Private tour in Berlin Karin H
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Karin H.
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Welcome to Berlin! It derserves your attention! It is the most interesting, dynamic and multifaceted city today. My name is Karin and I take great pleasure knowing that you have chosen Berlin for your visit and have a great desire that you come to understand this complex city so riddled with history. I am an experienced, knowledgable, certified local tour guide for Berlin and Potsdam. Even though I was born here, I did not grow up here. I came back to Berlin from Spain (with long interludes in Canada and California) in 1994. What I found was incredibly uniuqe: a city toppeling over with so much history and history in the making. From the first moment on I was spellbound. I became obsessed with its history and development. I talked to people both from the East and West to find out their stories and opinions. Today, I have the feeling Berlin is catching up with itself to finally reach its potential that was interupted with the rise of the 3rd. Reich. I want to share with you the love and compassion I have developed for Berlin and take you on that journey. Even though I have set private tours, they can be planed according to your interests and time. I give walking tours, tours using public transport, taxi, hired car or minivan. You can choose to have a general overview, or go in depth into a particular subject or neighbourhood. It is well worth your time. Explore different themes such as Jewish life then and now, the Cold War along with private life in Eastern Germany, Imperial Berlin, WWII as well as getting off the beaten track to show you the fascinating and varied neighbourhoods, each one with its own development and history. In all my private tours I use images and newspaper articles to illustrate the past and draw links to the present. My tours include recommendations to help you with any special interests or needs you might have. I am looking forward to meeting you! Certified Tour Guide for Berlin and Potsdam Licensed to show: Cecilienhof Palace, Charlottenburg Palace (new wing) and Park, Bildergalerie Park Sanssouci, Potsdam Schönhausen Palace, Grunewald Jagdschloss (Hunting Palace) Germany does not allow tour guides to drive hired cars or minivans. This service must be given by two persons. A hired car always has a driver.
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This is your day not only to discover the history of Berlin, which is everywhere but also to experience its vibrant and dynamic present. By going through the showplaces of the city's surprising origins and its imperial Prussian past, you will uncover the different layers of history as they emerge. Going all the way from the Brandenburg Gate, the former headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS to the remains of the Berlin Wall, CheckPoint Charlie, and more. Getting in and out of the minivan, we will stop to take pictures, stroll over squares, discovering unusual gems off the beaten path as move from one photo opportunity to the next. Have fun literally getting a taste and feel of everyday Berlin as we explore some of its more unusual and unexpected corners and unique neighborhoods. Don't worry about getting exhausted and hungry because we will have a break at one of the many super interesting cafés or restaurants to assimilate and discuss what we have seen. At the end of the day, you will know Berlin!
This is a flexible, customizable tour that can be adjusted to what you want to experience in Berlin. Below is an example to give some orientation: - Checkpoint Charlie - Berlin Wall (original) - East-Side-Gallery - Topography of terror - former SS and Gestapo HQ - Luftwaffe Headquarter - Potsdamer Platz - Brandenburg Gate - Holocaust Memorial - The former site of Hitler's Bunker - Boulevard Unter den Linden - Book Burning Memorial - Forum Friedericianum (Berlin of Frederic the Great) - Berlin City Palace (being reconstructed) - Berlin City Hall - Museums Island & Cathedral - Reichstag & Chancellery - Gendarmenmarkt - Platform 17 - Olympic Stadium - Tempelhof Airport I will to customize this tour according to your preferences, please contact me for a customized tour
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We will get around in an air conditioned Mercedes minivan with driver.
Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hotel, Airport, Train station
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