Itinerary
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Stop At: Potsdamer Platz Tiegarten, 10785 Berlin Germany
You will see the famous Sony Center with its stunning architecture done by Helmut Jahn, as well as the remains of the Esplanade Hotel (Emperor's Hall).
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Topography of Terror, Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, 10963 Berlin Germany
The former headquarter of the Gestapo and the SS are gone, but the foundation can still be seen, as well as a documentation center. Also at this location, you will have the opportunity to see what's left of the original Berlin Wall.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45, 10969 Berlin Germany
This is the most famous of the border crossings between East and West Berlin. What you see is a replica of the original station as it looked in the 1960s.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin Germany
Berlin's most beautiful square with the German and the French Dome at either end. Inbetween the Theater (Konzerthaus) built by Friedrich Schinkel.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany
The most famous landmark of Berlin, nay, of Germany!
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
A very touching memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, built by Peter Eisenmann. If you like, you can also visit the documentation center which is quite moving. But as with all places in this tour: you decide what to see and what to skip!
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
A very impressive building, today the home of the German Parliament. If you like to visit inside, we need at least 2 weeks notice, and you need to give us your full name and dob!
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni 100, 10557 Berlin Germany
A beautiful park in the center of Berlin. There is a lake, a beer garden, a zoo, many ponds and monuments, the memorial to the Sinti and Roma, and much more.
Pass By: Victory Column (Siegessaule), Grosser Stern 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
This large monument (in memory of three wars won by Prussia in the 19th century) originally stood in front of the Reichstag. It was moved here by Albert Speer during the Nazi reign. If you want to climb up, there is an extra charge.
Stop At: Charlottenburg Palace, Spandauer Damm 20-24 Luisenplatz, 14059 Berlin Germany
Of the many many palaces built by the Hohenzollern in Berlin, this one is the largest that survived the war. You will get out to take photos in the beautiful entrance yard. If you want to visit inside, there is an extra charge.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Olympiastadion Berlin, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin Germany
This famous stadium was built for the 1936 Olympic Games. Today the street running along it is named after Jesse Owen! The five Olympic rings above the entrance gate make a beautiful motif for your pictures. If you want to go inside, there is an extra charge.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Kurfurstendamm, 10707 Berlin Germany
The world's largest boulevard is the main shopping street in West Berlin. There are also lots of hotels and restaurants. It is quite wide and has about 50 of the original impressive buildings left. The others were destroyed in the war and have been replaced by modern buildings.
Pass By: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin Germany
This once huge church is only a ruin today, It has been preserved in this state to remind us of the atrocities of war. If you want to visit inside, entrance is free.
Stop At: Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), Tauentzienstr. 21 - 24, 10789 Berlin Germany
Continental Europe's largest and most luxurious department store. Don't miss the delicatessen section on the 6th floor. Try an Italian appetizer, oysters and champagne, or a dessert from Leysieffer!
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Museumsdienst Berlin, Klosterstrasse 68, 12249 Berlin Germany
This building was once the largest building in the world. It's four stories high, but also four stories deep. It closed a couple of years ago as an airport, and now the runway is Berlin's largest park.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany
You will drive through Kreuzberg, Berlin's hip and multi-ethnic neighborhood. Around Tempelhof airport, there was little damage in the war, so this is one of the only places where you can still get an idea of what Berlin looked like in the 1930s.
Pass By: Unter den Linden, Berlin Germany
The street begins at Brandenburg Gate and ends at the Humboldt Forum. You'll find lots of historic buildings along its path: the New Guard House, the Humboldt University, the Opera House, the Crown Princess Palace, and the Old Armory, today the Historic Museum.
Stop At: Humboldt Box, Schlossplatz 5 Unter den Linden, 10178 Berlin Germany
The Humboldt Box is gone, but the former Hohenzollern Palace has been rebuilt in its place.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Berliner Dom, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin Germany
This is Germany's largest Protestant Church, modeled after St. Peters in Rome. If you want to go inside (and see many of the Hohenzollern royals in their sarcophagi), there is an extra charge.
Stop At: Museum Island, Breite Street, 13089 Berlin Germany
You will step out to take a picture in front of the Old Museum. There are five museums, altogether, on this island, built during different eras. If you want to visit one (we would recommend the Neues Museum), there will be an extra charge, and you would have to use the audio guides.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hackescher Markt, Berlin Germany
The former barn section, the Jewish quarter, is today called "Mitte". You will find lots of cafés, restaurants, historic buildings, stumbling stones to remind you of the former neighbors killed by the Nazis, and the Hackesche Höfe, a beautiful series of court yards. If you like, visit the Otto Weidt-Museum (free).
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28 - 30, 10117 Berlin Germany
Unfortunately only the facade and the dome remain of this beautiful synagoge built in 1866.
Stop At: Alter Judischer Friedhof (Old Jewish Cemetery), Grosse Hamburger Strasse 26, 10115 Berlin Germany
The old Jewish Cemetery was desecrated by the Nazis. They also buried Berliners who were killed during the bomb raids. Only a few tomb stones remain along the wall. Moses Mendelsohn's grave has been restored. Closed on Saturdays.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Berliner Fernsehturm, Panoramastr. 1A, 10178 Berlin Germany
Berlin's highest building!
Pass By: Karl-Marx-Allee, 10178 Berlin Germany
This street was designed by the East-German rulers to be wide enough for their yearly military parades. You can still see some communist architecture, many of the buildings a landmark today.
Stop At: East Side Gallery, Muehlenstrasse 3-100 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, 14167 Berlin Germany
A must see, the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall that's left standing. Over 100 artists painted the different sections. Don't miss the "Brotherly Kiss" based on a photo by Brezhnev and Honecker.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Memorial of the Berlin Wall, Bernauer Strasse 111, 13355 Berlin Germany
A reminder of the Wall that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
Duration: 20 minutes