Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall Free Tour

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A city rebuilt upon the ruins of its former self; Berlin was transformed from the capital of the Third Reich into the embodiment of Cold War conflict and became ground zero for a war of propaganda and four decades of chronic political & military tension between superpowers. Generation Tours free Cold war walking tour will guide you through the Cold War era and take you back in time to experience Berlin’s past as an occupied city. Hear the fascinating stories, see the lasting legacy, and learn what it really meant to live behind the Iron Curtain and in the shadow of the Berlin Wall with your free cold war walking tour guide.

The free cold war tour in Berlin runs every Monday & Friday at 11 A.M. Meet your local Berlin guide at our tour meeting point in Lustgarten. Don’t miss this unique insight to Berlin and the remarkable Cold War era here.

Please note that you need one AB metro day ticket on this tour.

  • WWII & Germany's division
  • Berlin Wall Memorial
  • Life in the DDR
  • Palace of Tears
  • Russian Embassy & Soviet War Memorial
  • Ghost stations
  • TV Tower & Alexanderplatz
  • communist ideology, propaganda, art & architecture
  • 17th June 1953 uprising
  • Karl Marx Allee & 'Stalin's bathroom'
  • Reichstag & German Reunification
  • Escape Stories & victims of the Wall
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