History in-depth: WWII to Cold War
Explore Berlin with an English-speaking guide on a full-day tour by foot or car, uncovering its history from the Nazi era to the Cold War, including iconic landmarks, memorials, and hidden stories.
Area
Berlin
Type
Art & Architecture
History
Grade
Standard
Who
Adults
Teens
Difficulty
Leisurely
Duration
Full Day
Half Day
A thought-provoking and insightful full day sightseeing tour with your English speaking expert guide in Berlin. You can choose between a walking tour or with a private driver. Our Tour follows a carefully crafted route packed with important buildings, stunning architecture & the most infamous characters from the Rise of the Nazi Empire to Cold War Berlin.
Highlights of the tour:
1. Reichstag (Rise of Hitler & its burning & politics today), Brandenburg Gate
2. Nazi Crimes: Holocaust Memorial & Sinti & Roma Memorial & Soviet Memorial (placed on the axes of Germania) & Topography of Terror
3. WWII: final days of fighting at the site of Hitler’s former Bunker.
4. Street of political power Wilhelmstrasse & former Nazi Ministries
5. Universities & Art: Book burning & Academic Collaboration.
6. German Resistance Museum
7. WWII: War Memorial at Treptower Park
8. WWII: anti-aircraft gun tower
9. Friedrichstrasse & the hotspot of the early Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie
10. Cold War: Bernauer Str. Wall Memorial & Palace of Tears & East-Side Gallery
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