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The Berlin Wall divided the city for nearly three decades, and its traces are among Berlin's most powerful sights. From the East Side Gallery to the Memorial on Bernauer Straße, the berlin wall tells the story of division, escape and reunification.
This overview gathers Berlin locations connected to the berlin wall, from preserved segments and watchtowers to museums and documentation centres. Some focus on the history of the border, others on the art and memory that surround it today.
Browse the places below to explore the best Berlin Wall sites in Berlin, compare exhibitions and opening hours, and plan your visit.
Have you ever wanted to spend one in a captain's cabin on the river Spree? If you want to make this dream come true, come to Berlin and sleep on board the Shipotel Berlin!
The monument "Parliament of Trees" was created by artist Ben Wargin in 1990 and commemorates the people who died on the Berlin Wall.
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.
Pictures, films, original quotes, interviews and games make history and histories of the Berlin Wall come alive with the multimedia WallGuide.
The Qbe Hotel Heizhaus Berlin is situated on a former military site of the GDR, where original parts of the Berlin Wall still can be seen. The Qbe Hotel combines the best of camping, hostel and hotel.
His tragic death converted Peter Fechter into a symbol. He was shot in 1962 when trying to climb across the Wall.
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!
The white crosses are commemorating those who lost their lives trying to overcome the GDR border fortifications to escape from East Germany.
The Protestant Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg is a symbol of the peaceful revolution in the GDR.
„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.
The permanent exhibition of the museum of Kulturbrauerei in Prenzlauer Berg is dedicated to the day-to-day life in the GDR.
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".
Mauerpark in Berlin-Mitte follows the course of the former Berlin Wall along Schwedter Straße.