Berlin Introduction: Culture, Tyranny & Tolerance – Private 3-hour Tour

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Embark on a 3-hour history tour with a scholar guide, that considers the 300-year evolution of Berlin from Prussia’s cultural capital, to the bustling 19th Century seat of Germany’s Emperors. Explore the dark epicenter of the Nazi and Cold War eras to its present revival as a world capital of culture, the arts and of tolerance.

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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours



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Embark on a 3-hour history tour with a scholar guide, that considers the 300-year evolution of Berlin from Prussia’s cultural capital, to the bustling 19th Century seat of Germany’s Emperors. Explore the dark epicenter of the Nazi and Cold War eras to its present revival as a world capital of culture, the arts and of tolerance.

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Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany

Berlin’s famous Reichstag is the meeting place of the Bundestag (“Federal Assembly”), the lower house of Germany’s national legislature. The glass transparent dome added by Norman Foster in the 1990s has become an inconic image of modern Germany’s committment to democratic government.

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Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany

The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II. Many famous events in Berlin’s history, from Napoleon’s triumphant entrance to Ronald Reagain’s cold war speech have taken place at this iconic gate

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Museum Island, Breite Street, 13089 Berlin Germany

A unique ensemble of buildings on Spreeinsel (Spree Island) in the heart of Berlin. It encompasses five large Berlin museums built under the Prussian rulers, including the Pergamon, Neues Museum (New Museum) and Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery).

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Potsdamer Platz Tiegarten, 10785 Berlin Germany

Historic square reborn since fall of Berlin Wall, now a hub of entertainment, restaurants and shops

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Unter den Linden, Berlin Germany

Unter den Linden is the grand boulevard, running from the City Palace to Brandenburg Gate, named after the linden trees that line it. It was Berlin’s answer to Paris’s Champs-Élysées.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni 100, 10557 Berlin Germany

The Tiergarten is Berlin’s most famous inner-city park, full of graceful gardens and grand statuary.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was designed by the architect Peter Eisenman and opened in 2005. 2711 concrete slabs of different heights allow you to enter a powerfully somber labyrinth and space of reflection.

Read more about Berlin Small-Group History Tour: The Wall, Reichstag, More 2021 – https://www.viator.com/tours/Berlin/Small-Group-3-hour-Introductory-Tour-of-Berlin-Capital-of-Culture-Tyranny-and-Tolerance/d488-10847P37?mcid=56757

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Hackescher Markt, Berlin Germany

The lively Hackescher Markt Square offers a glimpse into the preserved Art Nouveau courtyards of pre-war Berlin.

Duration: 10 minutes



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