Top10 List: Berlin Wall Sites
Where was the Berlin Wall? That's the most frequently asked question to locals. In Berlin you can still find some original parts of the Wall but also various Wall memorial sites and Wall monuments are all over town. Top10 Berlin has compiled a list of the best places for tracing the history of the Wall for locals and tourists alike.
Rank 1: Berlin Wall Memorial
Bernauer Straße was the border between the districts of Wedding (West) and Mitte (East).
Show location …Rank 2: WallGuide
Pictures, films, original quotes, interviews and games make history and histories of the Berlin Wall come alive with the multimedia WallGuide.
Show location …Rank 3: Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie
Right in front of the door of the museum is the former Checkpoint Charlie. Inside it is all about the creative ways of people wanting to flee from East Germany and the border fortifications of that time.
Show location …Rank 4: East Side Gallery
Friedrichhain's East Side Gallery is with its 1.361 metres the longest open air gallery in the world and at the same time the longest piece of the Berlin Wall still standing!
Show location …Rank 5: Berlin Mauerweg
The Berlin Mauerweg gives the answer to the frequently asked question where the Berlin Wall stood.
Show location …Rank 6: Wall Memorial Parliament of Trees
The monument "Parliament of Trees" was created by artist Ben Wargin in 1990 and commemorates the people who died on the Berlin Wall.
Show location …Rank 7: Günter Litfin Memorial
This memorial site commemorates the victims of gunfire and barbed wire at the Berlin Wall and is named after Günter Litfin, the first victim of precision shooting at the Wall.
Show location …Rank 8: Peter Fechter Memorial
His tragic death converted Peter Fechter into a symbol. He was shot in 1962 when trying to climb across the Wall.
Show location …Rank 9: Wall Site Mauerpark
The Mauerpark (Wall Park) was created in the former border strip as a public green space which contains about 300 metres of original Berlin Wall!
Show location …Rank 10: White Crosses
The white crosses are commemorating those who lost their lives trying to overcome the GDR border fortifications to escape from East Germany.
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