Berlin Historical and Cultural Exploration Tour

This is an off-the-beaten-track experience across Berlin, combining the diversity of the city with its history. Along the way you'll see Nazi-era buildings as well as a 19th century hospital, now converted into a splendid and sprawling apartment complex; equally, you'll come across stumblestones commemorating murdered Jews during the Nazi-era that are next to some faux-Tudor style buildings developed by one of Berlin's most important turn-of-the-century city developers. You'll also see a typical late 19th century tenement building set against a converted bunker. The quirky diversity of Neukölln with its Turkish Market mark the end of this tour, one which some have described to have an "A" and a "B" Side, though which one is which no one seems to agree!

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours, 15 minutes

Umar Ibn Khattab Mosque Berlin

Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Wiener Str. 1-6, Berlin, 10999

Admire Germany's oldest mosque going back to the 1920s and hear some amazing stories about what happened in that mosque in the 1930s.

20 minutes

Rüdesheimer Platz

Rüdesheimer Pl., 14197 Berlin-Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany

One of Berlin's lushest and prettiest squares! Learn more about its history (... and if the wine-fest is on, between mid-May and mid-September, why not stop for a glass of fine Riesling?).

30 minutes

Heidelberger Platz

10715 Berlin, Germany

Experience what is arguably the most lavish metro station west of Moscow!

15 minutes

Fichtebunker

Fichtestraße 6, 10967 Berlin, Germany

Be amazed at how an erstwhile WWII bunker has been turned into some stunning luxury homes!

15 minutes

Turkish Market

Maybachufer 3, Berlin, 12047

On Tuesdays and Fridays the Turkish Market takes place at Maybach Ufer in Neukölln. It's an experience in itself as people from all over the world mix and mingle, scream, shout, eat and drink!

20 minutes

Neukölln

12 Berlin-Neukölln, Germany

Have a wander through what is now one of Berlin's hippest neighborhoods. See a slew of trendy cafes and bars. Concluding the tour in one of them is optional.

30 minutes

Fraenkelufer

Fraenkelufer, 10999 Berlin, Germany

Take a look at what used to be one of Berlin's largest temples, built by Alexander Beer, who was later murdered in Terezin. The synagogue was set ablaze during the pogroms in November 1938 and subsequently destroyed during WWII. Only one wing of this once proud neo Baroque building survived, however, the building is set to be rebuilt starting 2023.

10 minutes