Berlin Trip Overview
Surely, Berlin is not known for being a beautiful city in traditional terms, but certainly one of the most exciting places in Europe. The German capital offers more traces of different political systems than anywhere else on the continent. Some places even show different eras overlapping: Imperial Germany and Weimar Republic, National Socialism and Communism, Middle Ages and present-day.
As an experienced guide, graduated historian and book author (including: “Architectural History of Berlin”) I will show you how to “read” all these traces and decipher the meaning of the various buildings. During the tour, I will tell you about the city’s development and share the results of my research with you (and also some personal stories about life in Berlin since the early 1990s…). You will learn why parts of the Berlin Palace exist in various places, discover what the „architectural espionage“ of the 18th century is all about, and what the first building of the Cold War has to do with the architectural projects of the Nazis.
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Duration: 150 to 180 minutes
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Surely, Berlin is not known for being a beautiful city in traditional terms, but certainly one of the most exciting places in Europe. The German capital offers more traces of different political systems than anywhere else on the continent. Some places even show different eras overlapping: Imperial Germany and Weimar Republic, National Socialism and Communism, Middle Ages and present-day.
As an experienced guide, graduated historian and book author (including: “Architectural History of Berlin”) I will show you how to “read” all these traces and decipher the meaning of the various buildings. During the tour, I will tell you about the city’s development and share the results of my research with you (and also some personal stories about life in Berlin since the early 1990s…). You will learn why parts of the Berlin Palace exist in various places, discover what the „architectural espionage“ of the 18th century is all about, and what the first building of the Cold War has to do with the architectural projects of the Nazis.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Nicholas Quarter, Rathausstrasse 21, 10178 Berlin Germany
The site where Berlin has been founded
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Berlin Palace Humboldt Forum, Schloßpl., 10178 Berlin, Germany
The palace has been blown up in 1950 and now is under reconstruction.
Pass By: Altes Museum, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin Germany
The “Old Museum” (Altes Museum) is the first building in Germany that has been designed to serve as a museum from the outset.
Pass By: Museum Island, Breite Street, 13089 Berlin Germany
The “Museum Island” consists of five independent museums.
Pass By: Staatsbibliothek, Potsdamer Str. 33, 10785 Berlin Germany
The building was completed in 1914
Stop At: Bebelplatz 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
Here we dive into the architectural history of the 18th century: How architecture, politics and propaganda are interconnected. Moreover we will see one of the last pieces of political art depicting the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin Germany
On Gendarmenmarkt, you will find the former Prussian National Theatre designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, one of the first buildings of German modern architecture.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
In the former government quarter of the German Reich, we will follow the traces of the Nazi past, look at still existing Nazi buildings and talk about how Germans initially struggled and later came to terms with their past.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany
We will talk about urban planning in the 1800s, the division of Berlin after 1945 and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni 100, 10557 Berlin Germany
In Tiergarten, we will visit the Soviet War Memorial and talk about the Cold War and Berlin being its very focus.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
In the new government quarter, we will talk about 19th century urban planning, Nazi plans to build the world capital “Germania” and the reconstruction of Berlin after 1945 and after 1989.
