Berlin Experiences/Articles
Articles
Essays on Berlin's history, culture, and present.

10 Reasons
Ten Great Reasons To Tour The Berlin Wall

Allied Victory Parade 1945
Allied Victory Parade 1945: The Forgotten Parade

Berlin
Stolpersteine: Personalising The Void

Alte Nationalgalerie
Top Ten Must-See Berlin Museums

Berlin
British Victory Parade 1945: Desert Rats! May Your Glory Ever Shine!

Berlin
Eight Strangest Berlin Wall Escapes

Cold War
The Last Piece Of East Germany – Ernst Thälmann Island

WWII
The S-Bahn Murderer: A Serial Killer In Nazi Berlin

Adolf Hitler
Berlin’s Avenue Of Failed Assassinations: Unter Den Linden

Berlin
Our Favourite Facts about the 1936 Summer Olympics

55 Things You Should Know
55 Things You Should Know Before Visiting Berlin

Berlin
On this day: Ida Siekmann becomes the first known victim of the Berlin Wall

Berlin
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp In The DDR

Berlin
Scars Of Battle: War Damage In Berlin

Private Guide Profile
Matt Robinson: Private Guide Profile

Battle of Trafalgar
On this day: Napoleon Boneparte announces the Berlin Decree (21st November 1806)

Berlin
On this day: Guenter Litfin is killed trying to escape to West Berlin
Berlin
On this day: The Berlin Airlift officially ends

Berlin
On this day: Philosopher G.W.F. Hegel dies (14th November 1831)

Aeroflot
Berlin Brandenburg Airport – Behind The Scenes
Mythbusting Berlin
Setting the city's most-repeated myths straight.

Mythbusting Berlin
What Was The Socialist Kiss? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Invent The Bicycle Reflector? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Döner Kebab Invented In Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Currywurst Invented In Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did Hitler Escape To Argentina In 1945? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Who Was Really Responsible For The Reichstag Fire? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Who Built The Berlin Wall? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Fall Of The Berlin Wall An Accident? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did Frederick The Great Introduce The Potato To Germany? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler A Drug Addict? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Happened To Adolf Hitler’s Alligator? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Spanish Flu Pandemic Help The Nazis Take Power? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Who Really Raised The Soviet Flag On The Reichstag? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Invent Decaf Coffee? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Was Checkpoint Charlie? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Colour Blue Invented In Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Was Prussia? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Frederick The Great Gay? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Nazi Party Democratically Elected? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Run The Largest Counterfeiting Operation In History? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did Any Of The Rothschild Dynasty Die In The Holocaust? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
How Old Is Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Why Is Berlin The Capital Of Germany? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Are The Origins Of The Nazi Salute? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Second World War End In Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Henry Ford A Nazi? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Were The Nazi Medical Experiments Useful? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Could The Western Allies Have Captured Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Fanta Invented By The Nazis? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Were The Allied Bombings Of Germany War Crimes? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Are The Origins Of The Nazi Swastika? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Do The Colours Of The German Flag Symbolise? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did Rudolf Hess Really Commit Suicide? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Develop Nuclear Weapons? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
How Many People Died Trying To Escape East Germany? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
How Many Assassination Attempts On Adolf Hitler Were There? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Is The Difference Between Fascism & Nazism? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Are The Pink Pipes In Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Happenened To The German Royal Family? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler Gay? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Did Hugo Boss Design The Nazi Uniforms? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
What Was The Berlin Airlift? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
How Long Did It Take To Build The Berlin Wall? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler A Freemason? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Who Were The Last Nazis On Trial? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Have Adolf Hitler’s Remains Been DNA Tested? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
How Many Jews Died In The Holocaust? – Mythbusting Berlin
Mythbusting Berlin
How Did The Nazi Concentration Camps Differ From The Soviet GULAG?

Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler Jewish? – Mythbusting Berlin

Mythbusting Berlin
Are There Any Nazi Statues Left In Berlin? – Mythbusting Berlin
Featured Experiences
Individual sites and stops across Berlin that anchor our private tours.
Walk Through The Brandenburg Gate
Explore The State Musems On Museum Island
Visit The Berlin TV Tower – The Fernsehturm
Cross The Cold War Border At Checkpoint Charlie
Visit The Site Of Adolf Hitler’s Führerbunker

Explore The Reconstructed Berlin Palace
Visit The Reichstag Cupola At Night
Explore The Forum Fridericianum

Shop At The Humboldt University Book Sale
Journey Into The Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe
Step Inside The Neue Wache
Explore The Former Jewish Quarter – Spandauer Vorstadt
Visit The Remains Of The Berlin Wall
Walk Across The Bridge Of Spies
Explore The Topography Of Terror

Climb The Prussian Victory Column – The Siegessäule
Enter The Palace Of Tears – The Tränenpalast
Step Inside The Berlin Olympic Stadium
Explore Erich Mielke’s Office At The Stasi Museum
Walk Along Karl Marx Allee
Visit The Oldest Church In Berlin – The Nikolaikirche

