Berlin Cold War Tour - Beyond the Wall: Cold War...

Just as World War II's ended, Berlin became a focal point for a new war. In no other city in the world, Soviets and Americans camped so closed to each other; and although Germany as a whole was divided, no other place in Germany symbolises the division like the Berlin Wall.

We have in fact several suggestions for Cold War/Wall tours. A simple version of our Cold War tour takes you to the most important sites at the centre of town. Not those touristy cliches of the East Side Gallery, although you will not miss any opportunity to see the remains of the Wall and more importantly, to understand and see its impact on the lives of people from both sides. You will also hear some spying stories about the ways both sides kept a tag on each other, and how East Germany became, as Anna Funder calls it, 'Stasiland'.

A more enahnced version of the same tour also takes you to original locations outide Berlin's centre - to a bridge, where spies were exchanged, an a Western enclave in the East and to other curiousities of life behind and beyond the Berlin Wall.

In addition to that, we also offer a tour to 'Red' Berlin, with sites more concentrated on East German history and culture.