Berlin Wall Photos: Cold War Sites

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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Brandenburg Gate illuminated at night, once divided by the Berlin Wall

Brandenburger Tor

West and East Germans at the Brandenburg Gate in 1989

Brandenburger Tor

Construction of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, 1961

Brandenburger Tor

People atop the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, 9 November 1989

Brandenburger Tor

President Reagan speaking at the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, 12 June 1987

Brandenburger Tor

Schabowski's press conference that triggered the fall of the Berlin Wall, 9 November 1989

Brandenburger Tor

NSA listening station radomes on Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg abandoned NSA listening station on an artificial hill in Grunewald, Berlin

Teufelsberg

Teufelsberg NSA listening station seen from a distance, 1992

Teufelsberg

Heilandskirche (Church of the Redeemer) at Sacrow, Potsdam

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Heilandskirche Sacrow seen from across the Havel, Potsdam

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Heilandskirche Sacrow, bell tower and colonnade facade

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Heilandskirche Sacrow, south side view

Heilandskirche Sacrow

Young Erwin Schabe stopped by GDR police near the Eiskeller exclave, 1961

Eiskeller Exclave

Information stele showing the corridor connecting the Eiskeller exclave to West Berlin

Eiskeller Exclave

Information stele showing the Eiskeller farmsteads next to border installations

Eiskeller Exclave

Tannenstraße in Klein Glienicke seen from West Berlin (Böttcherberg), 1988

Klein Glienicke

Trinacria relief at Schloss Glienicke, the UNESCO-listed palace and museum at the Berlin end of the Glienicke Bridge

Klein Glienicke

Memorial plaque at Waldmüllerstraße 6, Klein Glienicke

Klein Glienicke

Gleimstraße looking toward the sealed tunnel entrance, 1988

Gleim-Tunnel

The Gleim-Tunnel shortly after reopening, August 1990

Gleim-Tunnel

Gleim-Tunnel entrance near Mauerpark, 2022

Gleim-Tunnel

Gleim-Tunnel at Gesundbrunnen, Berlin

Gleim-Tunnel

Information board about the German division at the former border crossing, Berlin-Falkenhagener Feld

Falkensee

Wall mural on Bahnhofstraße, Falkensee, commemorating the division

Falkensee

Rathaus Schöneberg, West Berlin's city hall from 1949 to 1991

Rathaus Schöneberg

President Kennedy delivers his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech to a crowd of over 120,000, 26 June 1963

Rathaus Schöneberg

The Freedom Bell (Freiheitsglocke) in the Rathaus Schöneberg tower, a gift from 16 million American donors in 1950

Rathaus Schöneberg

President Kennedy visits Berlin, June 1963

Rathaus Schöneberg

Günter Schabowski at the press conference, 9 November 1989

Internationales Pressezentrum

The Hansa Studios building, the Meistersaal at Köthener Straße 38, beside the former Wall

Hansa Studios