Private Walk with Berlin Tour Guides (DIN EN15565)-Taylor Made

From here, we pass the Red Town Hall, Marien Church, Neptune's Fountain, and arrive at Museum Island, one of the most important museum complexes in the world. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Museum Island. Berlin’s historic former Royal Quarter – the beautiful boulevard of Unter den Linden.

Museum Island, one of the world's most important museum complexes, is a group of five museums in Berlin, Germany. They are the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Bode-Museum, and the Pergamonmuseum.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Museum Island. Berlin's historic former Royal Quarter on the beautiful boulevard of Unter den Linden, which runs through the island, is home to many museums and galleries.
The island was originally naturally in the Spree river and gradually connected to both river banks with soil and rubble. The original name of this island was Schlossinsel (Palace Island) or simply Insel (Island). In 1537, the Schloßbrücke was made(by which the island connected to the river bank). A new bridge across the Spree was built in 2011. This bridge was destroyed in 1945 during World War II and again in 1996. The island's name comes from a former toll house that stood on it for more than 200 years - Töpfer-Tor (Tobacconist's Gate).

Just after the island you get to see the Forum Fridericianum which consists of the State Opera, the Law Faculty of Humboldt University, the main building of Humboldt University, the State Library and the first Catholic Church in Berlin, St. Hedwig's Cathedral.

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Centered in the middle of the forum on Bebelplatz, – famous as the ‘Nazi Book (25,000 burnt books) Burning Square where you find a memorial in remembrance of the burning of the books 1933.

Shortly after we arrive at the spectacular Gendarmenmarkt where you find the former Royal Concert Hall flanked by the German Dom on its south side and by the French Dom on its north side.

Up to the present day, the square is seen as one of the most beautiful in Europe!

The next stop of our tour is Checkpoint Charlie: one of the most famous border crossings of the Berlin Wall which almost ended up as the starting point of a third world war.

Along the former border strip, you will see original parts of the Berlin Wall and the site of the "Topography of Terror", one of the most frequently visited documentation centres on the period of National Socialism, the former location of the Headquarters of the SS and Gestapo

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, opened 2005, commemorating the murder of more than 6 million Jews during National Socialism.

Afterwards the tour will take you on to one of the most famous landmarks in Berlin: the Brandenburg Gate. Then we leave the former Eastern part of Berlin and enter the Memorial to the Murdered Sinti and Roma, the Government District consisting of the Reichstag/Bundestag and Chancellery.

It was the first German parliament building to house both houses of Parliament, which consists of two chambers: the Bundestag and Bundesrat. which is typical in Germany, was built in 1894. The Bundesrat consists of members from each of Germany's 16 states and meets to discuss legislation that impacts state interests. The Reichstag building is one of Berlin's most famous landmarks. It was built in 1894 by Paul Wallot and opened in 1897. The Bundesrat, located on Wilhelmstrasse (formerly Leipzigerstrasse), the location where it meets Unter den Linden, was completed in 1877 after Paul Wallot's death. The dome at the top of the building has been restored several times since its original construction. The Reichstag suffered damage during World War II when it was hit by bombs dropped by British and American planes. In 1998. Germany's Parliament moved from Bonn to Berlin; the dome of the Reichstag is one of the most prominent symbols of modern Germany.