Berlin Audio Guided Walking Tour 2h40 and 30 Audio Comments

The monumental buildings in this neighborhood follow and resemble each other. Here you have the entrance to the German Historical Museum, known as the Zeughaus which means Arsenal.

You have in front of you a set of royal residences dating from the 18th century: the Kronprintz Palace and the Princesses’ Palace, now the Opera House.

The famous avenue Unter den Linden, literally meaning “under the lime trees”, stretches from the Brandenburg Gate to the castle bridge you have behind you.

Here you are in one of the most beautiful squares of the capital, renamed in 1947, in honor of one of the founders of the German Socialist Democratic Workers Party: August Bebel.

This is a magnificent symbol of religious tolerance. St. Edwig Cathedral, which you have in front of you, is the episcopal seat of the Archbishopric of Berlin and one of the most important Catholic places of worship in Germany.

Here you are on Gendarmenmarkt, the French Gendarme Point of Sale Square. Grandiose and harmonious, it is described as the most beautiful in the capital. Some even say it is the most beautiful place in the north of the Alps!

As you have noticed, one of the main interests of this place is the similarity between the two churches that balance it. However, they were not built at the same time.

Since you are going down Charlotte Street for several hundred meters, I take this opportunity to tell you a little about the queen hidden behind this name.

You see here, at the corner, the beautiful art nouveau facade of the Michaelsen Palace.

This ultra-colourful block, which contrasts with the rest of the district, is the work of Italian architect Aldo Rossi: the Schützenstraße district.

We'd miss it without seeing it, because Peter Fechter's memorial is sober. And yet he is one of the most famous victims of the Wall, if not the most symbolic.

There it is, the famous Checkpoint Charlie. It’s one of those images you probably had in mind before you arrived in Berlin.

On your right, you have The Wall, Asisi Panorama Berlin project, which offers you the chance to relive the daily life of Berliners in the 1980s with hundreds of photographs that have been retouched and scaled up.

You arrive at the site of the former headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS, whose ruins were razed after the war.

You’ve certainly heard of Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, considered, at least at one time, the German version of Times Square.

Before I learn a little more about the memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe, which you see before you, I wanted to say a word about Hitler.

Prepare yourself mentally because the memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe is full of emotions.

You are in the huge Alexander Square, one of Berlin’s most iconic places. It was so named in 1805, for the visit of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, during his visit to the King of Prussia.

Like most other visitors, you came here to see the magnificent Brandenburg Gate, symbol of German reunification and the last historic gate still there today!

Be prepared, during your visit to Berlin, to encounter many memorials dedicated to the various communities persecuted by the Nazi regime.

So here is a building full of history. The Reichstag Palace has played an important role in the history of Berlin.

The white crosses you discover on the railings are there to commemorate the people who lost their lives trying to break through the wall.

The beautiful, ultra-modern building on the other side is part of the German Federal Government Parliament complex.

The Spree, which divides the German capital into two, embodies the turbulent history of the city through which it passes. It was on its shores that the first city was created in the 13th century, and later served as the natural border between East and West Berlin.

You arrive at the Tränenpalast, the Palace of Tears in French, a highly symbolic place of the German division. After the construction of the Berlin Wall, Friedrichstrasse station was completely in the Soviet sector.

The beautiful building that you see across the street with its large ion columns and countless moldings is one of the few great entertainment venues of the early 20th century, still present in Berlin.

The imposing building you walk along on the left side and which seems to take up the entire block is the Berlin State Library.

If you were wondering, know that the statue of the rider you see in the center of the street is that of King Frederick II of Prussia, alias Frederick the Great.

Surrounded by beautiful period buildings, you arrive in the district of Humboldt University, surrounded by the State Library and the Institute of Science.

Approach this colonnaded temple and look inside. It is a moving memorial to the victims of war.