Explore The Berliner Dom
Visit The Grave Of Frederick The Great
Walk Through The Ruins Of Anhalter Bahnhof
Stand On The Platz Des Volksaufstandes
Visit The German Resistance Museum
Visit The Soviet War Memorial In The Tiergarten
See The Georg Elser Memorial On Wilhelmstrasse
Step Inside The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche
Visit The Gleis 17 Memorial
Visit The Schloss Charlottenburg Mausoleum

Climb The Französischer Dom at Gendarmenmarkt
Explore The Interbau – IBA 57

Explore The Otto Weidt Workshop
Visit Cecilienhof – Site Of The Potsdam Conference

Visit The Stasi Prison In Hohenschönhausen

Spend The Day At Tempelhof Airport
Ride The Fastest Elevator In Europe
Visit The Soviet War Memorial In Treptower Park
Visit The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial
Visit The Ravensbrück Concentration Camp Memorial
Visit Karlshorst – The Site Of The German Surrender
Visit The Socialists Cemetery – Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Visit The Soviet War Memorial In Pankow
Visit the Seelow Heights Memorial
Visit The Commonwealth War Cemetery
Cross The Bösebrücke At Night
Explore The Allied Museum In Dahlem

Explore The Spandau Citadel
Visit The Brandenburg T4 Euthanasia Memorial

Visit The Wannsee Conference House

Visit The Jewish Museum
Visit The Jewish Cemetery In Weissensee

Walk Along The East Side Gallery
Explore The Volkspark Friedrichshain Flak Tower

Head Up The Teufelsberg
Battle of Berlin
The final days of Hitler's city, April–May 1945.

1945
The Battle of Berlin 1945: A Day-By-Day Account

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 16th 1945 – The Soviet Offensive Begins

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 17th 1945 – Zhukov Struggles To Break Out

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 18th 1945 – Zhukov & Konev Advance

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 19th 1945 – The Fight For Berlin’s Eastern Approaches

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 20th 1945 – Soviet Artillery Reaches Berlin

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 21st 1945 – Red Army Troops Reach Berlin

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 22nd 1945 – The Red Army Grinds Into Berlin’s Suburbs

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 23rd 1945 – Stalin Changes The Plan

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 24th 1945 – The Red Army Reaches The S-Bahn Ring

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 25th 1945 – Berlin Is Encircled & The Allies Meet

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 26th 1945 – The Red Army Takes Tempelhof

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 27th 1945 – The Red Army Reaches Wilhelmstrasse

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 28th 1945 – Stalin Redraws The Battlelines

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 29th 1945 – The Assault On The Reichstag

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 30th 1945 – The Red Banner Flies High

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: May 1st 1945 – The Storming Of The Zitadelle

1945
The Battle Of Berlin: May 2nd 1945 – The End Of Nazi Berlin

Battle of Berlin 1943
Battle of Berlin: November 22nd 1943

Quiz
Battle Of Berlin Quiz: Test Your Battle Of Berlin Knowledge?
Potsdam Conference
Truman, Churchill, Stalin — and the shape of postwar Europe.

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference 1945: A Day-By-Day Account

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 16th 1945 – Waiting For Stalin

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 17th 1945 – The Big Three

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 18th 1945 – Dividing The Spoils

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 19th 1945 – The Fate Of Europe

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 20th 1945 – Peace In Italy

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 21st 1945 – The Polish Question

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 22nd 1945 – Poland Betrayed

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 23rd 1945 – Königsberg & Prussia

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 24th 1945 – The Nuclear Age Begins

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 25th 1945 – Churchill Departs

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 26th 1945 – The Potsdam Declaration

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 27th 1945 – The Price Of Peace

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 28th 1945 – The New Big Three

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 29th 1945 – Stalin Takes Ill

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 30th 1945 – The Little Three

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 31st 1945 – Settling The Polish Question

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: August 1st 1945 – The Long Last Day

Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: August 2nd 1945 – The Conference Ends
Quizzes
Test your Berlin knowledge.

Quiz
The Berlin Expert Quiz: Are You A Berlin Expert?

Quiz
Republic Of Fear Quiz: Test Your Knowledge Of East Germany

Quiz
Battle Of Berlin Quiz: Test Your Battle Of Berlin Knowledge?

Quiz
Capital Of Tyranny Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Nazi Germany?

Quiz
Invention Of Hell Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Sachsenhausen?

Quiz
Glory Of Prussia Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Potsdam?

Quiz
The Berlin Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Berlin?
Explore Berlin In Objects
Berlin's history, told through individual artefacts.

Explore Berlin By Objects
Berlin’s Most Unusual Objects – Explore Berlin In Objects

Explore Berlin By Objects
Experience A City In Objects – Explore Berlin In Objects

Explore Berlin By Objects
Cold War Era Artefacts – Explore Berlin In Objects

Explore Berlin By Objects
Remnants Of Nazi Berlin – Explore Berlin In Objects

Explore Berlin By Objects
Traces Of The Iron Kingdom – Explore Berlin In Objects
