Private tour in Berlin Martin S
up to 4 people
3 hours 30 minutes
Walking
1
Martin S.
Hi, my name is Martin, and I'm a trained and certified Berlin Tour Guide with an MA from Bath...
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This tour focuses entirely on buildings and monuments that were crucial to keeping the system of the GDR going, such as the former Stasi HQ, the Palace of Tears, or the infamous "ghost stations". Furthermore, on this tour you'll be able to catch a glimpse of original remnants of The Wall at the Wall Memorial, as well as on other places and buildings strongly associated with East Berlin, like for instance Alexander Platz (made four times as large under the GDR regime as it initially used to be), Karl-Marx-Allee (formerly known as Stalin-Allee) or the Party HQ of the SED - the Socialist Unity Party - now home to the swanky Soho House. Learn all the - often sordid - details behind the buildings and monuments from someone who not only experienced the Fall of The Wall first hand but also suffered under the chicanery of the GDR border control guards and who knows something about the strange feeling of sitting in a train that's driving through one of those infamous "ghost stations" .
The tour starts at the World Time Clock on Alexanderplatz (stop 1) with its famous TV-Tower, both built under the GDR regime with the intention to outshine the West. Stop 2: Karl-Marx-Allee. We delight in the fabulous apartment buildings built in the early 1950s in the so-called "Socialist Classicist" style. Learn all about how they were built and why and why this architectural style was short lived. Stop 3: The former Stasi HQ. Hear all about the infamous Stasi HQ, buildings that still looks as grim as they did back then. Stop 4: The Wall Memorial, where you'll get a grasp on what the Wall was really like, including its ramifications and consequences for the citizens. Get a sense of what was known as the "death strip" with its inner Wall and outer Wall Stop 5: "Ghost Stations" Stop 6: "Palace of Tears", a building from 1962, where East-Germans bid their farewells to their West-German friends and family members. This is where our tour finishes! This tour can be customized to your preference!
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Public transport (Metro)
Airport: ,Cruise: ,ByGuide: Alexanderplatz, next to the World Time Clock
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Book with a 20% deposit!
Size:
up to 4 people
Duration:
3 hours 30 minutes
Transportation:
Walking
1
Book with a 20% deposit!
Size:
up to 4 people
Duration:
3 hours 30 minutes
Transportation:
Walking
1
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