Capital Reborn2 walks
- Mitte Walk
$9.99 - Cold War Walk
$7.99
$11.99$17.98Save 33%
One Gate, Two Walls, Five Endings
Our 5 audio tours in Berlin
Two of our walks follow the Wall, but not the same stretch of it: one runs through the centre past the Brandenburg Gate, the other along Bernauer Strasse, about 3 km north. No two walks end in the same place, so pick by where you start and where you want to be when it ends.
The Reichstag
2 walks start hereBoth start at the Reichstag and pass the Brandenburg Gate, then part ways. Pick by where you want to be when it ends:
| Walk | Ends in | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitte | Mitte, at Hackescher Markt | 55 min | $9.99 |
| Wall | Mitte, by Gendarmenmarkt | 49 min | $15.99 |
Mitte Walk
$9.99Reichstag BuildingStart. Nearest station: Bundestag or Brandenburger Tor
ends 1.9 km away, as the crow flies
Hackesche HöfeFinish, in Mitte, at Hackescher Markt. Nearest station: Hackescher Markt
The classic first walk through the old centre
3.9 km55 min7 stops6 languages
Costs on top: ~€10 entry, optional
Wall Walk
$15.99White Crosses by the ReichstagStart. Nearest station: Brandenburger Tor or Bundestag
ends 1.5 km away, as the crow flies
Schabowski's Press Conference SiteFinish, in Mitte, by Gendarmenmarkt. Nearest station: Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße or Stadtmitte
The Wall through the centre, from the tank standoff of 1961 to the night it opened
3.5 km49 min7 stopsEnglish
Nothing else to pay on the way
Potsdamer Platz
1 walk starts hereThe Kulturforum by Potsdamer Platz, on the western edge of the old border strip. The walk heads east along it into Kreuzberg.
Cold War Walk
$7.99Berlin PhilharmonieStart. Nearest station: Potsdamer Platz
ends 1.9 km away, as the crow flies
Jewish Museum BerlinFinish, in Kreuzberg. Nearest station: Hallesches Tor or Kochstraße
Our shortest Berlin walk, along the West side of the old border
2.7 km37 min5 stops6 languages
Nothing else to pay on the way
Anhalter Bahnhof
1 walk starts hereThe ruined station front on the edge of Kreuzberg. The walk heads north and ends at the Reichstag, where the Mitte and Wall walks start.
Fall of Berlin 1945 Walk
$16.99Anhalter Bahnhof RuinStart. Nearest station: Anhalter Bahnhof
ends 1.7 km away, as the crow flies
ReichstagFinish, in the government quarter, at the Reichstag. Nearest station: Bundestag or Brandenburger Tor
The last battle for the city in April 1945
5.1 km1 h 10 min7 stopsEnglish
Nothing else to pay on the way
Bernauer Strasse
1 walk starts hereNorth of the centre, on the street the border ran along, where a stretch of the death strip is kept as an open-air memorial.
Bernauer Strasse Wall Walk
$15.99Ida Siekmann MemorialStart. Nearest station: Bernauer Strasse
ends 2.4 km away, as the crow flies
Günter Litfin MemorialFinish, in Mitte, north of the Hauptbahnhof. Nearest station: Hauptbahnhof, about a kilometre south
The street the Wall ran along, and the people who got across it
4 km54 min8 stopsEnglish
Nothing else to pay on the way
Two walks that look alike
Both cross the old border between Potsdamer Platz and Checkpoint Charlie, and three of their places are the same. The two Wall walks are not twins: they share no stop.
Wall Walk
Cold War Walk
Only on this one
The White Crosses by the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate, the Peter Fechter memorial and 1 more
Only on this one
The Philharmonie and the Jewish Museum
On both
Potsdamer Platz, the Wall on Niederkirchnerstraße, by the Martin-Gropius-Bau and Checkpoint Charlie
- Walking
- 3.5 km, 49 min
- 2.7 km, 37 min
- Stories
- 14 min over 7 stops
- 12 min over 5 stops
- Languages
- English
- 6 languages
- Costs on top
- Nothing else to pay
- Nothing else to pay
- Price
- $15.99
- $7.99
Pick the Wall Walk for the Wall alone, with the Brandenburg Gate, the white crosses on the Spree and Peter Fechter's memorial. Pick the Cold War Walk for the West side in six languages, in 37 min, with time left over for the Topography of Terror and the Jewish Museum.
Berlin bundles
The Fall and the Wall3 walks
- Fall of Berlin 1945 Walk
$16.99 - Bernauer Strasse Wall Walk
$15.99 - Wall Walk
$15.99
$27.99$48.97Save 43%
Good to know before you pick
- Which Wall walk
- The Wall Walk follows the line through the centre, by the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie, with the slabs at Potsdamer Platz and the stretch on Niederkirchnerstraße. The Bernauer Strasse Wall Walk stays on one street in the north, with the border strip, the escape tunnels and the memorial to those who died. The Fall and the Wall bundle holds both, with the 1945 walk.
- Mondays
- The Jewish Museum, where the Cold War Walk ends, is shut on Mondays, and so are the information centre under the Holocaust memorial on the Mitte Walk and the visitor and documentation centres at Bernauer Strasse. The memorial field, the open-air memorial and every story on the walks stay open.
- Languages
- The Mitte and Cold War walks are narrated in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese and Arabic. The 1945 walk and both Wall walks are in English.
Before you go: our Berlin city guide. What's shut on which day, free toilets and water, what things cost.
Questions
Which one if I only do one?
The Mitte Walk: the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate, the Holocaust memorial and Gendarmenmarkt, in six languages. For the Wall as well, the Wall Walk starts at the same building.
Do I need to book anything?
Only if you want to go up the Reichstag dome: it is free, but you register online ahead, or at the service centre in front on the day if places are left. The soldiers' writing from 1945 inside is shown only on a booked guided tour. The Topography of Terror and the Jewish Museum's main exhibition are free.
Can we listen together?
Yes. Pick 1 to 10 seats when you buy, one for everyone on the walk, you included. Each person hears the same stop at the same moment on their own phone.
Do I need a signal on the walk?
Not for the stories: tours you own download to your phone, so the audio plays without a signal. The street map in the app needs a connection.
Photos: Cold War Walk cover by Bengt Oberger / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Mitte Walk cover by HerrAdams / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Other photos from the Walk With Me tour library. Maps drawn by us from our routes; water and parks © OpenStreetMap contributors. Prices are catalogue prices; checkout shows the live price. Costs on top are averages per person, not included.