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Berlin's underworlds hold some of the city's most gripping history, in bunkers, tunnels and hidden chambers beneath the streets. Guided beneath the surface, the underworlds here reveal wartime and Cold War secrets. This overview gathers Berlin locations for going underground.
The Berliner Unterwelten association runs tours of wartime bunkers, flak towers and escape tunnels, revealing the hidden layers below the city. Disused U-Bahn stations, cellars and shelters add to the story, and knowledgeable guides bring the dark history to life. It is a fascinating, atmospheric side of Berlin few visitors see.
Browse the venues below to explore the underworlds of Berlin, from wartime bunkers to escape tunnels.
Behind a green door in Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station, a world of air-raid shelters, tunnels, and old cellars begins. The Berliner Unterwelten association has been leading tours through these facilities since the late 1990s, recounting Berlin's history from World War II to the Cold War.
Beneath Gesundbrunnen station lies an air-raid shelter with almost fifty rooms on three floors, rediscovered by Berliner Unterwelten e.V. only in 1998. Today, the association manages fourteen such sites and guides groups through them in ninety minutes. For a class trip to Berlin, this means: contemporary history without display cases, but with sturdy footwear.
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.