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The central Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße shows the permanent exhibition "1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall".
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Cold War Sites in Berlin
Last updated on 06/29/2026
The 10 best Cold War sites in Berlin
Nowhere can German-German history be experienced as directly as in the once-divided city of Berlin. On Bernauer Strasse, the Gedenkstaette Berliner Mauer recalls the division, in the Traenenpalast at Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse an exhibition tells of the farewells at the border crossing, and the asisi Panorama at Checkpoint Charlie transports visitors into the middle of 1980s Kreuzberg. Added to these are the Hackesche Hoefe in Mitte, the Alliierten Museum in Dahlem with its Raisin Bomber and control cabin, and Tempelhof Airport, where National Socialism, the airlift and the Cold War come together. Ten places for everyone who wants to understand how two Germanys became one again. Where would you begin your tour?
Ellen Mehrhoff-Roddewig
I grew up in a Berlin where the Wall was only a story. That makes places that keep this history alive all the more important to me. While putting this list together, it was the Traenenpalast above all that moved me. I am showing you ten stations where the German-German past can still be felt today.
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The Tränenpalast ("Palace of Tears") near Bahnhof Friedrichstraße is home to the permament exhibition "GranzErfahrungen", giving an insight into the day-to-day life of a country divided in two.
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The Allied Forces Museum on Zehlendorf's Clay-Allee illustrates the history of the western allies in Berlin. From the end of World War II, over the Berlin Air Lift to Checkpoint Charlie - all this and more are to be discovered there.
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The asisi Panorama THE WALL in Berlin-Mitte takes visitors right next to Checkpoint Charlie on an impressive journey through time into divided Berlin of the 1980s. Here, artist Yadegar Asisi recreates life in the shadow of the Berlin Wall across 900 square meters, allowing visitors to look directly into the scene from a high platform and experience German-German history up close.
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The fast-paced Berlin Musical "Hinterm Horizont" at the Stage Theater on Potsdamer Platz tells with 20 legendary songs by Udo Lindenberg a love story between East and West in the times of the Berlin Wall and barbed wire.
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The city tour City Circle PURPLE Tour in a yellow doubledecker bus traces the former Berlin Wall and takes you to the trendy Berlin of today.
Bernauer Straße 119, 13355 Berlin Mitte+49 030 351 952 70 sightseeing.de/berlin_sightseeing_touren.php
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The Palace of Tears in Berlin-Mitte is the former departure hall from the GDR to the West.
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„Ich bin ein Berliner“ – John F. Kennedy said this famous sentence in front of the Schöneberg City Hall when he visited Berlin in 1963. However, a lot more German history was made here.
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1, 10825 Berlin Schöneberg+49 30 90277 3518www.berlin.de/ba-tempelhof-schoeneberg/derbezirk/rathausfuehrungen.php
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The permanent exhibition of the museum of Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg is dedicated to the day-to-day life in the GDR.
Knaackstraße 97, 10435 Berlin Prenzlauer Berg+49 30 46 77 77 90www.hdg.de/berlin/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei
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The Protestant Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg is a symbol of the peaceful revolution in the GDR.
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