Berlin Wall Photos: Border Crossings

Photos of Berlin Wall sites across Berlin, from Checkpoint Charlie and the East Side Gallery to hidden watchtowers and ghost stations. Filter by type or search for a specific place.

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Bornholmer Straße after fall of Berlin Wall, 1989

Bornholmer Straße

Cars cross the Bornholmer Straße border in 1990

Bornholmer Straße

Bösebrücke bridge, 2004

Bornholmer Straße

Bösebrücke plaque commerates the first border crossing breached during fall of Berlin Wall

Bornholmer Straße

Chausseestraße border crossing

Chausseestraße

Chausseestraße border crossing 1963

Chausseestraße

Chausseestraße border crossing 1964

Chausseestraße

View of Boyenstraße from Chausseestraße 1989

Chausseestraße

View of Boyenstraße from Chausseestraße 2012

Chausseestraße

Remains of hintermauer (rear wall) at Chausseestraße 2008

Chausseestraße

Invalidenstraße border crossing at Sandkrugbrücke, 1964

Invalidenstraße

Günter Litfin Memorial stone

Invalidenstraße

View from Sandkrugbrücke today

Invalidenstraße

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße today

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Passport control at Bahnhof Friedrichstraße 1964

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Platform B: S-Bahn to the West

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Crowds queue to cross to West Berlin a day after the fall of the Wall

Bahnhof Friedrichstraße

Replica of the iconic "You are leaving the American sector" sign at Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie

Erecting the Berlin Wall at Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstraße

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie guardhouse replica at Friedrichstraße, Berlin

Checkpoint Charlie

East German border guards check permits of bus travellers, 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

East German border guard checking documents

Checkpoint Charlie

View facing Checkpoint Charlie border crossing, Friedrichstraße, 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

US and GDR military personal negotiate at Checkpoint Charlie, 26 Oct. 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

US and Soviet tanks standing off at Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie

A US tank faces an East German water cannon, 1961

Checkpoint Charlie

US president J. F. Kennedy visits Checkpoint Charlie, 26 June 1963

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie in 1963, from US side

Checkpoint Charlie

Soviet zone viewed from observation post at Checkpoint Charlie, 1982

Checkpoint Charlie

US President Ronald Reagan visits Checkpoint Charlie, 11 June 1982

Checkpoint Charlie

Allied checkpoint, viewed from GDR checkpoint, 1986

Checkpoint Charlie

Berliners walk freely through Checkpoint Charlie on the night of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie

Traffic passing through Checkpoint Charlie after fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

Checkpoint Charlie

Part of the original building at Checkoint Charlie, now in AlliiertenMuseum in Berlin-Dahlem

Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie today, with actor soldiers who will pose for photos and stamp your passport

Checkpoint Charlie

Heinrich-Heine-Straße border crossing in 1986, from US side

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Corner of Heinrich-Heine-Straße and Köpenicker Straße

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Moritzplatz with border crossing Prinzenstraße (West) / Heinrich-Heine-Straße (East)

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Easter peace march at Heinrich-Heine-Straße, Berlin, April 1990

Heinrich-Heine-Straße

Oberbaumbrücke bridge spanning the River Spree, former East-West Berlin border crossing

Oberbaumbrücke

East German checkpoint at Oberbaumbrucke, 1961

Oberbaumbrücke

Passport control at Oberbaumbrucke, 1972

Oberbaumbrücke

Pedestrian border crossing. Western police meet Eastern border guard 1963

Oberbaumbrücke

Crowds amass at Oberbaumbrucke after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

Oberbaumbrücke

Sonnenallee border crossing 1964

Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee border marked by cobblestones

Sonnenallee

Berlin Sonnenallee, near the southeastern end of the street at the site of the former border checkpoint

Sonnenallee

West Berliners visiting East Berlin during the Christmas pass agreement, Sonnenallee, 1963

Sonnenallee

Border crossing at Heerstraße in 1955

Staaken

Information stele at the former Heerstraße border crossing in Berlin-Staaken

Staaken

Information stele about the Berlin Wall at the former Heerstraße border crossing, Berlin-Staaken

Staaken

Bridge building of the former Checkpoint Bravo at Dreilinden-Drewitz

Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

Brückenhaus of the former Checkpoint Drewitz-Dreilinden

Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

Town Sign Berlin Drewitz

Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

Memorial plaque at the former Waltersdorfer Chaussee border crossing, Berlin-Rudow

Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing

Information board at the former Waltersdorfer Chaussee border crossing, Berlin-Rudow

Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing

Aerial view of the Stolpe border crossing, from a Stasi archive photograph displayed on an information stele

Stolpe Border Crossing