No place on Earth stood at the heart of the 20th Century conflict between the ideological poles of Communism and Capitalism like Berlin. A divided city in a divided Germany in a divided Europe in a divided world.Cold war walking tour BerlinDiscover the surviving traces of the Cold War on this tour that includes the Wall, Checkpoint Charlie and astonishing Soviet architecture. Step this way to discover what life was like behind the Iron Curtain.  A tour of the Berlin Wall, an iconic symbol of the Cold War, accompanied by a learned guide will be a great treat for history lovers! Get an extraordinary insight into what it meant to live in the eastern block’s most ‘Stalinist’ State, successful and failed escapes where border command sooner followed the orders of ‘shoot to kill’ than allow the heinous crime of ‘flight from the Republic’.

This tour starts from at 1000h from the MacDonald’s restaurant opposite the main entrance to Zoo U-Bahn Station. You will be accompanied by guide you will be taken on a Berlin walking tour. Start from the infamous Checkpoint Charlie, the guide will describe the routines and duties of border guards, the Soviet and Allied forces, Stasi and CIA. You will also visit the following sites: Berlin, Soviet Embassy, Ghost station, former guard tower, Espionage points of the CIA and KGB, Stasi surveillance techniques and equipments, Location of both successful and failed escape attempts and A reassembled area of inner and outer fortification of the state border. This tour ends at the starting point.