Berlin Trip Overview
This self-guided GPS audio walk takes you on a ramble through the vivid history of working-class Wedding, one of the most underrated neighbourhoods in Berlin. Wedding is an area that has seen many changes, and is currently transforming again.
On this walk, you’ll be shown what’s beneath the surface of a somewhat plain-looking neighbourhood, which attracts very diverse people. You’ll find out about its period of social upheavals, GDR-era ghost stations, and re-appropriated public swimming pools, while following its river, the Panke.
The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone’s GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
Additional Info
Duration: 1 hour
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Berlin, Berlin, Germany
This self-guided GPS audio walk takes you on a ramble through the vivid history of working-class Wedding, one of the most underrated neighbourhoods in Berlin. Wedding is an area that has seen many changes, and is currently transforming again.
On this walk, you’ll be shown what’s beneath the surface of a somewhat plain-looking neighbourhood, which attracts very diverse people. You’ll find out about its period of social upheavals, GDR-era ghost stations, and re-appropriated public swimming pools, while following its river, the Panke.
The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone’s GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Weddingplatz, Reinickendorfer Str., 13347 Berlin, Germany
Before the mid-19th century, Wedding was outside the city walls, shunned as a place of wilderness and demons. A century later it was abandoned, and the area remained an urban wilderness, referred to as a ‘desert’ on old maps.
Pass By: Bibliothek am Luisenbad, Badstrasse 39, 13357 Berlin Germany
The Luisenbad Library is one of the nicest libraries in Berlin. It’s bright and spacious inside and some of the old wall structures are still visible too. There’s also a pleasant reading garden out the back.
Pass By: Uferhallen Kulturstandort, Uferstraße 8, 13357 Berlin, Germany
“Uferstudios” together with the “Uferhallen” complex on the other side of it house artist and dance studios, a piano salon, a café and an indoor football pitch operated by Adidas.
