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Strange Constellations: unlikely connections in Berlin’s history — places where two unrelated stories turn out to share an address, a date or a person. An ongoing series.
Articles
Essays on Berlin's history, culture, and present.
10 Reasons
Ten Great Reasons To Tour The Berlin Wall
Allied Victory Parade 1945
Allied Victory Parade 1945: The Forgotten Parade
Berlin
Stolpersteine: Personalising The Void
Alte Nationalgalerie
Top Ten Must-See Berlin Museums
Berlin
British Victory Parade 1945: Desert Rats! May Your Glory Ever Shine!
Berlin
Eight Strangest Berlin Wall Escapes
Cold War
The Last Piece Of East Germany – Ernst Thälmann Island
WWII
The S-Bahn Murderer: A Serial Killer In Nazi Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Berlin’s Avenue Of Failed Assassinations: Unter Den Linden
Berlin
Our Favourite Facts about the 1936 Summer Olympics
55 Things You Should Know
55 Things You Should Know Before Visiting Berlin
Berlin
On this day: Ida Siekmann becomes the first known victim of the Berlin Wall
Berlin
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp In The DDR
Berlin
Scars Of Battle: War Damage In Berlin
Private Guide Profile
Matt Robinson: Private Guide Profile
Battle of Trafalgar
On this day: Napoleon Bonaparte announces the Berlin Decree (21st November 1806)
Berlin
On this day: Guenter Litfin is killed trying to escape to West Berlin
Berlin
On this day: The Berlin Airlift officially ends
Berlin
On this day: Philosopher G.W.F. Hegel dies (14th November 1831)
Aeroflot
Berlin Brandenburg Airport – Behind The Scenes
Mythbusting Berlin
Setting the city's most-repeated myths straight.
Mythbusting Berlin
What Was The Socialist Kiss?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Invent The Bicycle Reflector?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Döner Kebab Invented In Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Currywurst Invented In Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did Hitler Escape To Argentina In 1945?
Mythbusting Berlin
Who Was Really Responsible For The Reichstag Fire?
Mythbusting Berlin
Who Built The Berlin Wall?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Fall Of The Berlin Wall An Accident?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did Frederick The Great Introduce The Potato To Germany?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler A Drug Addict?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Happened To Adolf Hitler’s Alligator?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Spanish Flu Pandemic Help The Nazis Take Power?
Mythbusting Berlin
Who Really Raised The Soviet Flag On The Reichstag?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Invent Decaf Coffee?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Was Checkpoint Charlie?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Colour Blue Invented In Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Was Prussia?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Frederick The Great Gay?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was The Nazi Party Democratically Elected?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Run The Largest Counterfeiting Operation In History?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did Any Of The Rothschild Dynasty Die In The Holocaust?
Mythbusting Berlin
How Old Is Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
Why Is Berlin The Capital Of Germany?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Are The Origins Of The Nazi Salute?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Second World War End In Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Henry Ford A Nazi?
Mythbusting Berlin
Were The Nazi Medical Experiments Useful?
Mythbusting Berlin
Could The Western Allies Have Captured Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Fanta Invented By The Nazis?
Mythbusting Berlin
Were The Allied Bombings Of Germany War Crimes?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Are The Origins Of The Nazi Swastika?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Do The Colours Of The German Flag Symbolise?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did Rudolf Hess Really Commit Suicide?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did The Nazis Develop Nuclear Weapons?
Mythbusting Berlin
How Many People Died Trying To Escape East Germany?
Mythbusting Berlin
How Many Assassination Attempts On Adolf Hitler Were There?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Is The Difference Between Fascism & Nazism?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Are The Pink Pipes In Berlin?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Happened To The German Royal Family?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler Gay?
Mythbusting Berlin
Did Hugo Boss Design The Nazi Uniforms?
Mythbusting Berlin
What Was The Berlin Airlift?
Mythbusting Berlin
How Long Did It Take To Build The Berlin Wall?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler A Freemason?
Mythbusting Berlin
Who Were The Last Nazis On Trial?
Mythbusting Berlin
Have Adolf Hitler’s Remains Been DNA Tested?
Mythbusting Berlin
How Many Jews Died In The Holocaust?
Mythbusting Berlin
How Did The Nazi Concentration Camps Differ From The Soviet GULAG?
Mythbusting Berlin
Was Adolf Hitler Jewish?
Mythbusting Berlin
Are There Any Nazi Statues Left In Berlin?
Featured Experiences
Individual sites and stops across Berlin that anchor our private tours.
