World War II & Cold War Tour
Berlin, Germany
Starting at 185€ per group | 2.5 - 3 Hours
Several Hundred Years of German History
Rates
Private Group (1 to 10 People) - 185€
Duration
2.5 - 3 hours
About
This popular tour takes you through several hundred years of German history with a strong focus on the years between 1871 and 1961. Stops on this tour include the Holocaust Memorial, the site of Hitler's first speech in Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, as well as the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, one of Zaha Hadid's earliest buildings, Potsdamer Platz and the studio where David Bowie famously recorded several albums during his stay in Berlin between 1976 and 1978. In just under three hours this tour packs it all in, giving you an overall impression of Berlin's rich, often troubled, and tumultuous history!
The tour starts at Checkpoint Charlie (of James Bond fame) and takes you along the notorious Clou Concert Hall - now a swish office building - where in 1927 Adolf Hitler gave his first public speech in Berlin (just goes to show how dangerously short the way from notoriety to insanity can sometimes be!), the Rohwedder Building - no other building in the whole of Germany is more steeped in history than this one! - the Topography of Terror, the Martin Gropius Building, the Berlin Senate, Zaha Hadid's only building in Berlin (and one she later disowned!), the Hansa Studios (where David Bowie recorded his now legendary ""Heroes"" album), Potsdamer Platz, the Holocaust Memorial, the Otto Bock building, the location of the infamous "Führer Bunker" and ends on Pariser Platz with its centre piece - the Brandenburg Gate - yet also includes Frank Gehry's DZ Building, the Academy of Arts and the Adlon Hotel.
Meeting Point
Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10969 Berlin, Deutschland