Self-guided walking tour
Berlin Walking Tour: East Side Gallery and the Spree (about 2 hours, 4 stops)
4 stops in walking order through Berlin, from Boxhagener Platz to Molecule Man: 3.8 km on foot, about 45 min of walking, 1 h 55 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “East Side Gallery and the Spree”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 1 h 55 min
- Distance
- 3.8 km
- Walking
- 45 min
- Stops
- 4
The stops, in walking order
Boxhagener Platz
A neighbourhood square combining lawns, play areas and regular markets.
20 min walk · 1.7 km
East Side Gallery
A permanent open-air art gallery painted across a surviving stretch of the Berlin Wall beside the Spree.
4 min walk · 320 m
Oberbaumbrücke
A double-deck bridge linking Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg across the Spree.
21 min walk · 1.8 km
Molecule Man
A monumental aluminium sculpture rising from the Spree, with perforated forms converging above the water.
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