Tours & activities in Berlin

Berlin was the dark heart of Nazi Germany – the capital city of a dictatorship that was responsible for waging a war that destroyed swathes of the European continent and industrially murdering millions. Why did the Germans think they needed Adolf Hitler in 1933? How could a civilised people fall so deep into the moral abyss? Why were Jewish and other minority groups, both in Germany and across Europe, ruthlessly targeted? What is the legacy of Nazism in Germany today?This tour answers such questions, giving crucial context regarding the rise of Adolf Hitler in pre-Nazi Germany, providing a comprehensive overview of the National Socialist capital, and telling the dramatic tale of the Battle of Berlin and the collapse of the regime in 1945.

Learn about the Jewish community in Berlin on this guided walking tour around significant Jewish sites in the city.

Enjoy a 2-hour walking tour in Berlin and discover amazing Courtyards like Hackeschen Höfe in Mitte, an old Ballroom building and learn about Berlin's Jewish history and the roaring twenties. Explore the Old Berlin and the city's small alleys.

Explore the main historical sights from the Nazi period in Berlin`s city center on this walking tour. See buildings built in the Nazi-style and learn about this dark chapter in German history.

You just started off with photography and are a beginner?You already took some steps and know your camera?You are a pro and just want to find the best spots in Berlin?No matter which questions you answered with yes: Everyone is welcome to join our guide Jeels on a tour throughout Berlin. We will take enough time to give you some tipps, insights and even small lessons if you like. Each tour is individually tailored to your needs. All spots are available in walking distance. Please bring your own camera. In terms of questions please contact us at any time!

The Battle of Berlin tour offers a glimpse of Berlin at the end of WWII. A talented guide employs maps and other tools to explain what happend in the final days of the Third Reich's reign. Compelling civilian stories are also included.

Meeting point: at Gendarmenmarkt in front of the German Cathedral or Meeting Point at hotel possible if central, without extra chargeDuration: 3hMaximum 25 participants per GuideYou will learn about: • Why Gendarmenmarkt is “the place to be in downtown Berlin” • What does it mean to be a “Berliner” • Why Humbold University of Berlin is considered to be one the the best universities in the world. • The assassination attempt on Hitler’s life inside the old Arsenal • The parades and the mass rallies that took place in the Pleasure Garden • Why the Royal Palace was selected as the winter residence of the Kings of Prussia and the German Emperors

Follow popular routes through the district of Charlottenburg and explore arty backyards, attic floors, and other hidden gems around the area on a guided walking tour.

This Experience is provided by a private local.Each LocalBini Experience is conducted in a small group of up to 8 people.Discover the most impressive buildings in Berlin and learn about each one and its characteristics in this invigorating architectural walk.Join me on this adventure and discover the beauty and unique characteristics of the city’s most significant buildings and get to know a bit more about the local culture in Germany from my own perspective!During this walk, you will become better acquainted with the local architecture, while also learning about the way in which this has changed over the years, with the city becoming more modern while still keeping its unique character.

This tour will go beyond an standard “East/Communist Berlin Tour”. We will visit places to understand Berlin’s history as the capital of East Germany. You will visit with a French speaking Guide the Wall Memorial at the Bernauerstrasse. You will take a look to one of the former "ghost stations"  and will talk about the communist architecture at the famous former Stalin Allee and go the "East Side Gallery".

Get familiar with the most popular street food in Germany, the Döner Kebab, on this self-guided GPS audio tour. Take a walk through Kreuzberg, also known as little Istanbul, and learn about the life and legends of Berlin's Turkish community and the invention of the Döner Kebab. You will follow a path through eastern Kreuzberg, once walled in by the Berlin Wall on three sites, and now known as Berlins most multicultural area. We show you where the Berlin wall divided the neighbourhood in two and where the city's most legendary Döner Kebab is sold. The tour doesn’t include a food stop, but you are free to stop at any time and savour the local delicacies whenever it suits you. Just press play when you are ready to go, stop when you get hungry and press play again to continue.

After World War II Germany was divided between the winning powers. The capital, Berlin, was divided as well, even hough it lays deep in the Soviet occupation zone. Being declared an open and international city after the establishment of East and West Germany in 1949, Berlin was a preferred route for escape for East Germans dreaming of a new life in the west. In 1961, after losing a major part of their population, the East German government decides to close the border and physically divide the city, isolating West Berlin.In this five-hour tour we will walk through some of the most important sites on he route of the wall. We will hear the historical background to its construction, speak about everyday life in communist East Germany, exciting escape attempts and cold-war tentions, see where some of the famous escpe tunnels were, visit an actual border crossing station and conclude with the largest memorial for the time, on the longest segment of the wall still standing.

Discover Berlin on a private guided walking tour with an interactive twist. Explore historic places in the city such as the Berlin Wall and Reichstag while solving tasks and competing with your group.

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.

