Self-guided walking tour
Berlin Walking Tour: The Essentials (about 3 hours, 10 stops)
10 stops in walking order through Berlin, from Alexanderplatz to Reichstagsgebäude: 5.1 km on foot, about 1 h 2 min of walking, 2 h 50 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 “Berlin Essentials”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 2 h 50 min
- Distance
- 5.1 km
- Walking
- 1 h 2 min
- Stops
- 10
The stops, in walking order
Alexanderplatz
A broad public square and transport interchange in Berlin’s Mitte district.
5 min walk · 460 m
Berliner Fernsehturm
A television and viewing tower with a distinctive shaft and sphere.
11 min walk · 870 m
Berliner Dom
A monumental Protestant church and dynastic tomb designed by Julius Carl Raschdorff.
4 min walk · 340 m
Museumsinsel
Museumsinsel occupies the northern reaches of Spree Island as an ensemble of museums devoted to art, archaeology and cultural history.
7 min walk · 630 m
Bebelplatz
A public square shaped around the State Opera as part of Friedrich the Great’s Forum Fridericianum.
5 min walk · 430 m
Gendarmenmarkt
A grand Berlin square framed by a concert hall and two domed churches.
14 min walk · 1.1 km
Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe commemorates Jewish people murdered under Nazi rule.
4 min walk · 350 m
Brandenburger Tor
The Brandenburg Gate is a triumphal gateway designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans, crowned by Johann Gottfried Schadow’s Quadriga.
8 min walk · 620 m
Reichstagsgebäude
The Reichstag is Berlin’s historic parliament building and the seat of Germany’s federal parliament.
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