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Berlin Cold War Stretch Walking Tour with East Side Gallery

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3 hrs

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    • Explore Cold War East Berlin with a guided walk centered on Tränenpalast, uncovering border stories that bring divided city life into sharp focus.

    • Meet at Reichstagufer 17 at 10 am, then set off on a 3 hour city walk using your own AB daypass, finishing at the East Side Gallery.

    • Take in Admiralspalast, Alexanderplatz, the TV Tower and Karl Marx Allee on a route past East German architecture and the 1953 uprising site.

    • Stand at the Berlin Wall while your expert explains Stasi surveillance methods, state control and how the mass protests of 1989 brought it down.

    • Guided walking tour

    • Entry to the Tranenpalast (Palace of Tears)

    • Visit to the Admiralspalast

    • Visit to Alexanderplatz, TV Tower and 1989 protest site

    • See East German architecture

    • Walk along Karl-Marx-Allee

    • Visit the site where the 1953 East German protest began

    • Learn about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

    • See the Berlin Wall

    • Visit the East Side Gallery

    • Discussion of Stasi surveillance and torture methods

    • Public transport AB daypass

    • Food and drinks

    • Gratuities

  • TOTAL DURATION3 hours
    MODE OF TRANSFERWalk
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    Reichstagufer 17
    Start point

    Reichstagufer 17

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    Admiralspalast

    1. Admiralspalast

    Guided tour

    See the historic Admiralspalast, the former cabaret theatre where the East German SED political party was formed in 1946. 

    Tränenpalast – Palace of Tears

    2. Tränenpalast – Palace of Tears

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    Friedrichstraße Station

    3. Friedrichstraße Station

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    Alexanderplatz

    4. Alexanderplatz

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    Stalin Allee

    5. Stalin Allee

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    Karl-Marx-Allee

    6. Karl-Marx-Allee

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    Rosenhof

    7. Rosenhof

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    Friedrichshain

    8. Friedrichshain

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    Oberbaum Bridge

    9. Oberbaum Bridge

    East Side Gallery
    End point

    East Side Gallery

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