🏨 2 hour Third Reich and Cold War Walking Tour in Berlin Activity

2 hour Third Reich and Cold War Walking Tour in Berlin

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Duration: 2 hours

Departs: Berlin, Berlin

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Learn the tumultuous contemporary history of Berlin on a guided walking tour of the city's iconic Third Reich and Cold War sights. See the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and Soviet War Memorial. Walk through the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a poignant dedication to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust/Shoah.

Visit the site of Hitler’s Bunker and witness Hermann Göring's enormous Ministry of Aviation, the place where the GDR was founded in 1949. Then go to the site of the former Gestapo and SS HQ, now the site of the Topography of Terror exhibition

Learn about the Berlin Wall, built in 1961 and hear details of the almost impenetrable "death strip". See the 200-meter long stretch of the Brlin Wall and view the loctation where successful escapes took place over the Wall. You'll hear stories about those people who did not make it and what their fates were..

Round off the tour at Checkpoint Charlie and learn about how the Wall came down in 1989 and all about German unity today.

What's Included

Professional local guide

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

CHILD: Age: 1 - 12
YOUTH: Age: 13 - 17
ADULT: Age: 18 - 65
SENIOR: Age: 66 - 99

Additional Info

Guides required to regularly wash hands
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Brandenburg Gate

Start the tour at the Brandenburger Gate and learn why this monument is the symbol of the reunfied Germany.

6 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Reichstag Building

Experience the house of parliament and hear why this building encapsulates Berlin and German history over the last 100 years. Hear the story of the Reichstag fire in 1933 and how Hitler used the building during his dictatorship.

7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Soviet Memorial Tiergarten

See Soviet T34/76 tanks and field artillery from WW2 at the Soviet war memorial in the Tiergarten

7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Victory Column (Siegessaule)

See the Victory column and learn why Albert Speer moved it from it's original location to the new site. Also learn about Albert Speer's plans for the new capital city of the world, Germania, which would have been the new name for Berlin if the Nazi's were successful in winning WW2

• Admission Ticket Free

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Walk through this immense memorial dedicated to the murdered Jews of Europe

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Hitler's Bunker

Stand above Hitler's bunker listening to your guide inform you about the last days of WW2 and Hitler's suicide in the bunker on April 30th 1945 and how the Germans come to terms with this destructive past today.

7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Wlak the length of Hermann Goerings Airforce ministry, which was also the location where East Germany (GDR) was proclaimed in 1949.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Topography of Terror

See the site where the infamous Nazi insitiutions, the SS, Gestapo and the SD had their headqurters in Nazi Germany, whch today houses the Topography of Terror exhibition which teaches us about the heinous crimes these people perpetrated during WW2

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Checkpoint Charlie

End the tour at Checkpoint Charlie, the most famous of the checkpoints through the Berlin Wall. Hear about the Soviet vs USA tank standoff on this street in 1961. Learn how the Berlin Wall came down on the fateful night 9th Novemeber 1989. End the tour by discovering how successful reunification has been over the last 30 plus years.

7 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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