for one Person 7 Euro, Senior Discount 4,70 EUR
Departure Point
Unter den Linden 42, 10117 Berlin, Duitsland
Please meet your guide outside Cafe Einstein, Unter den Linden 42, 100117 Berlin
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany A historian will reveal the dialogue between modern Berlin’s built environment and its dark and often hidden history. You’ll hear about life under Communist rule, the East Germans’ growing discontent and their government’s brutal suppression. The tour begins at the Brandenburg Gate where, in June 1987, President Ronald Reagan famously called on Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to, “tear down this wall!” Nearby is the former Soviet Embassy, a grandiose monument built in 1945 amid the rubble of World War II as a bold declaration of Stalin’s ambition to control all of Berlin. We will discuss how the Allies’ postwar division of Germany into four parts led to decades of Cold War tensions. 20 minutes
Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, Germany Friedrichstrasse train station, a key crossing point between East and West Berlin. When families were torn apart by East Germany’s ironfisted immigration laws, they said their sad goodbyes here in the office known as the Palace of Tears. 15 minutes
Park am Nordbahnhof, Gartenstraße 45, 13355 Berlin, Duitsland At Nordbahnhof, we’ll explore how Berlin’s division created “ghost” stations, unused but heavily guarded stops on West Berlin’s subway lines that lay in East German territory. 10 minutes
Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin, Germany We visit the grandiose mile-long housing complex known as Karl Marx Allee and consider how East Germans’ dreams for a Socialist paradise turned into a nightmare of deprivation, suppression and paranoia. 10 minutes
Memorial of the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany The Berlin Wall memorial allows you to experience the notorious Death Strip and hear stories of East Berliners whose attempts to escape led to their tragic deaths. 15 minutes
Stasimuseum, Berlin, Germany East Germany’s secret police, the notorious Stasi, coerced neighbors and family members to spy on each other. At the former Stasi headquarters, you’ll learn how its feared leader Eric Mielke recruited a massive network of spies and created innovative surveillance techniques. 10 minutes
Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany We will visit the center of public life in East Berlin, Alexanderplatz, which was rebuilt in the 1960s with monuments like the futuristic parliament building and the iconic TV Tower. In 1989, this symbol of East German pride was the setting for massive demonstrations that led to the regime’s downfall and brought 40 years of Communist rule to an end. 10 minutes
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Your tour guides are expert local historians and enthusiastic hosts who love helping travelers discover Berlin.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Kart_11
07 May 2023
A very satisfying tour of what Berlin has to offer, covering most of the historical sights. Dan was brilliant. One unique takeaway from this tour was, we could gather some interesting and historical background on the varied train stations that were built different from one another, as we were hopping in and out of trains covering the key places. A wholesome tour.
This tour in
Berlin
is organized by
Insight Cities
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