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Mitte, Berlin

Following the Berlin Wall

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Follow part of the Berlin Wall, taking in its most infamous landmarks

Following the Berlin Wall

Your tour will follow the course of the Berlin Wall, from the Bundestag, through central Berlin and terminating at The Wall Museum. The route will take you past the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie and the colourful murals of the East Side Gallery, while discovering the remaining parts of the wall as you travel.

Itinerary

White Crosses

White Crosses

Open-air memorial beside the Spree near the Reichstag, remembering people killed while trying to cross the Berlin Wall

Stay for 5 minutes

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Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate

Berlin’s most famous landmark, the Brandenburg Gate marks the city’s Cold War division and reunification and now stands for peace and unity

Stay for 5 minutes

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Teil der Berliner Mauer at Potsdamer Platz

Teil der Berliner Mauer at Potsdamer Platz

Six Berlin Wall sections stand by the Potsdamer Platz station entrance, marking one of the central-city places where visitors can still pause with the history of the divided city

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DDR Watch Tower

DDR Watch Tower

Last surviving BT-6 Berlin Wall watchtower near Potsdamer Platz, currently preserved in place but closed to visitors during nearby construction

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Berlin Wall along Niederkirchnerstraße

Berlin Wall along Niederkirchnerstraße

A preserved section of the Berlin Wall beside the Topography of Terror, where the concrete border strip still shows the damage left by people chipping away pieces after 1989

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Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie

The best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War

Stay for 5 minutes

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East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

At 1316 metres long, the open-air East Side Gallery, on the banks of the Spree in Friedrichshain, is the longest continuous section of the Berlin Wall still in existence

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The Wall Museum

The Wall Museum

A multimedia museum beside Berlin's East Side Gallery, tracing the Berlin Wall from its construction to its fall in 1989 through 13 themed rooms

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