Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Towers to Mountains of Debris
tour enters the Humboldthain air defense tower (April-Oct
Thu-Sun at 16:00). The
Subways, Bunkers, Cold War
tour visits a completely stocked and
fully functional nuclear emergency bunker in former West Berlin (Tue-Sun at 13:00, March-
NovalsoTueat11:00,Dec-Feb notoursonWed;eachtourcosts€10;meet inthehallofthe
Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn/S-Bahn station, follow signs to
Humboldthain/Brunnenstrasse
exit
and walk up the stairs to their office, tel. 030/4991-0517,
www.berliner-unterwelten.de
).
Local Guides
Both
Nick Jackson
(mobile 0171-537-8768,
nick.jackson@berlin.de
;
also helps with Berlin
Underground tours) and
Lee Evans
(my longtime helper in Berlin, mobile 0177-423-5307,
lee.evans@berlin.de
) enjoy sharing the story of their adopted hometown with visitors. If
they're busy, try
Jennifer DeShirley
at Berlin and Beyond—this company has a crew
of excellent, professional guides with an academic bent (tel. 030/8733-0584, mobile
0176-633-55565,
info@berlinandbeyond.de
).
Bernhard Wagner
is a young, enthusiastic
historian with a particular passion for Germany's 20th-century history (mobile
0176-6422-9119,
schlegelmilch@gmx.net
)
.
Fat Tire Bike Tours
Choose among five different tours (each €24, 4-6 hours, 6-10 miles):
City Tour
(March-
Nov daily at 11:00, May-Sept also daily at 16:00, Dec-Feb Wed and Sat at 11:00),
Berlin
Wall Tour
(April-Oct Mon, Thu, and Sat at 10:30),
Third Reich Tour
(April-Oct Wed, Fri,
and Sun at 10:30), “
Raw” Tour
(covers countercultural, creative aspects of contemporary
Berlin, April-Oct Tue, Fri, and Sun at 10:30), and
Gardens and Palaces of Potsdam Tour
(April-Oct Wed, Sat, and Sun at 10:00). For any tour, meet at the TV Tower at Alexander-
platz—but don't get distracted by the Russians pretending to be Fat Tire (reserve ahead for
the Wall, Third Reich, Raw, and Potsdam tours, no reservations necessary for City Tour, tel.
030/2404-7991,
www.fattirebiketours.com
)
.
Finding Berlin Tours
This small, easygoing company offers tours that take you away from the mainstream sights
and focus on Berlin's neighborhoods, people, and street art (€20-25/person, max 8 people,
3-5 hours, meet at Revaler Strasse 99, near intersection with Warschauer Strasse—look
for gate with
RAW
sign and walk into courtyard to their shipping-container kiosk, S-
Bahn: Warschauer Strasse, mobile 0176-9933-3913, see schedule at
www.findingberlin-
tours.com
).
