Berlin: Tour of Lights with Photo Stops and Live Guide

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What you'll see and do

1. Berlin

   Join our Tour of Lights at Alexanderplatz: Neptunbrunnen at 7 pm. We will take you to Berlin’s best lit-up sights, further enriched by our live guides who will tell you all about what you’re seeing in English and German. Have your camera ready to take amazing photos of the spectacle as the bus stops at some of the best photo spots in town. The exact locations will be announced two weeks prior to the event. Based of off the locations of these buildings, our route will be made.

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2. Alexanderplatz

   The Alexanderplatz will be one of the places along the way where you can see lightworks from the bus. Before being named after Tsar Alexander I, Alexanderplatz was a modest market square in the 17th century. Now, the Alexanderplatz is a square and traffic junction in the eastern part of Berlin. is an important transport junction – for the S-Bahn, U-Bahn, regional trains, trams and buses. The square has great tourist attractions, like the TV Tower, within walking distance, making it the ideal starting point for a sightseeing tour of Berlin.

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3. Memorial of the Berlin Wall

   The Memorial of the Berlin Wall commemorates the history of the division of Berlin at this historic site. After the Second World War, Berlin was split into two: Eastern and Western Berlin.

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4. Brandenburg Gate

   Experience the Brandenburg Gate from a whole new perspective. The Brandenburg Gate is one of the city’s most important and famous landmarks. It's the only old city gate in Berlin that is still standing and was restored in the 1950's, but became inaccessible inside the border strip when the Berlin Wall was build. After the fall of the Wall, the gate was reopened, becoming a symbol of unity.

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5. Bebelplatz

   With its magnificent buildings, Bebelplatz is one of Berlin’s most beautiful squares – and it has also been the scene of some of the city’s turbulent history. Located in the heart of Berlin, Bebelplatz is a site where history feels deeply present. While surrounded by the grand architecture of the State Opera and Humboldt University, it is most famous as the site of the infamous Nazi book burning on May 10, 1933. During the book burning, the Nazis burned more than 20.000 books that they considered "un-German".

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6. Potsdamer Platz

   The bus will take you to the Potsdamer Platz so you can take photo's of the amazing art. Potsdamer Platz is one of the most famous squares in central Berlin and also an important traffic junction.The square is named after the nearby city of Potsdam. After the end of the war, the Berlin Wall divided the area, leaving Potsdamer Platz in a state of deep slumber for more than 40 years – an urban no-man’s-land between East and West. Now, the square is one of Berlin’s busiest and most progressive districts. One of the most distinctive buildings you can see here, is the Sony Centre, a futuristic office and residential complex designed by the renowned architect Helmut Jahn.

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7. Checkpoint Charlie

   Checkpoint Charlie is one of the most famous symbols of the Cold War and the division of Berlin (1961–1990). Of the nine crossing points, Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin, specifically for foreigners, diplomats and Allied military personnel. The site is steeped in history due to the direct confrontation between American and Soviet tanks in 1961.

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8. Berliner Dom

   The Berliner Dom is an Evangelical church and one of the most important churches in Berlin. The Berliner Dom is situated on Museum Island, on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße. Beneath the cathedral's magnificent interior lie the tombs of nearly 100 princes and kings from the House of Hohenzollern and their families. The Hohenzollern Crypt is the most important dynastic burial place in Germany and ranks among the most prominent dynastic burial places in Europe, making the cathedral very famous.

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9. East Side Gallery

   The East Side Gallery is the longest continuous section of the Berlin Wall still in existence. After the Wall fell, 118 artists from 21 countries began painting the last remaining section of the Wall, and on 28 September 1990 it was officially opened as an open-air gallery. Just over a year later, it was granted protected monument status. Some works in the East Side Gallery are particularly popular, such as Dmitri Vrubel’s ‘Brotherly Kiss’ and Birgit Kinder’s ‘Trabant Breaking Through the Wall’.

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10. The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    The Holocaust Memorial, also known as the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, in the centre of Berlin is Germany’s most important Holocaust memorial, a place of remembrance and commemoration for the up to six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

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11. Reichstag Building

    Characterised by the glass dome, the Reichstag building can be found in the centre of Berlin. The Reichstag Building is since 1999 the German parliament building. Until 1933, the Reichstag had already served as the seat of government, but the building was devastated by fire. Following German reunification, the parliament returned to the modernised Reichstag building.

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Before you book

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Languages

de, en

Ticket

Mobile Only

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Every day

Group size

Up to 15 travelers per booking

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Know before you go

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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