• Brandenburg Gate - Begin the tour at the Brandenburg Gate and discover why this monument symbolizes the reunified Germany.
• Reichstag Building - Visit the parliament house and learn how this building represents Berlin and German history over the past century. Hear about the Reichstag fire in 1933 and how Hitler utilized the building during his regime.
• Soviet Memorial Tiergarten - View Soviet T34/76 tanks and field artillery from World War II at the Soviet war memorial in the Tiergarten.
• Victory Column (Siegessäule) - Observe the Victory Column and understand why Albert Speer relocated it from its original site. Also, learn about Albert Speer’s plans for Germania, the proposed new capital city of the world, which Berlin would have been renamed if the Nazis had won World War II.
• The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe - Walk through this vast memorial dedicated to the murdered Jews of Europe.
• Führerbunker - Stand above Hitler’s bunker and listen to your guide explain the final days of World War II and Hitler’s suicide in the bunker on April 30th, 1945, and how Germans today reconcile with this destructive past.
• Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus - Walk the length of Hermann Göring’s Airforce Ministry, which was also the site where East Germany (GDR) was declared in 1949.
• Topography of Terror - Visit the site where the notorious Nazi institutions, the SS, Gestapo, and the SD, had their headquarters in Nazi Germany, now home to the Topography of Terror exhibition, which educates about the horrific crimes committed during World War II.
• Niederkirchnerstraße - See a large section of the Berlin Wall and hear stories of people escaping over the Wall and the fate of those who attempted but did not succeed. Learn about life on both sides of the Wall, East Berlin and West Berlin.
• Checkpoint Charlie - Conclude the tour at Checkpoint Charlie, the most renowned checkpoint through the Berlin Wall. Hear about the Soviet vs. USA tank standoff on this street in 1961. Learn how the Berlin Wall fell on the historic night of November 9th, 1989. End the tour by exploring the success of reunification over the past 30-plus years.

• Professional English-speaking local guide
• Walking Tour in English

• Gratuities

Join our acclaimed tour and explore Berlin’s captivating 20th-century history with a guided walking tour of the city’s key Third Reich and Cold War locations.

Visit renowned landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, and the Soviet War Memorial, while gaining insights into the final days of World War II and the subsequent division of Berlin. Pay your respects at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a poignant homage to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

Stand above the site of Hitler’s Bunker, view the former Ministry of Aviation, where the East German state was established in 1949, and wander through the grounds of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters, now home to the Topography of Terror exhibition.

Discover the history of the Berlin Wall, the heavily fortified “death strip,” and the courageous escape attempts by those seeking liberty. The tour concludes at Checkpoint Charlie, where the story of the Wall’s fall in 1989 and Germany’s reunification is shared.

• IMPORTANT: Meet 15 minutes before the tour begins in front of the Tourist Information office at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz side). Look out for the guide with the pink umbrella!
• This tour is offered in English only

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