Walk Through The Brandenburg Gate
Explore The State Museums On Museum Island
Visit The Berlin TV Tower – The Fernsehturm
Cross The Cold War Border At Checkpoint Charlie
Visit The Site Of Adolf Hitler’s Führerbunker
Explore The Reconstructed Berlin Palace
Visit The Reichstag Cupola At Night
Explore The Forum Fridericianum
Shop At The Humboldt University Book Sale
Journey Into The Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe
Step Inside The Neue Wache
Explore The Former Jewish Quarter – Spandauer Vorstadt
Visit The Remains Of The Berlin Wall
Walk Across The Bridge Of Spies
Explore The Topography Of Terror
Climb The Prussian Victory Column – The Siegessäule
Enter The Palace Of Tears – The Tränenpalast
Step Inside The Berlin Olympic Stadium
Explore Erich Mielke’s Office At The Stasi Museum
Walk Along Karl Marx Allee
Visit The Oldest Church In Berlin – The Nikolaikirche
Explore The Berliner Dom
Visit The Grave Of Frederick The Great
Walk Through The Ruins Of Anhalter Bahnhof
Stand On The Platz Des Volksaufstandes
Visit The German Resistance Museum
Visit The Soviet War Memorial In The Tiergarten
See The Georg Elser Memorial On Wilhelmstrasse
Step Inside The Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche
Visit The Gleis 17 Memorial
Visit The Schloss Charlottenburg Mausoleum
Climb The Französischer Dom at Gendarmenmarkt
Explore The Interbau – IBA 57
Explore The Otto Weidt Workshop
Visit Cecilienhof – Site Of The Potsdam Conference
Visit The Stasi Prison In Hohenschönhausen
Spend The Day At Tempelhof Airport
Ride The Fastest Elevator In Europe
Visit The Soviet War Memorial In Treptower Park
Visit The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial
Visit The Ravensbrück Concentration Camp Memorial
Visit Karlshorst – The Site Of The German Surrender
Visit The Socialists Cemetery – Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Visit The Soviet War Memorial In Pankow
Visit the Seelow Heights Memorial
Visit The Commonwealth War Cemetery
Cross The Bösebrücke At Night
Explore The Allied Museum In Dahlem
Explore The Spandau Citadel
Visit The Brandenburg T4 Euthanasia Memorial
Visit The Wannsee Conference House
Visit The Jewish Museum
Visit The Jewish Cemetery In Weissensee
Walk Along The East Side Gallery
Explore The Volkspark Friedrichshain Flak Tower
Head Up The Teufelsberg
Battle of Berlin
The final days of Hitler's city, April–May 1945.
1945
The Battle of Berlin 1945: A Day-By-Day Account
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 16th 1945 – The Soviet Offensive Begins
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 17th 1945 – Zhukov Struggles To Break Out
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 18th 1945 – Zhukov & Konev Advance
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 19th 1945 – The Fight For Berlin’s Eastern Approaches
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 20th 1945 – Soviet Artillery Reaches Berlin
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 21st 1945 – Red Army Troops Reach Berlin
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 22nd 1945 – The Red Army Grinds Into Berlin’s Suburbs
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 23rd 1945 – Stalin Changes The Plan
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 24th 1945 – The Red Army Reaches The S-Bahn Ring
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 25th 1945 – Berlin Is Encircled & The Allies Meet
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 26th 1945 – The Red Army Takes Tempelhof
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 27th 1945 – The Red Army Reaches Wilhelmstrasse
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 28th 1945 – Stalin Redraws The Battlelines
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 29th 1945 – The Assault On The Reichstag
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: April 30th 1945 – The Red Banner Flies High
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: May 1st 1945 – The Storming Of The Zitadelle
1945
The Battle Of Berlin: May 2nd 1945 – The End Of Nazi Berlin
Battle of Berlin 1943
Battle of Berlin: November 22nd 1943
Quiz
Battle Of Berlin Quiz: Test Your Battle Of Berlin Knowledge?
Potsdam Conference
Truman, Churchill, Stalin — and the shape of postwar Europe.
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference 1945: A Day-By-Day Account
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 16th 1945 – Waiting For Stalin
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 17th 1945 – The Big Three
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 18th 1945 – Dividing The Spoils
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 19th 1945 – The Fate Of Europe
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 20th 1945 – Peace In Italy
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 21st 1945 – The Polish Question
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 22nd 1945 – Poland Betrayed
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 23rd 1945 – Königsberg & Prussia
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 24th 1945 – The Nuclear Age Begins
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 25th 1945 – Churchill Departs
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 26th 1945 – The Potsdam Declaration
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 27th 1945 – The Price Of Peace
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 28th 1945 – The New Big Three
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 29th 1945 – Stalin Takes Ill
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 30th 1945 – The Little Three
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: July 31st 1945 – Settling The Polish Question
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: August 1st 1945 – The Long Last Day
Potsdam Conference 1945
The Potsdam Conference: August 2nd 1945 – The Conference Ends
Quizzes
Test your Berlin knowledge.
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The Berlin Expert Quiz: Are You A Berlin Expert?
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Republic Of Fear Quiz: Test Your Knowledge Of East Germany
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Battle Of Berlin Quiz: Test Your Battle Of Berlin Knowledge?
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Capital Of Tyranny Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Nazi Germany?
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Invention Of Hell Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Sachsenhausen?
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Glory Of Prussia Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Potsdam?
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The Berlin Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Berlin?
Explore Berlin In Objects
Berlin's history, told through individual artefacts.
Explore Berlin By Objects
Berlin’s Most Unusual Objects – Explore Berlin In Objects
Explore Berlin By Objects
Experience A City In Objects – Explore Berlin In Objects
Explore Berlin By Objects
Cold War Era Artefacts – Explore Berlin In Objects
Explore Berlin By Objects
Remnants Of Nazi Berlin – Explore Berlin In Objects
Explore Berlin By Objects
Traces Of The Iron Kingdom – Explore Berlin In Objects
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