Berlin Queer History Bike Tour Experience

In a nutshell: first queer heroes of the 19/20st century *** the story before stonewall *** lots of 1st’s *** interesting queer stories *** we bike slow, no hills *** bikes are available for 10€ a day by app in Berlin *** a guide with passion ***
We see historical places and hear about queer history like the world's first public outing, the world’s first gay activist group, the worlds first gay and lesbian magazine, the world's first sexological institute and we dive into the nightlife of the golden twenties. It also explains how Berlin became such a liberal place.

We start Unter den Linden, pass by Brandenburg Gate and bike through Tiergarten, to Spreeufer, and finally discover in Schöneberg the queer areas of Nollendorfplatz and end at Motzstrasse.
The tour takes about 3 hours.

Please bring a bike or scooter. The city is flat and cycling is easy. you can book a bike via app from 10€ a day with “callabike starter”:

See you on the tour!

Meeting Point

Unter den Linden 4

Unter den Linden 4, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Start is Unter den Linden 4, in front of the Neue Wache, I'm wearing a rainbow adidas jacket an await you on the benches to the right (when the street is in your back) of the building.

What's included:

• Tour-Guide

Not included:

• E-bike/ Bike/Scooter (z.b. Callabike “starter” für 10€ )

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours

Neue Wache

Unter Den Linden 4, Berlin, 10117

Introduction and we talk about the History of Homosexuality

10 minutes

Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz

Bebelplatz 1, Berlin, 10117

Here Bebelplatz we here about that books of the library of the institute of sexual science and a bust of Hirschfeld were burned on May 10, 1933

10 minutes

Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted Under National Socialist Regime

S-Bhf Tiergarten 2, Opposite the Holocaust Memorial/Ebertstrasse, Berlin, 10557

Abruptly, harshly and cruelly the Nazis ended the acquired freedoms of the Berlin 20s. Today we commemorate this at the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism

10 minutes

Gendarmenmarkt

Berlin, 10117

Here we hear about, how a brave man, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, came out publicly for the first time in the world, and kicked off the scientific debate to prevent the Prussian Sodomy Paragraph.

15 minutes

Venusbassin

Str. des 17. Juni 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany

historic cruising area at today's Venusbassin, when Berlin was considered Europe's main market for homosexual johns who met in the Tiergarten at Goldfish Pond & gay path

10 minutes

Bellevue Palace

Spreeweg 1, Berlin, 10557

Near Schloss Bellevue is the Magnus Hirschfeld-Ufer. Magnus Hirschfeld is the most influential homosexual activist of its time in which he founds the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee - Wissenschaftlich humanitäres Komitee (WhK), the first gay activist group in the world, and is also later equally founder of the Institute for Sexual Science. There he performs the first gender reassignment surgeries.

10 minutes

Dennewitzplatz

Tempelhof-Schöneberg, 10783 Berlin, Germany

Berlin costume balls at the Nationalhof and Holondais on Denewitzplatz are a feature of the gay subculture and an object of study for international interested scholars. At the Dorian Grey the lesbian ladies celebrate.

15 minutes

Bull Bar

Wrangelstr. 90, 15:00-03:00 Geöffnet, Berlin, 10997

The Kleist-Kasino was a hustler bar where Nazi greats like Ernst Röhm frequented. Founded in 1921, it is considered one of the most traditional gay bars in Europe. Today it is home to Bull, a gay fetish bar.

10 minutes

Nollendorfplatz

10787 Berlin, Germany

From the beginning of the twenties, the focus of the scene shifted to Schöneberg around Nollendorfplatz an - until today one of the most important queer neighborhoods in Berlin.

15 minutes