Falkensee, a town just west of Spandau in Brandenburg, experienced the economic devastation of the Berlin Wall more acutely than almost any other community. When the border was sealed in 1961, 80% of the town’s male workforce lost their jobs overnight.

In March 1963, one of the most daring family escape tunnels was dug beneath a living room in Glienicke/Nordbahn, a small town on Berlin’s northern border. Eleven-year-old Detlef Aagard, his parents, and ten others crawled to freedom through the narrow passage.

The Lichtenrade-Mahlow Grenzweg follows the former border along Berlin’s southern boundary, where a preserved Kolonnenweg patrol road with original GDR lamp posts traces the path of the Wall through what is now a peaceful residential area.

The Stolpe border crossing, opened in 1982, holds the distinction of being the last checkpoint built before the Berlin Wall fell. Located at the northern edge of Berlin on Route 96, it served travellers heading to Scandinavia and the Baltic coast.

The Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing was a unique transit checkpoint created specifically for West Berliners travelling to Schonefeld Airport in East Berlin. Opening in 1963, it served a purely practical function in the otherwise rigid border system.

The Rudow Hinterland Wall preserves the southernmost Berlin Wall remains in the city. Third-generation concrete slabs stand between H-shaped reinforced concrete supports, overlooking a former death strip that has been reclaimed by nature.

The Griebnitzsee Wall Remains are a protected monument on the shore of Griebnitzsee lake, marking a section of the border where the Wall met the water. The scenic lakeside setting belies the deadly purpose of the installations that once stood here.

The Gleim-Tunnel is a 130-metre street tunnel built in 1905 beneath the railway tracks between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. During the Cold War, the Berlin Wall ran directly through its centre, sealing it shut for 29 years.