Berlin Wall Sites Near Flugplatz Gatow
RAF Gatow in the British sector was one of the Berlin Airlift's three airfields, handling the British share of the lift while Sunderland flying boats landed on the nearby Havel. Throughout the Cold War it remained the Royal Air Force's Berlin station, its radar watching over the air corridors. Handed to the Bundeswehr when the British left in 1994, it is now the Military History Museum Berlin-Gatow (Luftwaffenmuseum), with more than 100 aircraft, air-defence systems and Cold War exhibits in the historic hangars and on the former airfield. Entry is free.
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Flugplatz Gatow
RAF Gatow in the British sector was one of the Berlin Airlift's three airfields, handling the British share of the lift while Sunderland flying boats...
Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial
Only surviving "first generation" (1961/62) wall segment, over 30 metres long. Original concrete slabs with hollow blocks and Y-shaped barbed wire deflectors. Shows three generations...
Heilandskirche Sacrow
Protestant church walled off for 28 years during the division. Its bell tower was incorporated into the barrier wall. The church was visible from West...
Staaken
Staaken, on the west-most outskirts of West Berlin, was home to several different rail and road crossings during the cold war years. Albrechtshof rail crossing...
Glienicker Brücke
A bridge spanning the Havel river, connecting Wannsee with the Brandenburg capital, Potsdam. Spies captured during the Cold War were often exchanged here, earning it...
Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)
The Allied checkpoint on the transit motorway between West Berlin and West Germany. All vehicles travelling the Autobahn corridor to Helmstedt passed through here, making...
Klein Glienicke
GDR enclave accessible only via one surveilled bridge (Parkbrücke). Residents lived in near-total isolation — surrounded by West Berlin on three sides, connected to the...
Teufelsberg
An artificial hill built from 26 million cubic metres of World War II rubble in the Grunewald forest. The US National Security Agency built a...
Griebnitzsee Wall Remains
Protected monument on the shore of Griebnitzsee lake. A scenic water border with underwater barriers. The GDR expropriated the southern shore for border installations. A...
Steinstücken
A small enclave of around 200 inhabitants, Steinstücken is the southern most territory of Berlin, in Wannsee. For a time its border was made up...
Falkensee
GDR town where 80% of the male population lost their jobs overnight when the Wall severed the commute to West Berlin. The S-Bahn link from...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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