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Reichstag, the Wall, Kreuzberg at dusk.

Spree boats and Kreuzberg bikes. Reichstag mornings and Sachsenhausen afternoons. Potsdam, the East Side Gallery, and the long ride east.

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The Reichstag morning

The morning that starts most Berlin trips.

Berlin’s most-booked tour. The Norman Foster dome, the Plenary Chamber, and the long view down Unter den Linden.

Three histories, one city

The three Berlins, still standing.

Imperial capital. Third Reich and the bunker. Cold War and the Wall. Three chapters Berlin layered on top of itself — you can walk between them in an afternoon.

Seat of government

The Reichstag & the dome

Where modern Germany governs. The 19th-century building, the Norman Foster glass dome bolted onto it after 1989, and the Bundestag-era quarter that grew up around them after reunification. Free to visit if you book ahead — and the most-booked tour in town.

  1. 1 Berlin: Reichstag, Dome and Government District Guided Tour ★ 4.7 18,288 reviews
  2. 2 Berlin: Government District around the Reichstag Guided Tour ★ 4.7 8,447 reviews
  3. 3 Berlin: Reichstag, Plenary Chamber, Cupola & Government Tour ★ 4.6 8,422 reviews
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Bunker to barrier

Third Reich & the Cold War

The Topography of Terror, the Olympic Stadium, the Berlin airlift, the Stasi files. Two regimes the city remembers in plaques, museums, and the unmarked patches of ground where buildings used to be.

  1. 1 Berlin: Third Reich and Cold War 2 Hour Walking Tour ★ 4.9 6,830 reviews
  2. 2 Berlin’s Best: 2 Hour Walking Tour Third Reich and the Cold War ★ 5.0 5,486 reviews
  3. 3 Berlin: Third Reich, Hitler, and WWII Walking Tour ★ 4.9 1,133 reviews
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The line that split the city

The Wall & Checkpoint Charlie

Twenty-eight years of concrete down the middle of Berlin, almost all of it gone by 1991. What’s left is the East Side Gallery, the Mauerpark stretch, Checkpoint Charlie and the museums that fill in the rest.

  1. 1 Skip-the-Line: Berlin Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie ★ 4.1 2,041 reviews
  2. 2 Berlin: East Side Gallery Spree Cruise in a Solar Catamaran ★ 4.0 1,039 reviews
  3. 3 Berlin: Guided Bike Tour of the Berlin Wall and Third Reich ★ 4.7 499 reviews
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Berlin in motion

Two ways to see the city.

Boat for the Spree and the lake landscape. Bike for the Wall route, Kreuzberg and the long ride east. Pick one for the morning, the other for the afternoon.

By Boat

The Spree day

On the Water

Berlin grew along the Spree, and the river is still the best vantage on the centre of the city. One-hour cruises through Mitte, three-hour stretches out to the Müggelsee, sunset solar catamarans past the East Side Gallery.

  1. 1 Berlin: 1-Hour City Tour by Boat with Guaranteed Seating ★ 4.3 16,993 reviews
  2. 2 Berlin: Boat Tour Along the River Spree ★ 4.4 11,252 reviews
  3. 3 Berlin: 3.25-Hour Spree & Landwehrkanal Boat Tour ★ 4.6 4,311 reviews
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Or pick how you want to spend the day.

Walk if you want the history. Boat if you want the river. Bike if you want range. Food tour for the Kreuzberg kitchens. The Trabi for the Cold War. Hop-on-hop-off if you want it easy.