Berlin Bike Cold War Tour - Berlin Wall, Third Reich, Bunker, Checkpoint Charlie

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Itinerary

1. With comfortable rental bikes, we will guide you safely on bike paths and side streets. The lengths of your route will be about 15km and will pass the following hot spots: • Memorial site Bernauer Str. • Gun tower Humboldthain • Hitlers plans to transform Berlin into the Megalopolis "Germania" • Mauerpark - flee market & Karaoke in the former "death strip" • the location of Hitler's bunker • Checkpoint Charlie - famous symbol of the Cold War • The gigantic Nazi-ministry of Aviation • Remaining parts of The Wall

   10 min

2. Discover the iconic Brandenburg Gate, a landmark without which it is impossible to imagine any Berlin tour. Get to know its history, dating back to the late 18th century, and learn about the events that this structure witnessed over the course of its history. The classical triumphal gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin's Mitte district was a point of Berlin division in times of the Cold War.

   10 min

3. What was once the border strip is now a place of remembrance. The Berlin Wall memorial gives you a moving insight into the division of Berlin. Get a moving insight into the partition of Berlin at the Berlin Wall Memorial. Take a chance to see the large open air exhibition with historical audio materials and pictures. Observe how the border was set up at the end of the 1980s and get a lasting impression of the construction that once divided the city and the country.

   10 min

4. If the legendary Berlin attitude can ever be found at home, then it’s in the Mauerpark on Sundays. A relaxed amble through the stalls of the flea market, followed by a short climb up the hill and grabbing one of the coveted places on the swings Continue your ride to Wall Park, that’s how Mauerpark is translated. It was located in former West Berlin, near the wall erected in 1961, which formed the border between the former districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. Now it is a famous flea market where you can find a lot of peculiar stuff.

   10 min

5. A must see stop in Berlin! This sight offers a real insight into the turbulent history of this subterranean complex.

   10 min

6. Set your wheels in motion and go to the Kulturbrauerei, a 25,000-square-meter architectural ensemble. The former brewery is now a protected historical monument, showcasing one of the several well-preserved industrial buildings in Berlin. Dating back to the later 19th century, it now serves as a perfect place for cultural events, concerts, and festivals.

   10 min

7. Take a look at the last watch tower left after the Cold War and Berlin partition. Those towers were used to watch illegal wall crossings. The tower was erected in 1971 and was manned by two border patrol soldiers working 8-hour shifts in cramped conditions. In 2001, it was listed as a site of historical importance

   5 minAdmission included

8. Pedal on to reach the Tear Palace, which is a colloquial name for the former border crossing point between East and West Berlin. Learn why the place is called like that and get a chance to see some exhibitions about Berlin during the Cold War with original artifacts, documents, photographs, other materials about the checkpoint and reunification processes.

   5 min

9. See the best known Checkpoint Charlie, which was one of Berlin's border crossings through the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1990, connecting the Soviet and American sectors of the city. After the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc the American guard house became a tourist attraction. Get there by bike and hear some interesting details as narrated by your informative local guide. Located on the corner of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße, it is a reminder of the former border crossing, the Cold War and the partition of Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie was the setting for many thrillers and spy novels, from James Bond in Octopussy to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

   10 min

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Know before you go

How it compares in Berlin

• Its from-price is 29% below the median of the 961 experiences we list in Berlin.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Berlin

Berlin is Germany's creative, open-minded capital, where landmarks of a turbulent history stand among art, green parks and legendary nightlife.

The Brandenburg Gate is the city's symbol, close to the glass-domed Reichstag and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Fragments of the Berlin Wall survive, most strikingly at the East Side Gallery, a long stretch covered in murals, and at the Bernauer Strasse memorial, while Checkpoint Charlie marks the most famous former crossing point.

Top-ranked sights in Berlin: Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor), Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial), Checkpoint Charlie.

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