Berlin Wall: From walled city to world city

The name Checkpoint Charlie comes from the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie). After the border crossings at Helmstedt-Marienborn (Alpha) and Dreilinden-Drewitz (Bravo), Checkpoint Charlie was the third checkpoint opened by the Allies in and around Berlin.

At the time Berlin was divided, the site of the park was the border strip of the Berlin Wall and the area was off limits from 1961 to 1989. After reunification the no-man’s-land become a public park. After reconstruction work overseen by landscape architect Gustav Lange, the Mauerpark was officially opened exactly 5 years after the Wall fell on 9 November 1994.

At 1316 metres long, the open-air art gallery on the banks of the Spree in Friedrichshain is the longest continuous section of the Berlin Wall still in existence. Immediately after the wall came down, 118 artists from 21 countries began painting the East Side Gallery, and it officially opened as an open air gallery on 28 September 1990. Just over a year later, it was given protected memorial status.

In The Wall Museum, right next to the Berlin Wall in the former death strip, visitors experience the history of the division of Berlin and the most beautiful event of the Germans - the fall of the Berlin Wall, staged using multimedia and with a common thread from the construction of the Wall to its fall in 1989. The Mauer Museum is located in the former mill warehouse at the famous East Side Gallery and the Oberbaumbrücke border station.

The causes, history and consequences of the construction and the demolition of the Wall are depicted chronologically in texts and illustrations. These are supplemented by comprehensive source material...

Around 2.7 million people left the GDR and East Berlin between 1949 and 1961, causing increasing difficulties for the leadership of the East German communist party, the SED. Around half of this steady stream of refugees were young people under the age of 25. Roughly half a million people crossed the sector borders in Berlin each day in both directions, enabling them to compare living conditions on both sides. In 1960 alone, around 200,000 people made a permanent move to the West. The GDR was on the brink of social and economic collapse.

Our body-and-stomach addresses for breakfast in Berlin? We would like to introduce you to 12 today. Berlin is dawn, blurred vision and a hangover. But Berlin is also freshly baked flat bread, flat white and strawberry jam from Brandenburg. Have fun trying it out!

The Berlin Zoological Garden - affectionately known as the Zoo - on the south west corner of the Tiergarten is a wonderfully kept urban Zoo with a huge playground, restaurants and coffee shops, providing a whole day's worth of family entertainment. A site Berliners are justly proud of, this large and very well-kept Zoo is home to more than 20,000 animals and over 1,500 species. The Berlin Zoo and its animals are part of local life and most Berliners will be aware of the news of a new arrival.

There are countless beautiful cafés in Berlin. Some spoil us with good coffee, freshly baked cakes and other homemade delicacies. Others become our second living room because they are cozy and we love to have breakfast, lunch or work on the laptop in the sun while eating a warm cookie. Here are our 12 favorite cafés, which not only convince us with culinary delights, but also with their beautiful, sunny outdoor area.

Please check for travel restrictions before booking and travelling to an accommodation. Travel may be permitted only for certain purposes and in particular, touristic travel may not be allowed...

The Euro is the official currency of the European Union in circulation since 1998, about 23 years. In addition, 38 other countries use this money, see the FAQ for more details. The euro is abbreviated by the currency code EUR by ISO:4217 standard, and sign € it's a symbol.

Before every flight, the same question always comes up: How big and how heavy can my hand luggage be, what is allowed? Unfortunately, there is no uniform answer to this question, because all airlines have their own rules for hand luggage. And to make it even more complicated, the permitted dimensions often also depend on the ticket fare booked or the flight route. On this website you will find the right answers and links to the respective regulations of the airlines.