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tised eye. A brilliant source for tracking down these fragments is the Memorial Landscape
Berlin Wall ( www.berlin-wall-map.com ) , an interactive Geographic Information System
(GIS) that documents all remaining bits and pieces, no matter how small.
Tours
Fat Tire Bike Tours and Berlin on Bike offer guided trips along the course of the Wall. If
you're feeling ambitious, follow all or part of the 160km-long Berliner Mauerweg (Berlin
Wall Trail), a signposted walking and cycling path that runs along the former border fortific-
ations, with 40 multilingual information stations posted along the way. For a description and
route maps in English, search online for 'Berlin Wall Trail'.
A high-tech way to walk the Wall is with the Mauerguide ( 030-8871 3624;
www.mauerguide.com ; adult/concession per 4hr €8/5, per 24hr €10/7), a hand-held GPS-
guided mini-computer that provides intelligent commentary and historic audio and video.
Hire stations are at Checkpoint Charlie, in the U-Bahn station Brandenburger Tor and at the
Documentation Centre of the Berlin Wall Memorial.
Berlin Wall by Neighbourhood
These original Wall remnants, museums and memorials keep the legacy of the Berlin Wall
alive.
Historic Mitte Checkpoint Charlie, Mauermuseum, Peter Fechter Memorial, Mauer Panor-
ama, BlackBox Kalter Krieg, Brandenburg Gate, Parlament der Bäume (Parliament of
Trees), Wall segments at Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, Tränenpalast, Gedenkort Weisse
Kreuze (White Crosses Memorial)
Potsdamer Platz & Tiergarten Wall remnants at Potsdamer Platz, Watchtower Erna-Berger-
Strasse, Wall section at Niederkirchner Strasse (next to Topographie des Terrors)
Friedrichshain East Side Gallery
Prenzlauer Berg Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer, Mauerpark