Kreuzberg Berlin History and Culture Walking Tour

In the district of Kreuzberg you will experience the special atmosphere that make the difference of Berlin! History, architecture, urban gardening, gentrification and sustainable housing are some of our topics. You will trace the track of the former Berlin Wall and we tell you what you want to know.
You will meet Berliners who are typical for their quarters. Our guides are Berliners and live in the town for decades! They have experienced the ongoing changes and developments for a long time!

Meeting Point

Moritzplatz

Moritzpl., 10969 Berlin, Germany

The meeting point will be at a stop of public transportation (Underground line 8 and Bus M29)

What's included:

• Tourguide and written explanations

What to expect:

Duration: between 1 hour, 30 minutes and 2 hours, 30 minutes

Prinzessinnengarten

Prinzenstr. 35- 38, U-Bahn Moritzplatz, Berlin, 10969

This garden shows how spontenously people can change their neighbourghood.

10 minutes

Modulor

Prinzenstraße 85, 10969 Berlin, Germany

We will go inside this house and on the roof terrace and you will learn sth. about the unique architecture.

15 minutes

Engelbecken

Engeldamm, Berlin

Engelbecken is part of the former "Luisenstädtischen Kanal", that existed between 1849 and 1926

5 minutes

Kinderbauernhof Am Mauerplatz e.V.

Adalbertstraße 71, 10997 Berlin, Germany

The children's farm was started in 1980 as a demand of the squatter movement at that time. Since then it has been developped to a succesfull project not only for young people in the area

10 minutes

Bethaniendamm

10997 Berlin, Germany

Bethaniendamm is a street with a garden strip in between, in time of the Berlin wall this was the place of the wall! You can still see the differences between the former east and west.

10 minutes

St Thomaskirche Kreuzberg

Mariannenplatz 28, Berlin, 10997

Before the wall it devided, this church was one of the biggest christian communites in Berlin. Today it hosts a great exhibition about the time of the Berlin wall in this neighbouhood.

10 minutes

Mariannenplatz

10997 Berlin, Germany

This jewelry place was the first in Kreuzberg and the Bethanien-Hospital from 1850 was the first buildung here. Today it is a multi-functional building including a musicschool and the cafe-restaurant "Three sisters". Nearby we see the first of the many ocupied houses in Kreuzberg. Another nice monument is the "Feuerwehrbrunnen" by the Kreuzberg artist Kurt Mühlenhaupt.

15 minutes

Oranienstraße

Oranienstraße, 10 Berlin, Germany

This is the main street in this part of Kreuzberg with a lot of back yards, pubs, graffity and old houses. Best atmosphere!

10 minutes

Kottbusser Tor

Kottbusser Tor, 10999 Berlin, Germany

Here everything comes together - youngsters meeting for the night trip, turkish women to shop on the market, business people to celebrate end of days work and tourists to enjoy one of the atmospheric food places. Not to oversee many of socially deprived folks!

10 minutes

Oranienplatz

Oranienpl., 10999 Berlin, Germany

This big place shows some ideas of town planners throughout history.

10 minutes