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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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35 Years Fall Of The Wall
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In 2024 Berlin marked 35 years fall of the wall with a citywide programme that turned memory into a public experience. The anniversary brought light installations, open air concerts and guided walks along the former border, drawing residents and visitors to the places where the division once ran. This tag collects Berlin locations tied to that milestone and to the wider story of the Wall.
Many of these spots still anchor the city's remembrance. The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse keeps a preserved section of the border strip, the East Side Gallery carries murals painted after 1989, and the documentation centres nearby explain how the frontier shaped daily life. Along the former route, markers trace where concrete and watchtowers once stood.
Use the venues below to explore how Berlin remembers 35 years fall of the wall, from memorial sites to the streets that carried the celebrations.
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The Hohenschönhausen Memorial is located in the former central Stasi prison of the GDR.
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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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Roger Moore used Checkpoint Charlie as a backdrop for the James Bond film 'Octopussy'.
Friedrichstraße, 10117 Berlin Mittewww.berlin.de/sehenswuerdigkeiten/3560059-3558930-checkpoint-charlie.html
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During the Trabi Safari, you drive through Berlin in a convoy of up to six cult cars from GDR times. Information about the sights is provided via radio.
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In front of the museum is the former Checkpoint Charlie. Inside, everything revolves around the creative escape attempts of people in the GDR and the border security system of that time.
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Follow the path of the Berlin Wall and discover a major part of Berlin’s history by foot or by bike.
Alt-Lübars 1, 13469 Berlin Reinickendorfwww.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/verkehr/mobil/fahrrad/radrouten/de/mauerweg_1/index.shtml
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A cycle tour through Lichtenberg and Hohenschönhausen combines lots of nature and history.
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The large Panorama wall of the artist Yadegar Asisi visualizes the daily life next to the Berlin wall on a fictitious autumn day in the 1980s.
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The Wall Museum East Side Gallery is located directly in the Mühlenspeicher (mill warehouse) on the Spree and offers a deep insight into the history of German division. With over 100 screens and exciting interviews, this exhibition tells the events from 1961 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in a modern way.
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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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Where was the Berlin Wall? This is the question city guides get asked most frequently.
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Together with tens of thousands of other GDR citizens, Chancellor Angela Merkel crossed into the West at this very spot on the day the Wall fell.
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Open Air Karaoke in summer and the flea market on Sunday all year round - these are the two highlights that most people associate with Mauerpark.
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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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On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Stadtmuseum Berlin deals with the insular city that West-Berlin was dedicating it the exhibition "WEST:BERLIN - an island in search of the mainland".
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Erich Mielke's study with adjoining casino, espionage technology such as bugs and hidden infrared emitters, as well as machine guns hidden in suitcases can be viewed in the Stasi Museum.
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