
The Hohenschönhausen Memorial is located in the former central Stasi prison of the GDR.
12 Locations
Eastberlin, the former capital of the GDR, still shapes the character of districts like Mitte, Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg. From Karl-Marx-Allee to the TV Tower, eastberlin blends socialist architecture with a lively, reinvented cultural scene.
This overview gathers Berlin locations tied to eastberlin, from GDR landmarks and museums to bars, cafés and design that grew out of the east. Some focus on history and ostalgie, others on the creative energy of the former east.
Browse the places below to find the best of eastberlin, compare options and prices, and plan your visit.

The Hohenschönhausen Memorial is located in the former central Stasi prison of the GDR.


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.





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.

The Hohenschönhausen Memorial is located in the former central Stasi prison of the GDR.



Café Sibylle is a long-established historical witness in the heritage-protected part of Karl-Marx-Allee.



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.


The Evangelical Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg stands for the peaceful revolution in the GDR.

The residential buildings in the typical Moscow 'gingerbread style' characterize Europe's only boulevard built after the war! Today, Karl-Marx-Allee, with the two striking towers of Frankfurter Tor, is a protected monument – it is Germany's longest contiguous architectural monument.


The Protestant Gethsemane Church in Prenzlauer Berg is a symbol of the peaceful revolution in the GDR.

They are the intellectual fathers of communism – Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.


A prefabricated concrete panel building apartment still furnished with original GDR furniture – this historical document can be visited in Hellersdorf!

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.