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Berlin: Stasi Museum Private Guided Tour with Entry Ticket

1. Berlin: Stasi Museum Private Guided Tour with Entry Ticket

Explore what life in GDR looked like during this unforgettable tour. Let us take you on a real journey through the time back to the Cold War and the division into East and West Berlin. This is a perfect trip for history lovers but also for those who want to learn more about what life in Berlin used to be like. Start this tour by meeting your Private Guide in an easy-finding meeting point at the Alexanderplatz. After a historical introduction to the topic, go by public transport and visit the Stasi Museum with your 5-Stars Guide. Do not worry about the tickets as we provide them. The museum’s building used to be the headquarters of the Ministry of State Security. You will have the opportunity to take a close look at how Stasi operated and see their original spying technology such as bugs and hidden cameras. Explore the main attraction - the office of Minister of State Security Erich Mielke. See his famous red briefcase, in which he used to keep the most sensitive information. Find out how informants were recruited and how the citizens were controlled. The real treasure of the museum are the Ministerial offices which are completely untouched from the days when they were occupied. This tour is an unique opportunity to learn about important events from the past. Enjoy the authentic exhibits, a 5-Stars Qualified Private Guide and interesting exhibitions.

Berlin Highlights: 3-Hour Bike Tour

2. Berlin Highlights: 3-Hour Bike Tour

A bike tour of Berlin is the ideal way to see the best of the city in just a few short hours. Your guide will meet you at the easy-to-find central location in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Your friendly and experienced English-speaking guide will help you select your bike and prepare you for an easy ride to each landmark. During the tour you will stop at each site for questions and time to take pictures. The route is carefully designed so that you never have to cycle far between stops. Your guide will help the city come alive, taking time at each attraction to give you a comprehensive and insightful history. Questions are welcome during the tour as you will find your guide a valuable resource and wealth of insider information! During the tour you will learn about all facets of Berlin’s history, including its Prussian past, the rise of the Third Reich and more recently the creation and fall of the Berlin Wall. There’s something for everyone on this tour and is a great tour option for guests of all ages.

Berlin: 4-Hour Guided Highlights Tour in Spanish

3. Berlin: 4-Hour Guided Highlights Tour in Spanish

Enjoy a 4-hour walking tour to the top landmarks and destinations of Berlin, in the company of a professional Spanish-speaking guide. Departing from the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz, explore the origins of Berlin in the San Nicolas neighborhood, and walk through Museum Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to the impressive Berlin Cathedral. Stroll down Kaisers Avenue and see the Unter den Linden. Pass by Humboldt University, the Royal Library, and State Opera on the way to one of the most beautiful squares in Berlin, the Gendarmenmarkt. Pause for a photo opportunity in the picturesque plaza. Then, hear details of Hitler's rise to power and see the remains of the Gestapo Headquarters. Remember the events of the Holocaust at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Learn how the Berlin Wall was born, why it fell, and how local residents lived with it every day. Hear amazing stories of the East Germans who risked their lives to cross to West Berlin. Admire the spectacular modern Potsdamer Platz, before ending your tour at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin’s symbol par excellence.

