Berlin Wall Sites Near Flughafen Tempelhof
The airport where the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949) broke the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, with Allied planes landing every 90 seconds to supply the city. American pilot Gail Halvorsen became the "Candy Bomber" by dropping sweets for children. The Airlift Memorial ("Hungerkralle") stands at the entrance. Now a public park, the former airfield is used by Berliners for cycling, skating, and barbecuing.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Flughafen Tempelhof
The airport where the Berlin Airlift (1948-1949) broke the Soviet blockade of West Berlin, with Allied planes landing every 90 seconds to supply the city....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Topographie des Terrors
Built on the site of the former Gestapo and SS headquarters, this documentation center features a 200m section of the original Berlin Wall along Niederkirchnerstraße....
Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Founded in 1962 by human rights activist Rainer Hildebrandt, this museum documents the ingenuity and desperation of escape attempts from East Berlin. Exhibits include a...
Niederkirchnerstraße Wall Remains
A 200-metre preserved section of the Berlin Wall running along Niederkirchnerstraße, between the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the Topography of Terror documentation centre. This is one of...
Checkpoint Charlie
At Friedrichstraße, and featured in many cold-war era spy movies and books, this was the most famous of the border crossings. It was the only...
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...
Hansa Studios
Hansa Studios, in the historic Meistersaal concert hall at Köthener Straße 38, stood right beside the Berlin Wall by Potsdamer Platz. Between 1976 and 1978...
Rathaus Schöneberg
Schöneberg Town Hall served as West Berlin's city hall from 1949 to 1991, after the historic Rotes Rathaus fell within the Soviet sector. It is...
U-Bahnhof Stadtmitte (U6)
Like Alexanderplatz, Stadtmitte was a split station. The U2 platform operated normally for East Berliners (as "Otto-Grotewohl-Straße"), while the physically separate U6 platform was sealed...
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...
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