Berlin Wall Sites Near 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 listening station on its summit to intercept Eastern Bloc communications during the Cold War. The abandoned geodesic radomes are now a street art destination and offer panoramic views of Berlin.

15 Berlin Wall Sites Within Walking Distance

Teufelsberg

Cold War Site 0m

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...

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Rathaus Schöneberg

Cold War Site 7.11 km

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...

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Flughafen Tegel

Airlift Airfield 7.25 km

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...

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Flugplatz Gatow

Airlift Airfield 7.46 km

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...

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Staaken

Border Crossing 8.1 km

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...

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Groß Glienicke Wall Memorial

Wall Segment 8.73 km

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...

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Wachturm Erna-Berger-Straße

Watchtower 9.21 km

One of the very few surviving Berlin Wall watchtowers, this BT-11 type observation tower stands near Potsdamer Platz. Originally part of the border fortification system,...

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Hansa Studios

Cold War Site 9.26 km

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...

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Ausstellung zum Mauergedenken

Memorial 9.27 km

This open-air exhibition at Potsdamer Platz features informational displays mounted between original segments of the Berlin Wall. Created in 2005 to mark the 20th anniversary...

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S-Bahnhof Potsdamer Platz

Ghost Station 9.28 km

One of the best-known ghost stations. The Wall ran directly through Potsdamer Platz above, turning what was once Europe's busiest intersection into empty wasteland. Below,...

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Checkpoint Bravo (Dreilinden)

Border Crossing 9.46 km

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...

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Brandenburger Tor

Cold War Site 9.5 km

The Brandenburg Gate became the main symbol of Berlin's division. From 1961 to 1989, it stood inaccessible in the death strip, visible but unreachable from...

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Weiße Kreuze

Memorial 9.53 km

Located on the bank of the Spree near the Reichstag building, this memorial consists of seven white wooden crosses commemorating victims who died attempting to...

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Invalidenfriedhof

Memorial 9.58 km

The Invalidenfriedhof, one of Berlin's oldest military cemeteries (founded 1748), was bisected by the Berlin Wall from 1961. The Wall ran directly through the cemetery,...

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Gedenkstätte Günter Litfin

Watchtower 9.59 km

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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