Berlin Historical Highlights Rickshaw Sightseeing Tour

Experience Berlin's historical highlights on a fascinating rickshaw tour berlin as we guide you through the city's magnificent streets and squares. From the imposing buildings of the Brandenburg Gate to the majestic remains of the Berlin Wall - discover the captivating history of Berlin comfortably with our rickshaw sightseeing and eco-friendly tours.
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Meeting Point

Brandenburger Tor

10117 Berlin, Germany

Paris Square, Starbucks

What's included:

• Tour guide
• Photographer
• Music on request

What to expect:

Duration: between 1 hour and 4 hours

Brandenburg Gate

Pariser Platz, Berlin, 10117

The Brandenburg Gate made of sandstone is one of the largest and most beautiful creations of German classicism. It was built in the years 1788 to 1791 based on designs by Carl Gotthard Langhans the Elder, who was strongly oriented towards the propylaea of the Athens Acropolis. King Friedrich Wilhelm II had previously ordered the construction of the Brandenburg Gate because he was looking for a worthy architectural conclusion for the boulevard Unter den Linden.

Reichstag/Bundestag

10557 Berlin, Germany

Significant turning points and events in German history are associated with the Reichstag building. On November 9, 1918, SPD politician Philipp Scheidemann called the Republic from the balcony on the west portal. The "Reichstag fire" occurred on the evening of February 27, 1933. The plenary hall and the dome were completely destroyed. A red flag of the Soviet Union, raised on April 30, 1945 by two Red Army soldiers, symbolized the victory over the "Third Reich".

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

German Chancellery

Willy-Brandt-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin, Germany

The 36-meter high "administration building" rises between and above the two five-story administrative wings, which houses the offices of the Chancellor and his Ministers of State, the cabinet room and conference rooms. A large arch is cut into the bare wall to the north and south, to the east (to the main entrance) and to the west the outer walls are broken up into large glass surfaces that span between high concrete pillars. This gives the large building an astonishing transparency and lightness. The two side wings, whose floor plans resemble a comb, appear completely different. The offices are grouped around atriums that are completely glazed. The long side walls with their alternation of windowless concrete walls and large glass surfaces appear compact and defiant.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Soviet War Memorial Tiergarten

Str. des 17. Juni 4, 10557 Berlin, Germany

Flanked by two "T 34" tanks, there is a bronze statue of a Red Army soldier carrying his rifle on his shoulder in the middle of the square. Texts with the names of fallen Soviet soldiers are attached to the pillars behind them. In the rear part of the memorial are the graves of around 2500 soldiers.

3 minutes

Tiergarten

Strasse des 17. Juni 100, , Berlin, 10557

History of the zoo
At the end of the 17th century, Elector Friedrich III. create a "pleasure park for the population" from the former hunting ground. Over time, the park was redesigned according to several models, including Between 1833 and 1838 the famous landscape designer Peter Joseph Lenné transformed the zoo into an English public park.
Sights in the Tiergarten
But it is not just trees, shrubs and green spaces that determine the face of the approximately 200-hectare zoo. Many sights such as monuments and memorials, bridges, the Victory Column, the Federal President's Office, the House of World Cultures or the English Garden invite you to take a day stroll through the park. The English garden created around a pond gives an insight into the English landscape architecture and is today one of the most beautiful corners of the zoo.

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz, Tiegarten, Berlin, 10785

Potsdamer Platz was planned as an entire district by architects. With success - the cafes, cinemas and shops between the futuristic high-rise buildings are used by Berliners and tourists alike. The city planners' calculation worked: The Berliners have accepted the cafes, cinemas and the large shopping arcade of the new Daimler City very well. A whole new district was created on 6.8 hectares between Potsdamer Platz and Reichpietschufer.

2 minutes

Topography of Terror

Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, , Berlin, 10963

The area, which became known as the "Topography of Terror" in 1987, was the central location for the planning and control of most Nazi crimes. Between 1933 and 1945, the most important institutions of the National Socialist terror apparatus of the SS and police were housed here with the Secret State Police Office, the Reichsführung SS and the Reich Security Main Office.

5 minutes

Gropius Bau

Niederkirchnerstr. 7, Berlin, 10963

The Martin-Gropius-Bau is dedicated to cultural history, contemporary art and photography.

