Berlin Wall Sites Near Bergfelde Watchtower
Former border command post hidden in a reforested border area near Hubertussee. Memorial to Joachim Mehr, aged 19, shot on 3 December 1964, and two other victims. The tower is now used by an ecological youth group (Deutsche Waldjugend). Memorial markers are accessible via the Berlin Wall Trail.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Bergfelde Watchtower
Former border command post hidden in a reforested border area near Hubertussee. Memorial to Joachim Mehr, aged 19, shot on 3 December 1964, and two...
Oranienburger Chaussee Tunnels
Site of some of the earliest successful escape tunnels. On 24 January 1962, brothers Günter and Bruno Becker dug a tunnel from their basement at...
Glienicke/Nordbahn Family Tunnel
Mass escape in March 1963. Eleven-year-old Detlef Aagaard, his parents, and ten others (13 in total) fled through a tunnel dug from beneath a living...
Stolpe Border Crossing
The last checkpoint built before the Wall fell, opened in 1982. Served travellers heading to Scandinavia via Route 96. One of the last crossings to...
Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf
One of the last surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, this Führungsstelle (command post) was built in 1987 as the command centre of Border Security Regiment 38...
Schönholzer Mauerreste
80-metre early-era wall triangle preserved in its original form. Built from World War II house rubble in the early 1960s. Concealed and forgotten for 30...
Flughafen Tegel
The Berlin Airlift's great construction feat: Tegel airport was built from nothing in around 90 days by 19,000 Berliners - more than 40 per cent...
Wollankstraße Tunnel
In January 1962, a group of students led by brothers Boris and Eduard Franzke began digging a tunnel beneath the S-Bahnhof Wollankstraße, aiming to reach...
S-Bahnhof Bornholmer Straße
The only above-ground ghost station. West and East S-Bahn tracks ran parallel through the station but were separated by a tall fence. Western trains did...
Bornholmer Straße
The northmost checkpoint within the city stretched from Bösebrücke bridge to Malmöer Straße. This border crossing was the first to be breached after the fall...
Berliner Unterwelten
The Berliner Unterwelten association offers guided tours through underground bunkers, tunnels, and infrastructure connected to Berlin's Cold War history. Their 'Escape Tunnels' tour follows the...
Eiskeller Exclave
West Berlin exclave of three farmsteads connected to the main city by a 4-metre-wide, 800-metre-long corridor. Named for its cold microclimate — up to 10°C...
Gleim-Tunnel
130-metre long, 23-metre wide street tunnel built in 1905 beneath the railway tracks. The Berlin Wall ran through the middle during the division. Sealed in...
Chausseestraße
A lesser-known border crossing at the intersection of Chausseestraße and Liesenstraße, used primarily for West Berlin residents visiting relatives in the East. On 8 April...
Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin
A former watchtower, named after Günter Litfin, a tailor from Weissensee, who was the first person to be shot dead by border guards while trying...
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