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Bernauer Straße was the border between the districts of Wedding (West) and Mitte (East).
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Berlin Wall Sites
Last updated on 07/01/2026
The 10 best Berlin Wall sites in Berlin
Where did the Wall actually stand? Visitors ask this again and again, and in some places it can still be answered impressively today. The Gedenkstaette Berliner Mauer on Bernauer Strasse shows over a long stretch what the border installation really looked like, complete with watchtower and death strip. At Checkpoint Charlie, the Mauermuseum recalls the spectacular escape attempts, while at the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain art stretches across the longest preserved piece of the Wall. The Mauerpark carries the division in its very name and is now a meeting point rather than a border, and the Gedenkstaette Guenter Litfin preserves the memory of one of the first victims of the Wall. History becomes tangible here. Which of these places brings the division home to you most powerfully?
Ellen Mehrhoff-Roddewig
I grew up in a city where the Wall can only be made out as a strip of cobblestones in the ground. That makes places like the memorial on Bernauer Strasse, where the border becomes visible again, all the more important to me. For this list I put together the spots where the division of Berlin can truly be grasped.
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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.
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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!
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The Berlin Mauerweg gives the answer to the frequently asked question where the Berlin Wall stood.
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The monument "Parliament of Trees" was created by artist Ben Wargin in 1990 and commemorates the people who died on the Berlin Wall.
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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.
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Pictures, films, original quotes, interviews and games make history and histories of the Berlin Wall come alive with the multimedia WallGuide.
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His tragic death converted Peter Fechter into a symbol. He was shot in 1962 when trying to climb across the Wall.
Zimmer- / Ecke Charlottenstraße 1, 10117 Berlin Mittewww.berlin.de/mauer/gedenkstaetten/peter_fechter/inde
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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!
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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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