Berlin Experiences/About
Twenty years of Berlin, told by historians.
Berlin Experiences is a private guided tour company founded in 2006 by historian Matt Robinson. We lead immersive walks through the city’s medieval roots, Prussian grandeur, Weimar excess, Third Reich horrors and Cold War divisions — for individuals, families, schools, journalists, authors and broadcasters.
The founder · Matt Robinson
A journalist who never put the notebook down.
Professional curiosity brought Matt to Berlin. As a trained journalist, he arrived from England intent on better understanding this fascinating city that stood centre-stage throughout the tumultuous 20th century.
After a chance encounter with a Cold War-era British spy, he set aside the press card and began guiding the people he’d been writing for. Two decades on, he has led more than ten thousand visitors through Berlin — never from a script.
When he’s not on tour, Matt writes the Mythbusting Berlin essay series, narrates documentaries, and consults on books and films about 20th-century Berlin.
Berlin Experiences sites
Our history websites.
Specialist history websites from the historians who lead our tours: the Wall, its escapes and its victims, 1945 day by day, and what is open when you visit.
Global atlasWhere Is The Wall
A global atlas of the Berlin Wall: every surviving section, relocated segment and fragment, mapped around the world.
Find the Wall
1961–1989Berlin Wall Escapes
A sourced record of escapes across the Berlin Wall, from tunnels and ziplines to trains and swimmers, on a map of its route.
See the escapes
Memorial recordVictims of the Wall
Remembering the 140 people killed at the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989: their lives, their deaths and where they died.
Read their stories
Day by dayBattle of Berlin 1945
The last battle of the war in Europe reconstructed day by day, from the Oder to the Reichstag, 16 April to 2 May 1945.
Follow the battle
Day by dayPotsdam Conference 1945
What Truman, Churchill and Stalin said at Cecilienhof, sitting by sitting, 17 July to 2 August 1945.
Read the record
InfographicsBerlinfographics
The history of Berlin drawn from the record, in a growing collection of original infographics.
See the graphicsBerlin Is Closed
Which Berlin museums, landmarks and lines are shut for building work, and when each one is due back.
Check before you goWho makes them
Every site is researched and written by the Berlin Experiences team, led by Matt Robinson, who has guided in Berlin since 2006. Sources are cited on every page.
About Berlin Experiences →Victims of the Wall: Window of Remembrance, Bernauer Straße. Photo: Inhiber, CC BY-SA 3.0