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Private Tour: East and West Berlin Cold War Tour with a Local Host
Duration
4 hours
Overview
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On this private tour, we will discover the city during the Cold War years. Get up close and personal with the Berlin Wall, visit the Palace of Tears and check out the Bernauer Strasse Museum. Plus I’ll share all my stories of life during these difficult years with you.
We will start our private tour at the Bernauer Strasse, an open-air museum and former border strip. Get an amazing insight into the past events, discover remains from the wall and objects used by residents to escape.
Stroll over to Nordbahnhof, which was once a ghost station. From here we can take the U-Bahn to the Palace of Tears. Named by Berliners because it was the scene of so many painful goodbyes.
Hop back on the U-Bahn and head to Checkpoint Charlie. You may recognize this spot from the James Bond movie Octopussy. This is the most well-known border crossing from the Cold War and was the place American and Soviet tanks faced each other at the height of the crisis.
Looking forward to meet you!