Berlin Wall Historical Walking Tour

The wall ran through the middle of Berlin for over 40 km, dividing an entire city and a country for 28 long years. For many, this is unimaginable.
In an authentic and vivid way, your guide will take you on a journey through time from the construction to the fall of the Berlin Wall. You will gain an insight into the construction of the border strip. Your guide will tell you authentic stories about real fates of people who had to pay the price of their lives for their freedom at the Wall.

How the Stasi abused children and young people for their propaganda is difficult to imagine today.

Your guide will tell you how selfish and inhumane the GDR was when it closed the border and how many people jumped to their deaths out of fear and despair.

Your guide will tell you one or two love stories today, because they did happen too.

Meeting Point

Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Platz

Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Platz, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Meeting point: S Nordbahnhof (exit: Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Platz)
Please use the exit: Gartenstrasse
The meeting point is on the square in front of the stairs to the S Bahn entrance.
Connections: S1, S2, S25 or by tram M8 or M10

What's included:

• Guide

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

Your tour begins with jumping over the wall at the entrance to the Nordbahnhof S-Bahn station on Gartenstrasse. Today, your guide will tell you why there were so-called "ghost stations" during the GDR era.

5 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

At the beginning of the Berlin Wall Memorial you will receive a brief overview of how a wall could have been built in the first place.

5 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

On June 15, 1961, W. Ulbricht brought his world-famous lie into play: "Nobody has any intention of building a wall!" Less than two months later, on August 13, 1961, the border was sealed off and a wall was built. You can get an insight into how the border strip was constructed.

10 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

At least 140 people died at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989. In fact, the exact number of victims is unknown. At the memorial window, your guide will tell you about the fates of those who had to pay with their lives for their freedom.

10 minutes

Berlin

Berlin

Your guide will accompany you to the viewing platform. From here you have an overview of the border strip on Bernauer Strasse.

15 minutes

Ackerstraße

Ackerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Not far from Ackerstrasse is the chapel of the Church of Reconciliation. This is where the church once stood, which stood in the middle of the border strip. People from East and West Berlin celebrated services together in this church. Your guide will tell you what happened to the church after the border was closed.

5 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

The passenger agreements were agreements between the Senate of Berlin (West) and the GDR to make the wall more permeable. Your guide will tell you about this. You will also learn how brutally and ruthlessly the GDR abused children and young people for its own purposes.

10 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

Along Bernauer Strasse there used to be residential buildings with windows and exits to West Berlin. The houses were on the territory of the GDR. Find out about the inhuman tragedies and fates that took place here. Out of fear and desperation, hundreds of people jumped out of their windows to their deaths. Here you have the opportunity to look at the pictures and videos at your leisure.

10 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

The 1960s were marked by numerous tunnel escapes. One tunnel has become legendary and is located in the immediate vicinity of the border house. Accompany your guide to this tunnel and learn how the GDR changed history for the purposes of propaganda.

10 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

The jump of border guard Conrad Schumann is one of the most famous escapes at the Berlin Wall. Schumann was wanted until the fall of the GDR. Your guide will tell you about Schumann's life.

5 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

Kidnappings were part of the GDR's core business. Former employees of the NVA and People's Police were particularly kidnapped by criminal gangs on the orders of the GDR from the West back to the GDR. One kidnapping even ended in death. Your guide will tell you a lot about this.

5 minutes

Memorial of the Berlin Wall

Bernauer Strasse 111, Berlin, 13355

Not only was there the Cold War, but there was also a massive loudspeaker war in Berlin. Find out today how the West and the East made each other's lives hell.

5 minutes

Mauerpark

Gleimstrasse 55, , Berlin, 10437

Your tour ends right at Mauerpark. Like the construction of the Berlin Wall, the fall of the Wall also has its story and your guide will tell you about it today.

5 minutes