Berlin: E-Bike Tour of the Berlin Wall and Mitte Highlights

4. Berlin: E-Bike Tour of the Berlin Wall and Mitte Highlights

Stay active while on vacation in Berlin on an e-bike tour. Cycle to famous sites linked to the Berlin Wall and iconic Berlin landmarks, including the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. Learn about Berlin's rich and sometimes dark history from your local guide en route. Explore Berlin's central Mitte district, where most of the city's historical landmarks are based, and cycle to important locations linked to the former Berlin Wall. Start your tour near the iconic ex-border crossing on Bornholmer Strasse, where East and West Berliners jubilantly stormed through the opened gates at the fall of the wall on the night of November 9, 1989. Cycle on to Mauerpark, where the wall used to divide the park in two between East and West Berlin. Continue down Bernauer Strasse to the Wall Memorial and the Chapel of Reconciliation before heading to a former ghost train station, Nordbahnhof. Head into the Mitte neighborhood to see Berlin's famous and long-standing Charité hospital, the government quarter with its imposing Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, and leafy Tiergarten. Pause at the Holocaust Memorial to pay your respects to the fallen Jews of Europe during WWII before making your way to the historical and imposing Gendarmenmarkt, and Bebelplatz. Cycle down the large and long Unter den Linden allee to see the Berlin Cathedral, the renovated Berlin Palace, and the charming streets of Nikolaiviertel — the original village that constituted Berlin. End your tour in the modern central district to see the iconic TV Tower, Marien Church, Rotes Rathaus, Alexanderplatz, and the World Clock.

East Berlin and the Wall: Walking Tour

5. East Berlin and the Wall: Walking Tour

Learn about the daily life of divided Berlin and how east Berliners lived the existence and the fall of their country, the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Visit the most iconic places of the former capital of the GDR using public transport, including the memorial to the victims of the Berlin Wall on Bernauer Strasse. Next, hit Alexanderplatz and the Karl-Marx-Allee, the monumental Communist avenue. The tour ends at Alexanderplatz, where your guide can help you find a typical restaurant or take transportation to the next part of your adventure.

Berlin: Driving Tour in a Trabant Limousine

6. Berlin: Driving Tour in a Trabant Limousine

Experience an informative and highly entertaining tour of Berlin in a Trabant Limousine. Ride in the unique Trabi-XXL and become the real highlight of the city yourself. Board the stretch Trabant and experience the impressed and excited reactions of passers-by: watch as people take photos of the extra-long Trabi, and wave and smile as you drive by. Explore Berlin like a true VIP in a very special and historical atmosphere in the Trabi, the former people’s car of the GDR. The stretch Trabi picks you up at any location in the city center and takes you and up to 4 friends or other guests on an eventful, entertaining, and fun tour through the city. The route can be tailored to suit your interests. You can either explore the main sights in Berlin or travel to other places that interest you. You can also make stops along the way to take photos or have a closer look at the sights. The tour gives you enough time to see main sights in the city, such as Pariser Platz, the Brandenburg Gate, the Government Quarter, the German Chancellery, the Reichstag building, Berlin Central Station, the House of World Cultures, Bellevue Palace, the Victory Column, Straße des 17. Juni, the Holocaust Memorial, Potsdamer Platz, Sony Center, the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichrichstraße, Gendarmenmarkt, Schlossplatz, Humboldtforum, Nikolaiviertel, Mitte, the TV Tower, Alexanderplatz, Unter den Linden, Berlin Cathedral, Museum Island with the important museums, the State Opera, Humboldt University, and many more. Have great fun and a truly individualized tour through the city. Enjoy that star feeling in a unique Trabi Limousine and see all the top sights Berlin has to offer.

Berlin: Christmas Markets & Sightseeing Private Tour by Car

7. Berlin: Christmas Markets & Sightseeing Private Tour by Car

Discover Germany's Christmas markets during the holiday season with a private tour, including transportation between locations. Visit the markets at Gendarmenmarkt, Alexanderplatz, and more, depending on your interests. Sample German sweets and wine while learning about the city's rich history. Perfect for family, friends, or a combination of both, begin your tour of Berlin's Christmas markets with a hotel pick-up in a private car. Along with your local guide, curate and personalize your tour to visit a variety of markets including Alexanderplatz, Gendarmenmarkt, and Potsdamer Platz. At Alexanderplatz, enjoy mulled wine while walking by the Fernsehturm or further to the Rotes Rathaus and Nikolaiviertel. At Gendarmenmarkt, marvel at the French and German churches, savor a cheese ball, or walk to Brandenburg Gate. Nearby at Potsdamer Platz, take a toboggan ride or go ice skating. While driving between locations, listen closely as your guide details fascinating facts about Berlin's history and points out important monuments and locations such as Checkpoint Charlie, Unter den Linden, and Humboldt University. Then it's time to return by car to your hotel and end the tour.

