Berlin Historical Walking Tour and Exploration

Award-Winning Berlin Walking Tour
Uncover Berlin’s dramatic past and vibrant present on this insider’s journey through the city’s most iconic sites and hidden gems. Led by an expert local guide, explore the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, and Checkpoint Charlie, while diving into gripping stories of resilience, defiance, and division.

Stand in Bebelplatz, where Nazi book burnings sent shockwaves through history, and stroll across Museum Island, home to Berlin’s cultural treasures. Hear powerful accounts of WWII and the Cold War, from daring escapes to the struggles of life behind the Iron Curtain.

This isn’t just a history lesson—it’s a raw, immersive experience that brings Berlin’s past to life while revealing the indomitable spirit that defines the city today.

Meeting Point

Reichstagufer 17

Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin, Germany

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!

What's included:

• Local English-speaking Expert Guide
• 3-hour walking tour

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Berlin Friedrichstrasse Station

Georgenstr. 14/17, Berlin, 10117

Start your tour from our central meeting point

5 minutes

Palace of Tears

Reichstagufer 17, Mitte, Berlin, 10117

Learn about this Cold War international checkpoint- also known as the Traenenpalast

5 minutes

Neue Wache

Unter Den Linden 4, Berlin, 10117

National memorial site reflecting on war and tyranny

10 minutes

Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat)

Unter den Linden 6, , Berlin, 10099

The location where Marx, Engels and Einstein studied and taught

5 minutes

Berliner Dom

Am Lustgarten, Berlin, 10178

Biggest church in Berlin, Lustgarten, City Palace (Stadt Schloss) and the Humboldt Forum

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Pergamonmuseum

Bodestrasse 1-3, Berlin, 10178

Learn about Islamic art, the Ishtar Gate, the Market Gate of Miletus

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Neues Museum

Bodestrasse 1-3, , Berlin, 10178

Learn about the Ancient Egyptian collection on a World UNESCO Heritage site

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Altes Museum

Bodestrasse 1-3, Berlin, 10178

Learn about the first museum built in Berlin and the very famous architect, Karl Schinkel

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Stadtschloss Berlin

Schlosspl. 1, Berlin, 10178

The brand new Humboldt Forum. See the reconstructed Hohenzollern family palace

5 minutes

Bebelplatz

Berlin, 10117

Be enchanted by the beauty of the 18th century square

5 minutes

Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz

Bebelplatz 1, Berlin, 10117

Stand on the location where the Nazi's burned tens of thousands of books in 1933

5 minutes

Staatsoper

10117 Berlin, Germany

The beautiful opera house built under Friedrich the Great in 1743

5 minutes

Konzerthaus

Gendarmenmarkt, , Berlin, 10117

The spectacular Schinkel concert house completed in 1821

5 minutes

Gendarmenmarkt

Berlin, 10117

From the period of Berlin's religious tolerance, the Calvinist French Cathedral and the Lutheran German Cathedral

10 minutes

Checkpoint Charlie

Friedrichstr. 43-45, Zimmerstraße, Berlin, 10117

Cold War civilian and military checkpoint, location of tank stand-off in 1961 between Soviet and American armed forces

10 minutes

Topography of Terror

Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, , Berlin, 10963

See a 200m long piece of the Berlin Wall

5 minutes

Aviation Ministery of Berlin

Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Hermann Göring's airforce ministry, East German house of ministers, German Finance Ministry

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fuhrerbunker

Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, Berlin, 10117

Stand above the location where Hitler spent the last days of WW2- the site of Hilter's bunker

10 minutes

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, Berlin, 10117

Walk through the Memorial dedicated to the Murdered Jews of Europe

10 minutes

Reichstag Building

Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin, Germany

German house of Parliament and government quarter

Pass by without stopping

Brandenburg Gate

Pariser Platz, Berlin, 10117

American Embassy, French Embassy, Hotel Adlon, Academy of Fine Arts

10 minutes

Pariser Platz

Berlin, 10117

The American and French Embassy and the famous Hotel Adlon can all be seen from this square

10 minutes