Berlin Wall Memorial (Bernauer Strasse)
Guide
Photo: dalbera from Paris, France · CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeSightAllow 1–2 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
The one place where the Wall survives with its full border strip: inner wall, sand, watchtower and outer wall, along a long open-air trail of photos, rusted steel rods marking where the Wall ran and a viewing tower to look down on it.
A brief history
The street was split right down the middle in 1961: the houses were in the East and the pavement in the West, so people jumped from their windows to escape, and tunnels were dug underneath.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning; start at the visitor centre by Nordbahnhof
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 h
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- The open-air grounds usually daily 8:00–22:00; the visitor centre and documentation centre usually Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–18:00 (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Prenzlauer Berg: Leafy streets of old apartment blocks, cafés and the Mauerpark, by the Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse. Calm, pleasant and well connected.
- Access
- Step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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