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Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin
Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin
Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin
Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin
Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin

Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin

By Insider Tour Berlin
4.8 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is €20 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
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Overview

This guided Berlin walking tour will show you the battleground of the military conflict between the western world and the communist world. With your expert guide, see the Berlin Wall and hidden areas of the Death Strip, a former guard tower and travel through underground 'Ghost Stations'. Stand above the most famous escape tunnels, hear about the people who created them. Listen to stories about espionage, how the CIA and KGB faced off in this geopolitical hotspot. Learn about the leaders of the time and the events that kept the world on the brink of a nuclear war for 40 years. Your guide will expertly inform you on what life was like for Berlin's citizens during the almost 45 years of conflict and the ramifications we are still dealing with today.

Activity location

  • Berlin Friedrichstrasse Station
    • Georgenstr. 14/17
    • 10117, Berlin, Germany, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Reichstagufer 17
    • 17 Reichstagufer
    • 10117, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Cold War Walking Tour of Berlin
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English

This guided Berlin walking tour will show you the battleground of the military conflict between the western world and the communist world. With your expert guide, see the Berlin Wall and hidden areas of the Death Strip, a former guard tower and travel through underground 'Ghost Stations'. Stand above the most famous escape tunnels, hear about the people who created them. Listen to stories about espionage, how the CIA and KGB faced off in this geopolitical hotspot. Learn about the leaders of the time and the events that kept the world on the brink of a nuclear war for 40 years. Your guide will expertly inform you on what life was like for Berlin's citizens during the almost 45 years of conflict and the ramifications we are still dealing with today.

Language options: English
Starting time: 10:00
Price details
€19.90 x 1 Adult€19.90

Total
Price is €19.90

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLocal Expert Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedBerlin Transport AB Zone ticket
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pickup and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Please bring a Berlin Transport AB Zone ticket
  • As a good amount of walking is involved, comfortable shoes are recommended
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Berlin Friedrichstrasse Station
  • 7m
  • Admission ticket not included
Take a ghost train ride from our meeting point through the old Cold War ghost stations
Admiralspalast Berlin
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket not included
See the location where the East German Political Party (SED) was founded in 1946
Palace of Tears
  • 15m
A former East German transit exit building, now a sensational museum that speaks to the importance of the building during the Cold War.
Bernauer Straße (Pass by)
Take a ghost train ride up to Nordbahnhof. Learn about what happened in a divided city with the underground which went historically from East to West.
Memorial of the Berlin Wall
  • 30m
Death strip area, East German guard tower, Tunnel 57 (longest and most successful escape tunnel), Chapel of Reconciliation, first death at the Berlin Wall, where people jumped out of windows to escape the oppression of socialistic East Germany
Chapel of Reconciliation
  • 10m
See this symbolic church, once blown up by East Germans in 1985. Now rebuilt, it unites architectural and ecological modernity with remembrance, standing as a triumph against its predecessor's destruction

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBerlin Friedrichstrasse Station
    • Georgenstr. 14/17
    • 10117, Berlin, Germany, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEReichstagufer 17
    • 17 Reichstagufer
    • 10117, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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