Berlin on Bike: Berlin Wall Tour
from €34.00 incl. bike
Berlin Wall Bike Tour - Learn about border crossings, remainders of the Wall, successful and tragic escape attempts as well as the magic moments of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Join us for an entertaining and interesting bike tour alongside the Berlin Wall with Berlin on Bike and learn impressive and exciting facts about the Cold War era and the history of the city on this guided bike tour.
Highlights of the Berlin Wall Tour at a glance:
✔ Guided bike tour alongside the Berlin Wall & on the Berlin Wall Trail
✔ The bike tour takes place in German, English and Dutch
✔ Insights into everyday life in the GDR, history, background info and much more
Guided bike tour alongside the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was the symbol of the Cold War and stands for the suffering and the struggle of the systems during this time. The bike tour takes you along the course of the former Berlin Wall. Experience border crossings, Wall remnants, successful and fatal escapes and the magical moments of the opening of the border in 1989 on this bike tour.
History and more along the Berlin Wall Trail
Learn many stories and receive historical background information during your ride - from tunnel escapes to the window jump at Bernauer Strasse. The experienced tour guides will take you past Bernauer Strasse, describe escape moments and the exact layout of the death strip with its watchtowers and life in the GDR with the Stasi and the last days before reunification and border opening at Bornholmer Strasse.
This is what awaits you on the guided Berlin Wall & Wall Trail bike tour:
✔ Prenzlauer Berg: Life at the Berlin Wall.
✔ Gethsemanekirche & Zionskirche: the role of the church in the GDR
✔ Bornholmer Straße: Former border crossing & site of the fall of the Wall
✔ Bernauer Strasse & Berlin Wall Memorial: escape attempts
✔ The death strip & ghost train station at Park am Nordbahnhof
✔ Today's contemporary witness: former border guard tower at Kieler Eck
✔ The government district & Brandenburg Gate
✔ The Palace of Tears & S-Bhf. Friedrichstraße
Meeting point
Bikedepot Kulturbrauerei Hof 4, Knaackstr. 97
Google MapsImportant information
- accepted as smartphone ticket
- no printout required
Tours may be adjusted according to weather conditions, interest of the participants as well as closures or sometimes own preferences. Changes and deviations are possible.
Ticket validity after purchase
Valid for the booked date
Opening hours
- Tours in German: Tue, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun: 10am
- Tours in English: Tue, Sat, Sun: 10:30 am
- Tours in Dutch: Tue, Sat: 10am
Arrival by public transport
U-Bahn | U2 Eberswalder Straße
Tram | M10 und 12 U Eberswalder Straße
Languages
- German
- English
- Dutch
Duration
about 3,5 hours
Provider
Berlin on Bike