Explore Berlin: See All The Iconic Sights & Some Hidden Gems

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(4,427 reviews)
Berlin, Germany

3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English

Award-Winning Berlin Walking Tour

Discover Berlin’s extraordinary past and dynamic present on a fascinating journey through the city’s most historic landmarks. Led by an expert local guide, visit iconic sites including the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, and Checkpoint Charlie, while hearing powerful stories of division, resistance, and reunification.

Stand above the site of Hitler’s bunker, where the Third Reich met its final days, and explore Bebelplatz, the square where the Nazis staged their infamous book burning. Walk through Museum Island, home to some of Berlin’s greatest cultural treasures, and learn how the city rebuilt itself after war and dictatorship.

From dramatic moments of WWII to daring Cold War escape attempts, this tour reveals the events that shaped modern Berlin. More than a sightseeing walk, it’s an engaging and thought-provoking experience that brings the city’s history vividly to life.

What's Included

Local English-speaking Expert Guide
3-hour walking tour
Gratuities

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meeting point: outside FRIEDRICHSTRASSE TRAIN STATION, on the square beside the 'Traenenpalast' (Palace of Tears), Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin. Our guide will be wearing a blue lanyard with a yellow name tag, holding yellow umbrellas!

End point
Brandenburg Gate

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Berlin Friedrichstrasse Station

    Start your tour from our central meeting point

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Palace of Tears

    Learn about this Cold War international checkpoint- also known as the Traenenpalast

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Neue Wache

    National memorial site reflecting on war and tyranny

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 4
    Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat)

    The location where Marx, Engels and Einstein studied and taught

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Berliner Dom

    Biggest church in Berlin, Lustgarten, City Palace (Stadt Schloss) and the Humboldt Forum

    10 minutes Admission ticket not included
  • 6
    Pergamonmuseum

    Learn about Islamic art, the Ishtar Gate, the Market Gate of Miletus

    5 minutes Admission ticket not included
  • 7
    Neues Museum

    Learn about the Ancient Egyptian collection on a World UNESCO Heritage site

    5 minutes Admission ticket not included
  • 8
    Altes Museum

    Learn about the first museum built in Berlin and the very famous architect, Karl Schinkel

    5 minutes Admission ticket not included
  • 9
    Stadtschloss Berlin

    The brand new Humboldt Forum. See the reconstructed Hohenzollern family palace

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Bebelplatz

    Be enchanted by the beauty of the 18th century square

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 11
    Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz

    Stand on the location where the Nazi's burned tens of thousands of books in 1933

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Staatsoper

    The beautiful opera house built under Friedrich the Great in 1743

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 13
    Konzerthaus

    The spectacular Schinkel concert house completed in 1821

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 14
    Gendarmenmarkt

    From the period of Berlin's religious tolerance, the Calvinist French Cathedral and the Lutheran German Cathedral

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 15
    Checkpoint Charlie

    Cold War civilian and military checkpoint, location of tank stand-off in 1961 between Soviet and American armed forces

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 16
    Topography of Terror

    See a 200m long piece of the Berlin Wall

    5 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 17
    Aviation Ministery of Berlin

    Hermann Göring's airforce ministry, East German house of ministers, German Finance Ministry

    5 minutes Admission ticket not included
  • 18
    Fuhrerbunker

    Stand above the location where Hitler spent the last days of WW2- the site of Hilter's bunker

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 19
    The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    Walk through the Memorial dedicated to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • Reichstag Building (Pass by)

    German house of Parliament and government quarter

    Admission ticket free
  • 20
    Brandenburg Gate

    American Embassy, French Embassy, Hotel Adlon, Academy of Fine Arts

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 21
    Pariser Platz

    The American and French Embassy and the famous Hotel Adlon can all be seen from this square

    10 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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