Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
VIE
VIEW FR
W FROM D
OM DOCUMENT
UMENTATION CENTRE
TION CENTRE
For a sweeping view of the memorial, climb the viewing tower of the Berlin Wall
Documentation Centre at the corner of Ackerstrasse. Inside, an exhibit provides
a historical overview of events from the period before the Wall was built up to the
present day.
The viisiitors c
s centre at the corner of Gartenstrasse and Bernauer Strasse has free
maps and screens a short introductory documentary on the construcution, im-
plications and history of the Berlin Wall.
GHO
GHOST ST
ST STATIONS
TIONS
The Berlin Wall also divided the city's transportation system. Three lines (today's
U6, U8 and the north-south S-Bahn rails) that originated in West Berlin had to
travel along tracks that happened to run beneath the eastern sector before re-
turning to stations back on the western side. Trains slowed down but did not stop
at these so-called 'ghost stations' on East Berlin turf, which were closed and
patrolled by heavily armed GDR border guards. An exhibit inside the Nord-
bahnhof S-Bahn station describes underground escape attempts and the meas-
ures taken by the East German government to prevent them.
Local Life
Sundays Around the Mauerpark
Locals, neo-Berliners and tourists - everyone flocks to the Mauerpark on
Sundays. It's an energetic urban tapestry where a flea market, karaoke
and bands provide entertainment, and people gather for barbecues, bas-
ketball and boules. A graffiti-covered section of the Berlin Wall quietly
looms above it all.