2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

Wall

1 minute • Admission Ticket Not Included

Checkpoint Charlie

Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin, Germany

The former military checkpoint Checkpoint Charlie was the most famous border crossing of the three border points controlled by the Americans next to the Glienicke Bridge during the division of Berlin. The others were the border control points Helmstedt-Marienborn (Checkpoint Alpha) and Dreilinden-Drewitz (Checkpoint Bravo). The transition could only be used by foreigners and employees of the Permanent Representation of the FRG in the GDR and by GDR officials.

2 minutes

Friedrichstrasse

, , Berlin

Friedrichstrasse runs through Berlin as a north-south axis. A popular shopping mile developed between Checkpoint Charlie and Friedrichstrasse station after the fall of the wall.

Gendarmenmarkt

Berlin, 10117

The square was created at the end of the 17th century according to plans by Johann Arnold Nering. At that time, French immigrants, mainly French Protestants (Huguenots), settled in this area. The market place was first called Esplanade, then in chronological order Lindenmarkt, Friedrichstädtischer Markt and Neuer Markt. Finally it was renamed Gendarmenmarkt in 1799, since from 1736 to 1782 the guard and the stables of the "Gens d'armes" ward regiment were located there.

5 minutes

Deutscher Dom

Gendarmenmarkt 1, Berlin, 10117

The permanent exhibition "Ways - wrong trails - detours" in the German Cathedral shows the historical development of liberal parliamentary democracy in Germany on five floors.

2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Konzerthaus

Gendarmenmarkt, , Berlin, 10117

The Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt is a masterpiece of classicist architecture and is one of Karl Friedrich Schinkel's main works.
As early as 1776, at the instigation of Frederick the Great, a small comedy house was opened here, which was designed according to the plans of the Prussian director of construction, Johann Bouman the Elder. was built. The renaming to the Royal National Theater in 1787 illustrated the rise to one of the leading theaters in the country

2 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Bebelplatz

Bebelpl., 10117 Berlin, Germany

In the middle of the museum center of Berlin, Bebelplatz gives an idea of what a beautiful city was like almost 300 years ago. The Nazis desecrated the place by burning books, which is now a memorial.
On May 10, 1933, the National Socialists burned over 20,000 books at Bebelplatz. They believed that the volumes they selected were "non-German spirit". These included books by Erich Kästner, the Mann family, Magnus Hirschfeld, Lion Feuchtwanger, Karl Marx, Else Lasker-Schüler and almost 400 other authors. Heinrich Heine's books were also burned. If you had read them instead, you would have come across Heine's remark that wherever you burn books, you also have people

2 minutes

Museum Island

Breite Street, Berlin, 13089

Between the Spree and the Kupfergraben is the world-famous Museum Island, whose buildings house the archaeological collections and the art of the 19th century. The starting point of the ensemble comprising numerous buildings was the completion of the Old Museum, built according to plans by Schinkel, in 1830.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Berliner Dom

Am Lustgarten, Berlin, 10178

The mighty Berlin Cathedral in the heart of the city cannot be overlooked thanks to its striking dome. A visit to the cathedral is not only a must for every church lover, because it is richly decorated outside and inside - after climbing the dome, visitors are offered an exciting view of the Berlin city center with the Spree, Lustgarten and Museum Island.

1 minute • Admission Ticket Not Included

Lustgarten

Am Lustgarten 1, Museum Island, Berlin, 10178

The pleasure garden, which initially belonged to the city palace, is located between Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Kupfergraben, the Altes Museum and the Berlin Cathedral. It is one of the traditional places in the city. Today there are two double rows with linden trees and a huge red granite bowl. In the summer, tourists relax on the lawns or cool off at the fountain in the middle of the pleasure garden.

1 minute

Alexanderplatz

10178 Berlin, Germany

Whether in the 1920s, in GDR times or today: the famous Alexanderplatz was and remains one of the liveliest squares in Berlin. The Alex, as it is briefly called by Berliners, is the center in the east of the city and is one of the most important sights in Berlin. However, it is not just the square that attracts many tourists: attractions such as the television tower, the world clock or the fountain of friendship between peoples are located on Alexanderplatz. In addition, the square has developed into a permanent shopping address in the city.

1 minute