
The central Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße shows the permanent exhibition "1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall".
8 Locations
Cold war berlin left deep marks across the city, from the Wall to bunkers, checkpoints and spy sites. Around Mitte, Friedrichshain and the former border, cold war berlin can be explored at memorials, museums and preserved fragments of a divided era.
This overview gathers Berlin locations tied to cold war berlin, from Checkpoint Charlie and the Wall Memorial to the Stasi headquarters and bunkers. Some focus on politics and espionage, others on everyday life on both sides of the divide.
Browse the places below to explore cold war berlin, compare exhibitions and opening hours, and plan your visit.

The central Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße shows the permanent exhibition "1961 | 1989. The Berlin Wall".




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.



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.


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.


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".