"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

—Ronald Reagan, at the Brandenburg Gate, 12 June 1987

WWII & Cold War Tour

From €349

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2.5 Hours

Eng & DE

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Private Tour

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Berlin's 20th-century landmarks lead from one chapter to the next.

The Brandenburg Gate was a Nazi parade ground before it became the Wall's most famous backdrop. The building that housed Göring's Luftwaffe became the birthplace of East Germany. The streets the Gestapo worked became the streets the Wall divided. In Berlin, the Cold War didn't follow the Second World War — it grew straight out of it, on the same ground, in the same buildings, with the same city as the stage.

This private WWII and Cold War walking tour of Berlin connects both stories. You start at the Brandenburg Gate and finish at Checkpoint Charlie, and in between, a specialist historian walks your group through the full arc — from Hitler's rise to power to the night the Wall came down — at the depth and pace your group wants.

Tour Highlights:

  • Brandenburg Gate — one gate that was a Nazi parade ground, then a Cold War no-man's-land, then the face of reunification.

  • The Reagan Speech Site — stand where he said "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall" — his back to a city he couldn't even see.

  • Soviet War Memorial — built from the marble of Hitler's wrecked Chancellery, then left stranded in the West for the whole Cold War.

  • The Führerbunker Site — a car park and a single sign. The absence is deliberate — and that's the point.

  • North Korean Embassy wait, what? A working North Korean embassy, still running in the old communist East.

  • Checkpoint Charlie — the crossing where Soviet and American tanks sat muzzle to muzzle for sixteen hours.



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Tour Itinerary

Planning Your Tour

Meeting Point

The tour meets in front of the Tourist Office at the Brandenburg Gate

Your guide will be holding a Blue Umbrella

Adresse: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz 1, 10117 Berlin

 

What’s Included

  • Specialist historian guide

  • Private tour — your group only

  • ‘Then & Now’ photographs & Maps

  • Entry to museums and memorials

What to Bring

  • Comfortable walking shoes — the tour is covered on foot

  • Water and a snack if you like

  • Rain jacket or umbrella — the tour runs in all weather

  • Every question you have about Berlin's WWII and Cold War history

Cancellation

Free up to 48 hours before the tour

Pricing

Private tour: €349.00
Your group only — no shared departures

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