East Berlin's Street Art: Private Walking Tour
Description
This immersive tour of the counterculture in East Berlin takes you beyond the typical tourist sites to discover more than Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie, into the city’s lesser-known treasure troves of Cold War subterfuge and dissent. On the banks of the Spree River, Friedrichshain’s art installations include everything from concrete mixers and barbed wire to 1960s newsreels. Stroll Boxhagener Platz and Revaler Strasse to see Soviet-era buildings, GDR-era relics, the longest surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall, and the East Side Gallery. Experience the artsy Friedrichshain district with its diverse subcultures and storied past.
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Itinerary
Learn all about the history of former East Berlin from your private guide, and the counterculture that emerged both before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the life behind the Iron Curtain, and how it finally came down.
Visit the East Side Gallery - stretching 1.3 km, it is the longest open-air gallery of history and art in the world.
Admire iconic Oberbaum Bridge: a Cold War checkpoint between West and East a modern-day symbol of unified Berlin.
Visit RAW, an offbeat sociocultural jumble of graffiti-covered subcultural compounds. See Boxhagener Strasse (“boxi” to Berliners) art studios and graffiti-covered hip cafes, refurbed bookshops, art cinemas and grassroots record labels.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