Berlin has long been a centre for LGBTIQ communities in Europe. Frederick the Great, Prussia’s legendary 18th century monarch is widely believed to have been gay; sexologist Magnus Hirscheld pioneered advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights in the early 20th century; Marlene Dieterich cross-dressed on the city’s screens in the hedonistic ‘20s; and Klaus Wowereit, mayor of the city from 2001 until 2014, was openly and proudly gay.This 3-hour walking tour explores Berlin’s LGBTIQ scenes past and present, and, naturally, is open to all. Topics covered include the work of Magnus Hirschfeld, queer king Frederick the Great, persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany and homosexuality within the Nazi Party itself, the experience of LGBTIQ communities in East and West Berlin, and the queer scene in the hedonistic 1920s and in the 1990s as part of the burgeoning techno and club scene.

There are many facets to Berlin. It's a young city, it's a trendy city, it's a green one, a vibrant one, full of art and architecture, but most and foremost, it shaped 20th-century history like nothing else. This is what Jo Eckardt will show you in her self-guided GPS audio tour: the signs of history as it has taken place in the very sites you'll walkthrough. You will follow the route of the Berlin Wall, stepping over it: into the East; into the West. You'll hear stories that immerse you in Berlin as it was in its darkest hour. You will see where the Nazis had their centre of power, and explore what remains of their architecture. You will remember the victims of their terror regime, and you will see how present-day Germany has reinvented itself.

Alexanderplatz has a mythical status in Berlin history, from its seedy 1920s portrayal in Alfred Döblin's "Berlin Alexanderplatz" novel to the massive demonstration that took place there just before the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. This tour introduces you to "Alex" and its surroundings, its history as a flashpoint between Communists and Fascists in the 1920s and 30s, its halting reconstruction after World War II, and the current plans for reinventing it. The tour starts near the Volksbühne theatre and winds its way to the Marx-Engels Forum next to Berlin's beautiful cathedral, providing listeners with a taste of the city's unique history as told through its architecture and public art works. The tour starts in front of the "Junge Welt" newspaper building at Torstrasse 6, near Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse.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.

Visit the most famous attractions around the Alexanderplatz in a short time with a local guide in a small group. The tour takes 1 hour and gives you an understandable overview of history and importance in modern times.With this type of walking tour, discover the things that interest you without having to search for places and routes yourself.After the tour you can discover the area at yourself again or extend your stay at a place that you liked. You can combine your tour with our other short spot tours in Berlin that they can be combined, and you can visit other most known attractions on the same day.

Get a great introduction to modern Berlin on this half-day walking tour of four different districts. Discover formerly run-down neighborhoods like Mitte, Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg where immigrant, alternative and corporate cultures thrive amid a gentrified urban landscape that continually transforms. Visit the Kulturbrauerei (Culture Brewery) and see the East Side Gallery of the Berlin Wall with your knowledgeable local guide. You’ll learn about the diverse cultural and political influences on Germany’s capital since the unification of this once-divided city.

3 HOURS Private Berlin Jewish Walking TourExplore on a private 3 HOURS Berlin Jewish tour the most important sites of Berlin's Jewish Heritage See and learn about the form Berlin Jewish Quarter, also known as the Spandauer Vorstadt (Old Suburb of Spandau) located right in the middle of Berlins Historic centre.More remote sites on a Berlin Jewish tour as The Memorial to Track 17, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial) the Bavarian Quarter and others can be visited on a driving tour or with public transports.All tours may be of course extended the duration you wish to an may be carried out on foot, by minivan, coach, limousine, in your own vehicle, or even by bicycle.

After WWII Berlin went from being the capital city of Nazi Germany to being the pivotal city in the struggle to control war-torn Europe. Berlin became the frontier of the Cold War, where the two superpowers collided.

Learn about the history of conflict in Berlin with a guided walking tour of some of its most famous landmarks.

Join us as we explore Berlin on The Original Berlin World War II Third Reich Tour. This Berlin World War II Tour concentrates on the effects, history, buildings, and stories surrounding Berlin in the Second World War. - Visits to many World War II historical sights and memorials- Recount historic events and urban legends- Explore the effects, history, buildings, and stories surrounding Berlin in the Second World War 2- Look at the scars and battlefields from left behind during the Battle of BerlinThe Berlin World War II & Third Reich Tour is a 3-hour tour. It features:- Battle Of Berlin- The Reichstag- The Russian-German War Museum- Flak Tower- Awesome Local History Guides- History Of WWII In Berlin- The Third Reich Capital- Prenzlauer Berg- The Site of Hitler’s Bunker

Walking Guided tour of the German capital Berlin City Experience Tour can accommodate your elegant taste with a local guide for enjoying a sightseeing walking tour of Berlin

Capture the best of the reunified Berlin by taking a walk along the former border during this 3-hour photography focused exploration. Shoot the Berlin Wall, from Potsdamer Platz, past Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building and end up with some classic shots of Alexanderplatz with a professional photographer in tow to help you with all your technical settings and to unleash your creative side. From armature to high level enthusiast, this private tour will focus on your level to capture the best of Berlin and make sure you walk away with lessons that will last a lifetime.