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Discover Berlin’s extraordinary and vibrant present on an engaging, stress-free, award winning walking tour, led by an expert local guide. Explore the city through unique perspectives and fascinating stories while visiting Berlin’s most iconic landmarks, including the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie, Museum Island, and Bebelplatz. Stand above the site of Hitler’s bunker, where the Third Reich spent its final days, and learn how Berlin transformed from the centre of Nazi power into a divided Cold War city and eventually into the dynamic capital it is today. Along the way, your guide will bring history vividly to life through stories of resistance, survival, division, and reunification — from WWII and the Nazi era to daring Cold War escape attempts and the fall of the Berlin Wall. More than just sightseeing, this tour offers a deeper understanding of Berlin, its people, and the events that shaped the modern city, all at a relaxed, easy walking pace.
Check Availability✓ Local English-speaking Expert Guide
✓ 3-hour walking tour
✕ Gratuities
5 min
Start your tour from our central meeting point
5 min
Learn about this Cold War international checkpoint- also known as the Traenenpalast
10 min
National memorial site reflecting on war and tyranny
5 min
The location where Marx, Engels and Einstein studied and taught
10 min
Biggest church in Berlin, Lustgarten, City Palace (Stadt Schloss) and the Humboldt Forum
5 min
Learn about Islamic art, the Ishtar Gate, the Market Gate of Miletus
5 min
Learn about the Ancient Egyptian collection on a World UNESCO Heritage site
5 min
Learn about the first museum built in Berlin and the very famous architect, Karl Schinkel
5 min
The brand new Humboldt Forum. See the reconstructed Hohenzollern family palace
5 min
Be enchanted by the beauty of the 18th century square
5 min
Stand on the location where the Nazi's burned tens of thousands of books in 1933
5 min
The beautiful opera house built under Friedrich the Great in 1743
5 min
The spectacular Schinkel concert house completed in 1821
10 min
From the period of Berlin's religious tolerance, the Calvinist French Cathedral and the Lutheran German Cathedral
10 min
Cold War civilian and military checkpoint, location of tank stand-off in 1961 between Soviet and American armed forces
5 min
See a 200m long piece of the Berlin Wall
5 min
Hermann Göring's airforce ministry, East German house of ministers, German Finance Ministry
10 min
Stand above the location where Hitler spent the last days of WW2- the site of Hilter's bunker
10 min
Walk through the Memorial dedicated to the Murdered Jews of Europe
German house of Parliament and government quarter
10 min
American Embassy, French Embassy, Hotel Adlon, Academy of Fine Arts
10 min
The American and French Embassy and the famous Hotel Adlon can all be seen from this square
Meeting point: outside FRIEDRICHSTRASSE TRAIN STATION, on the square beside the 'Traenenpalast' (Palace of Tears), Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin. Our guide will be wearing a blue lanyard with a yellow name tag, holding yellow umbrellas!