Berlin Wall Sites Near Sonnenallee
This was one of the quieter border crossings. It became better known after the 1999 comedy movie with the same name. Today it is marked with a double line of cobble stones, and a Berlin History Mile information board. Nearby: Memorial plaque for the fall of the Wall in 1989, Berlin Wall History Mile, Memorial for Chris Gueffroy
15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance
Sonnenallee
This was one of the quieter border crossings. It became better known after the 1999 comedy movie with the same name. Today it is marked...
Chris Gueffroy Gedenkzeichen
A simple cross and information panel mark the spot at the Britzer Zweigkanal where 20-year-old Chris Gueffroy was shot on 5 February 1989. He was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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....
Stasi Museum
Located in the former headquarters of the Ministry for State Security in Lichtenberg, this museum preserves the office of Stasi chief Erich Mielke exactly as...
Waltersdorfer Chaussee Crossing
Airport transit crossing for West Berliners accessing Schönefeld Airport from 1963. A shuttle bus service was added in 1980. After 1985, passport control moved to...
Rudow Hinterland Wall
Southernmost wall remains in Berlin. Third-generation concrete slabs between H-shaped reinforced concrete supports. Located north of Rudower Höhe, a 28-metre artificial hill built from wartime...
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...
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...
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...