Berlin Insider's Cold War Walking Tour

8. Berlin Insider's Cold War Walking Tour

Follow the ghost-like trail of the death strip and wall, and discover everything there is to know about the Cold War on a fascinating walking tour around Berlin. Learn about where the cold war powers formerly confronted each other, the routines and duties of border guards, Soviet and allied forces, the Stasi and the CIA. Get an extraordinary insight into what it was like to live in the eastern bloc, and hear about failed escapes, and how the border command was ordered to shoot to kill anyone who would dare attempt the heinous crime of emigration, known as “flight from the Republic.” Learn about how the M16 and the CIA tunnelled under the Wall into the Soviet Zone and tapped into the Red Army’s secret communications, about the methods used by Stasi to control the East German population, and what happened to the leaders of the GDR when the wall fell. Discuss the state of the present German society and the plight of former East Germans. Learn about the changes that German society went through, from shopping to daily life and work, and what the future holds. Explore sites such as ghost stations, former guard towers, and hidden areas of the death strip, espionage points of the CIA and KGB, and much more. The tour finishes at Ruschestraße 103.

Berlin: East Side Gallery and Cold War Segway Tour

9. Berlin: East Side Gallery and Cold War Segway Tour

Learn about Berlin's history on a Segway tour that visits the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall. Hear about the tumultuous history of Germany's capital and visit Alexanderplatz, Hackescher Markt, Nikolaiviertel, and more. Meet your guide in the center of Berlin and set out to explore this vibrant city on the back of a Segway. Cruise through important neighborhoods and past iconic sites as you make your way to the highlight of this tour, the East Side Gallery. Once part of the Berlin Wall, the East Side Gallery is now the longest open-air gallery in the world. This intact piece of the wall that divided Germany in the past is 1.3 kilometers long and sits along the banks of the Spree River. In 1990, when the wall finally came down, more than 100 artists from over 20 countries decorated this stretch of wall with their art, a lot of which acted as a commentary on the political upheaval between 1989 and 1990. Be sure to bring your camera along to capture this striking piece of history. Popular paintings include Dmitri Vrubel’s Fraternal Kiss and Birgit Kinders' Trabant breaking through the wall.

Berlin: East Berlin Walking Tour with a Travel Book Writer

10. Berlin: East Berlin Walking Tour with a Travel Book Writer

Explore East Berlin up close on a walking tour with a travel book writer. Learn about how East Berliners lived, what the architecture of the GDR looked like, and how life behind the former Berlin Wall looked like. Meet your guide at the Weltzeituhr or World Time Clock at the center of Berlin at Alexanderplatz. Once the heart of the GDR, see East Berlin's showpiece buildings, including the iconic TV Tower. Continue on foot towards Karl-Marx-Allee, a long and imposing stretch of road, and learn all about the history of the GDR - how it was formed, how it functioned, and how it disintegrated with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Visit key sights such as Café Moskau, Kino International, and Straussberger Platz, before stopping by the Ostel, a hotel where the German Democratic Republic lives on. Savor a typical Ossi drink, before continuing with the tour, with options to visit a store selling the vanished products of a land no longer in existence or a hidden spot showing East German architecture in its original form.

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based on 223 reviews

This was so fascinating to see how the city had changed. Interesting how the city has left things to memorialize some of the worst moments of its past history. The guide I had grew up in communist East Germany. His first hand experience last were invaluable!

Such a fun experience! An incredibly informative tour, the route is perfectly thought out and it’s a superb way to tour Berlin! Staff are wonderful and kind- the bikes are Uber user friendly! Had a fantastic time and cannot recommend highly enough!! ☺️

Jim organized the tour well, everything went smoothly. Ipad pictures were a great complement

Great tour! Our guide is very good also. Good sights and a memorable experience.

Very good knowledge and understanding from the guide. Additional material shown