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Fat Tire Tours Berlin
This tour meets at our office at Panoramastraße 1a, directly at the base of the TV Tower on the northside. Here you can check-in, use the bathroom, purchase any drinks and meet your guide before heading out on tour.
Duration: 10 minutes
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Potsdamer Platz
Ride by Potsdamer Platz
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Brandenburg Gate
Stop for pictures and explanation at Brandeburg Gate
Duration: 5 minutes
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Tiergarten
Ride through Berlin´s green lung
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Memorial of the Berlin Wall
See where the Berlin Wall once ran
Duration: 5 minutes
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Museum Island
See the Museum Island from outside
Duration: 5 minutes
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Bebelplatz
Stop at Bebelplatz, site of Nazi infamous book´s stake, explanation
Duration: 10 minutes
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Victory Column (Siegessaule)
See the Victory Column
Duration: 4 minutes
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Gendarmenmarkt
Stop at Gendarmenmarkt, pictures and explanation
Duration: 8 minutes
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Checkpoint Charlie
See the famous crossing point between East and West. Stop for pictures and explanation
Duration: 15 minutes
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Fuhrerbunker
See the site that is asssumed to have been Hitler´s hidden bunker
Duration: 10 minutes
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Alexanderplatz
See the TV tower, pictures and explanation
Duration: 7 minutes
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Topography of Terror
Today, the site has been turned into a museum documenting the chronology of Nazi terror. Originally, the Prince Albrecht Hotel was on this location, which was taken over by the Gestapo (starting 1933) and SS (starting in 1939) and used as their headquarters.
Duration: 8 minutes
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Reichstag Building
See the Reichstag from the ouside, explanation and possibility to take pics
Duration: 15 minutes
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Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
See the Memorial to Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
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Soviet Memorial Tiergarten
See the Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten Park
Duration: 5 minutes
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Berliner Dom
See the Berlin Cathedral from the outside, quick stop for pictures
Duration: 5 minutes
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The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
See the Jewish Memorial, stop for explanation and pictures, possible to walk inside
Duration: 10 minutes
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Kreuzberg
Neighborhood ride through trendy Kreuzberg
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Oberbaum Bridge
See iconic Oberbaum Bridge, opportunity for photographs
Duration: 5 minutes
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Schleusenkrug
Stop for lunch at traditional German Beer Garden (cost of food/drink not included)
Duration: 60 minutes
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Zoo Berlin
Ride by Berlin's Zoo
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Lustgarten
Enjoy this great, open, green space as a photo spot to view the buildings of Museum Island.
Duration: 10 minutes
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Weltzeituhr
Completed in 1969 as a part of the redevelopment of Alexanderplatz during the DDR reign, it was constructed to show the current time in 148 major cities from around the world, including all 24 time zones.
Duration: 5 minutes
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Brunnen der Volkerfreundschaft
See the iconic Cold War era fountain
Duration: 5 minutes
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Bethlehemkirchplatz
See Memorial to Bethlehem Church
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House Ball
See the Houseball, an art installation/scultpture at the Bethlehem Church square
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Memorial of the Berlin Wall
See one of the remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall with Explanation
Duration: 8 minutes
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Bundeskanzleramt der Bundesregierung
German Chancellery. See Angela Merkel's Office possibility to take pictures
Duration: 15 minutes
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Paul-Lobe-Haus
See where German parliamentarians work
Duration: 5 minutes
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Carillon
See Bell Tower and possibly hear the free weekly concert
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Schweizer Botschaft in Berlin
See the Swiss Embassy
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Spreebogenpark
See Spree Bogen Park, the site of the Soviet's final push to the Reichstag Building
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Haus der Kulturen der Welt
See the House of World Cultures
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Gropius Bau
See the Martin Gropius Building
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Bellevue Palace
See this former Prussian hunting palace, now the residence of the current president of Germany (Frank-Walter Steinmeier)
Duration: 2 minutes
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Neptunbrunnen
See the Neptune Fountain, take pictures
Duration: 7 minutes
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Rotes Rathaus
See the Red Townhall. Take Pictures
Duration: 7 minutes
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St. Mary's Church
See the oldest functioning church in Berlin
Duration: 7 minutes
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Museum Nikolai Church
See the site of Berlin's first church
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Nicholas Quarter
Nikolaiviertel, Look towards Berlin’s oldest residential quarter
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Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat)
See the faculty of Law
Duration: 10 minutes
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Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat)
See Humboldt University
Duration: 10 minutes
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Cathedral of St. Hedwig - Domgemeinde St. Hedwig
See the church of St. Hedwig and its Imperial architecture from outside
Duration: 10 minutes
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German State Opera (Deutsche Staatsoper)
See the State Opera House, take pictures
Duration: 10 minutes
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Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz
See the Memorial to Nazi Book Burnings, take pictures, explanation
Duration: 10 minutes
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Altes Museum
See the Old Museum from the outside
Duration: 5 minutes
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Stadtschloss Berlin
See the reconstructed royal and imperial palace, which served mostly as the main residence of the Electors of Brandenburg, the Kings of Prussia and the German Emperors
Duration: 5 minutes
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Deutsches Historisches Museum
See the German Historical Museum
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Bode Museum
See the incredible architecture of the Bode Museum
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Neues Museum
See the New Museum
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Franzoesischer Dom
See the French Cathedral, pictures and explanation
Duration: 8 minutes
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Berliner Dom
See the Berlin Cathedral - originally built as court church of royals in the late 1800s in Italian Renaissance style
Duration: 5 minutes
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Konzerthaus
See Berlin Concert House where symphony Orchestra plays
Duration: 8 minutes
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Schiller Monument
See monument to the German Shakespeare, Frederich Schiller
Duration: 8 minutes
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Ritterstraße
Ritterstrasse graffiti: Obama Merkel Putin. Stop and see Berlin's iconic street art, take photos and hear explanation
Duration: 5 minutes
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Engelbecken
See the Angel Basin and the remnants of St. Michael's church, time for pictures plus explanation
Duration: 4 minutes
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Das Baumhaus
See Berlin's Tree House
Duration: 2 minutes
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YAAM
See the Young African Art Market and Beach along the River Spree
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Karl-Marx-Allee
A great place to end the tour with a light discussion of modern day Berlin, built in and around many East German architectural sites.
Duration: 5 minutes
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Victory Column (Siegessaule)
See the Victory Column
Duration: 4 minutes
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Embassy of Spain, Berlin
Ride by Spanish Embassy, and perhaps see invasive crayfish spieces
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Lustgarten
Enjoy this great, open, green space as a photo spot to view the buildings of Museum Island.
Duration: 10 minutes
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Weltzeituhr
See the World Clock. Completed in 1969 as a part of the redevelopment of Alexanderplatz during the DDR reign, it was constructed to show the current time in 148 major cities from around the world, including all 24 time zones.
Duration: 5 minutes
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Brunnen der Volkerfreundschaft
Fountain of Friendship Among Peoples. See the iconic Cold War era fountain
Duration: 5 minutes
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Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Former Luftwaffe Headquarters/ Nazi Architecture (also the German Finance Ministry) See the buildings built during Nazi dictatorship
Duration: 8 minutes
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Hotel Adlon Kempinski Berlin
See the hotel balcony where Michael Jackson dangled his baby
Duration: 5 minutes
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Embassy of France
See the French Embassy
Duration: 5 minutes
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Berlin
See the American Embassy
Duration: 5 minutes
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Cobblestones
See where the Berlin Wall once ran
Duration: 2 minutes