Berlin Wall Sites Near East Side Gallery
The East Side Gallery is the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall, now the world's largest open-air gallery with over 100 murals. The Oberbaumbrücke and Kreuzberg Wall sites are nearby.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
East Side Gallery
The longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, this 1.3km open-air gallery along the Spree was painted by 118 artists from 21 countries in 1990....
Oberbaumbrücke
Crossing the River Spree, this beautiful double-decker bridge is well-known Berlin landmark. It became a pedestrian border-crossing for West Berliners. The entire width of the...
Führungsstelle Schlesischer Busch
In Schlesischer Busch park, a former four-storey command tower still stands. It is one of only a handful of surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers. Unlike standard...
Sebastianstraße Tunnel
In 1962, Siegfried Noffke and Dieter Hötger dug a tunnel approximately 30 metres long from this building in West Kreuzberg under the Wall to Heinrich-Heine-Straße...
U-Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke
The first ghost station to reopen, on 11 November 1989, just two days after the Wall fell. A provisional border checkpoint was hastily set up...
Bethke Brothers Escape
Site of two of the most daring Berlin Wall escapes. On 31 March 1983, Holger Bethke climbed to a rooftop near Treptow Park, fired an...
Heinrich-Heine-Straße
A former border crossing between the Russian and US sectors. There isn't much to see here today. The route of the Berlin Wall is marked...
Heidelberger Straße Tunnels
Known as the "Straße der Tränen" (Street of Tears), Heidelberger Straße was split down the middle by the Berlin Wall, with the western pavement in...
U-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz (U8)
East Berlin's busiest transport hub was simultaneously a ghost station. The U2 and U5 platforms served East Berliners normally, while the physically separate U8 platform...
Kiefholzstraße Tunnel
In the early 1960s, several escape tunnels were dug along the Neukölln-Treptow border near Kiefholzstraße, where favourable soil conditions and the border configuration aided tunnel...
DDR Museum
An interactive museum dedicated to everyday life in East Germany. Visitors can sit in a Trabant, explore a reconstructed East German apartment, and learn about...
Zimmerstraße Escape Tunnels
Two escape tunnels were dug on Zimmerstraße, close to Checkpoint Charlie. In summer 1962, a tunnel from an empty lot in the West to Zimmerstraße...
Internationales Pressezentrum
The GDR's official press centre for foreign correspondents, where Günter Schabowski held his historic press conference on 9 November 1989. Asked when new travel regulations...
U-Bahnhof Weinmeisterstraße
A ghost station on the U8 line in the Scheunenviertel quarter. One of the last to reopen on 1 July 1990, it retains elements of...
Peter Fechter Gedenkstele
A memorial cross marks the spot where 18-year-old Peter Fechter was shot by border guards on 17 August 1962 while trying to escape to the...
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