Berlin Alternative Culture and History Tour

Get a feeling for the city’s famous image by exploring the hip districts Kreuzberg & Friedrichshain. We’ll show you how the former borderland got converted in many ways, how alternative subculture clashes big business, how Turkish Berliners meet young creatives, squatters & party people. A great combination of panoramic paths along the waterfront, Eastside Gallery & through colourful neighboorhoods!
The Free-Berlin-concept: The guide can design his tour freely. Route plan may differ.

Meeting Point

Poststraße 11

Poststraße 11, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Square infront of Nikolai Church. Courtyard entrance on the opposite.

What's included:

• Professional guide
• Use of bicycle
• Use of helmet

Not included:

• Food and drinks, unless specified

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Nikolaiviertel

Rathausstrasse 21, Berlin, 10178

On this alternative tour, the first stop is probably the last stop of a established world. From here on out the stops are authentic and closer to the reality of living in a big city.

5 minutes

Kreuzberg

, , Berlin

Not only one of Berlin's most famous districts, Kreuzberg is a melting pot par excellence with lots of stories to tell.

45 minutes

Engelbecken

Engeldamm, Berlin

An unexpected place of peace between pre-fab-buildings, old style buildings and modern architecture. A perfect place to gain some understanding into the district and it's diversity.

10 minutes

Bethaniendamm

Bethaniendamm, 10 Berlin, Germany

The Treehouse by the Wall:
This is the story of a guest worker coming over and adapting to the Kreuzberg mentality in a second. Getting a gardenhouse with boldness right by the wall and marking their territory with the berlin guerilla mentality.

10 minutes

Kunstlerhaus Bethanien

Kottbusser Str. 10, Mariannenplatz, Berlin, 10999

In a place where multiple squaddings led to a remarkable place for artists. Not only during the start of the scene, in the peak in the 1980s but also in early 2000s. All that effort led to the building becoming a room for artists of all kind.

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YAAM

An der Schillingbruecke 3, Berlin, 10243

The YAAM is an incredible club, but the view from here might be even more fascinating. From here you see the TV-Tower, the Holzmarkt, the Oberbaumbridge and the river Spree - it takes a minute to take that beauty in.

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East Side Gallery

Muhlenstrasse, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Berlin, 14167

The longest remaining part of the Berlin Wall, filled with spectacular art and right within a completely new-designed business-quarter.

10 minutes

Oberbaumbrucke

Am Oberbaum, Berlin, 10243

The district's landmark stands for crossing borders in any meaning.

10 minutes

Osthafen

10245 Berlin, Germany

Once restricted borderland, today the spot for the young urban creatives. From here it's easy to understand the GDR's obsession with the Wall, borderland and heavy restriction regarding freedom. The river Spree invites everyone to take a small break with a beautiful few.

15 minutes

Molecule Men Sculpture

An den Treptowers 1, Berlin, 12435

This very unique sculpture obviously led to multiple interpretations of which the official one is probably the one with the least sense to it.

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MS Hoppetosse

Eichenstraße 4, 12435 Berlin, Germany

The area here is sort of like a playing ground for adults with a concert hall, a swimming bar and an outdoor bath.

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Schlesischer Busch

Am Flutgraben 1, 12435 Berlin, Germany

A former Wall watchtower turned art galary stand tall in one of Berlin's many parks.

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Falckensteinstraße

Falckensteinstraße, 10997 Berlin, Germany

Another perfect stop to understand Kreuzberg's diversity of buildings, people and history. The perfect example of big city life but yet escapism. This street really has it all.

10 minutes

Gorlitzer Park

Gorlitzer Str. 3, Berlin, 10997

A former trainstation of Berlin's extensive railway system transformed into a park, symbolizing the thin line between alternative life and anarchy.

10 minutes

Liegnitzer Straße

Liegnitzer Str., 10999 Berlin, Germany

Completly inconspicuous is the peak of capitalism in the heart of the melting pot. Surrounded by authentic Berliners, anarchists and political activism is the car loft. A building, where you can take your car up to your balcony.

5 minutes

Landwehrkanal

from Chartottenburg to Kreuzberg, , Berlin

Dolce Vita at the waterfront incl. Turkish market on Tuesday's and Friday's.

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Boules courts on the Landwehr canal

Paul-Lincke-Ufer 13, 10999 Berlin, Germany

A short break from the hustle of the big city in an authentic and bohemian neighborhood, just living the good life, playing some boule.

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Planufer

Planufer, 10967 Berlin, Germany

Is Kreuzberg really the home of anarchists, slobs and survival artists? It is much more and also the complete opposite to offer.

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Admiralbrucke

Admiralstrasse, Berlin, 10967

You can either start your night in a bar or in the light of a beautiful summer sunset right here with hundreds of strangers. Come as you are.

5 minutes

Kottbusser Tor

Adalbertstrasse 96_98, Reichenberger Straße 174–177, Berlin, 10999

As contrast to the previous Dolce Vita stops, the "Kotti" stand out with it's brutal 1970s architecture, the vibrant drugscene an heavy traffic.

5 minutes