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A city tour is the quickest way to get to know Berlin, taking in landmarks, history and hidden corners. From walking and bike tours to buses and boats, a city tour covers the Brandenburger Tor, the Wall and Museumsinsel with an expert guide.
This overview gathers Berlin locations offering a city tour, from guided walks and cycling routes to sightseeing buses and cruises. Some focus on history and politics, others on food, street art or nightlife.
Browse the options below to find the best city tour in Berlin, compare routes and prices, and plan your trip.
Berlin from the Water: A boat trip on the Spree is one of the most beautiful ways to discover the capital together. From the Government District to Museum Island and the East Side Gallery, you glide relaxed through Berlin-Mitte and see the city from a perspective simply impossible from the riverbank.
art:berlin has been guiding through the city since 1991, with a team of around 60 city guides. The neighborhood and discovery tours go to Rummelsburg, through Wedding along the Panke, and to the villa colonies in Grunewald and by Lake Wannsee. For a special city tour in Berlin, this means: the route ends where most guests never get to.
Berlin Club Culture starts in a quiet bar in Friedrichshain and then moves with the group to three clubs, all five to ten minutes' walk apart. Guest list entry, local shots, and a guide for the entire night are included. Important for bachelor parties: all-male groups of six or more people must book the private tour.
The famous 'Sixth Floor' at KaDeWe on Wittenbergplatz in Schöneberg is Berlin's culinary superlative: Spanning approximately 7,000 square meters, Europe's largest delicatessen department brings together oysters, champagne, truffles, and over 34,000 products under one roof. An excursion that connects generations and provides conversation for the entire evening.
No sashes, no party bus: City Codes transforms Berlin's city center into a huge outdoor escape room. The group starts at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and puzzles its way via smartphone through iconic neighborhoods, sights, and hidden details. A bachelorette party that rewards brains.
In the historic mill warehouse directly on the Spree, an emotional journey through the history of German division awaits you. The museum connects personal fates with original props and interviews from contemporary witnesses in 13 themed rooms.
A two-hour city tour as a comedy program: In the ComedyBus, stage characters like Edith Schröder take over the microphone and lead through Neukölln, Moabit, and Wedding instead of just past the Reichstag and Victory Column. The tour is conducted in an air-conditioned coach for 60 guests, departing from Nollendorfplatz U-Bahn station; the ticket costs 33 Euros.
The Trabi Safari is a city tour in a vintage GDR car, affectionately nicknamed "Trabi". These little cars have earned cult status in the meantime and in a convoi of up to six vehicles you get to experience Berlin in a special way.
Berlin's cheapest city tour operates as a regular service: BVG Bus 100 connects Charlottenburg and Mitte on a route that passes the Reichstag, Victory Column, and Brandenburg Gate. Not a tourist bus, but real public transport at the regular ticket price.
The tour on Bus 100 is most likely Berlin's best-known secret for entertaining your family when they visit. And totally right so! For as little as the cost for a single fare ticket, you get the entire tourist programme!
Stadt im Ohr produces audio walks featuring figures like Claire Waldoff, Heinrich Zille, and architectural critic Bruno Flierl. Six audio tours lead through Friedrichshain, Mitte, Wedding, Friedenau, and queer Berlin, each for 11.99 Euros. As a special city tour in Berlin, this one requires no appointment and no group.
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Anyone who wants to experience Berlin from the ground up, truly from the ground up, should hop into a mini-hotrod in Friedrichshain and cruise in a convoy through the capital. From the East Side Gallery to the Brandenburg Gate: This city tour guarantees goosebumps while sightseeing.
Segway city tour in small groups of maximum six to eight people: The grand tour lasts two and a half to three hours, visits over thirty sights between Checkpoint Charlie and Museum Island, and costs 69 Euros including helmet and driving training. Meeting point is the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, minimum age is 14 years.
A guided bicycle tour that leads from the Nikolaiviertel in Mitte through Tiergarten to Kreuzberg, revealing places that even long-time Berliners will find surprising. Away from the tourist crowds, approximately 18 kilometers, three hours, and countless hidden city stories.
Tempelhofer Feld in Tempelhof is Berlin's legendary open space, where former runways have become a skating track. On a 4.5 km circular route between wide skies and the old airport building, inline skaters roll with a good tailwind through one of Europe's largest city parks.
City tour with film footage: With videoSightseeing, historical recordings are played on screens exactly where they were created, while rental iPads take over this task during walking tours. The Babylon Berlin bus tour lasts two and a half hours and costs 38 Euros, guided in more than ten languages. Walking tours are available from 25 Euros.
Berlin's most famous shipping line, Stern und Kreisschiffahrt, embarks from Greenwichpromenade in Reinickendorf into the northern island world, bringing passengers relaxing cruises across Tegeler See, the Upper Havel Lakes, and far into the Berlin countryside on sunny days. Few excursions showcase the city as serenely and expansively as this one.
Between Hackescher Markt and Oranienburger Strasse, Art Nouveau courtyards from 1905, the New Synagogue from 1866, the Old Jewish Cemetery, and the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum are located within a few hundred meters, with 'Stolpersteine' (stumbling blocks) everywhere. A school trip in Berlin can fill a morning here without a single ticket.
The Berliner Unterwelten e.V. (Berlin Underworlds Association) manages 14 predominantly underground locations and rediscovered the air-raid shelter under Gesundbrunnen station in 1998, which was only preserved because an explosion would have endangered the subway tunnel. This special city tour in Berlin takes you underground for 90 minutes instead of along facades.
Berlin Musictours is the only provider that leads inside the Hansa Studios, where Iggy Pop and David Bowie recorded. The bus tour lasts two and a half hours and costs 75 Euros per person for groups of four or more, the Bowie walk through Schöneberg costs 70 Euros, and the East-Berlin Music Walk costs 19 Euros. Booking is always required in advance.
Take a sightseeing tour around Berlin to check some of the most important landmarks in the city.
Drive around the city in one of this iconic vehicles.
If jogging through a park is just too boring for you, what about jogging the Berlin City Tour for a change?
Between Schöneberg and Steglitz, in the middle of Insulaner Park, lies one of Berlin's greenest outdoor destinations. The aged 18-hole concrete mini-golf course was taken over and revitalized by a new team in 2025. Those looking to get out when the weather is nice will find fun, a sun terrace, and a relaxed park atmosphere at a low price.
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.