Things to do in Brandenburg, Germany: The Best Historical & Heritage Tours

While you’re in port in Warnemuende, explore the German capital and delve into the country’s World War II history on this private 12-hour Sachsenhausen Memorial and Berlin tour. Visit the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp with a private guide and learn of the role it played during WWII. During your Berlin walking tour, discover attractions such as Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall Memorial, and East Side Gallery, and plan your own itinerary to hit the highlights of most interest. This private tour includes pickup and drop-off at the Warnemuende cruise terminal.

Inclusions: Port pickup and drop-off, Private guide, Transport by air-conditioned minibus

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities

Large parts of the city of Potsdam were once a restricted area - no Potsdamers or visitors had access. Enjoy a private walking tour with a real "Potsdamer". Learn more about the fascinating Soviet secrets of Potsdam. Hear about the Allies’ Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945, the KGB activities in Soviet Potsdam, the life in the Forbidden City and the world-famous Bridge of Spies.

Inclusions: Local guide, Professional guide, Private tour

Exclusions: Transportation to/from attractions

Just half an hour from Berlin, the historical gem of Potsdam is waiting to be discovered. Join your favorite local on a private day trip to check out the famous palaces of Frederick The Great and explore Germany's royal past filled with architectural gems, pastoral landscapes & intriguing stories. • Understand the amazing history of Potsdam • Stroll through the picturesque Dutch Quarter • Check out Potsdam's main attractions • Admire the exterior of the Sanssouci Palace • Hear all about Germany's royal past

Inclusions: Private guide, Return ticket Berlin-Potsdam

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Entrance tickets in Potsdam are not included

Are you visiting Berlin and want to have a one day trip to the pastoral and scenic views of Potsdam, where the Prussian royal dynasty has set its summer retreat? Curious as to how the area looked like before the massive distruction of World War II? Potsdam is the capital of the federal state of Brandenburg and it is just 30 kilimeters from the heart of Berlin, which makes it ideal for a day trip. During this tour we will see the main palces built by the Hohenzollerns along 300 years, will hear the stories anout the rise of Prussia and the reign of three 18th century kings, and how their style of politics reflects in their style of construction.  After the end on Monarchy in 1918, Potsdam kept of being a hotspot for local and international politics, especially through the cold war. We will see the location of the 1945 Potsdam Conference where the division of Germany was set, as well as the former border between Potsdam and West Berlin, also known as the Bridge of Spies.

Inclusions: Professional Guide, Hotel Pickup (for selected hotels only)

Exclusions: Entrance to the Palaces, Public Transport Ticket (Berlin ABC Day Pass, 10 Euro per person), Food and Drinks

On this tour you travel to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp from Berlin with your licensed-guide. Once there there you spend around around 3 hours at the camp itself. Once there we will discuss how and when Sachsenhausen, and the concentration camp system itself came into being, how it developed, who was imprisoned there and for what and attempt to really contextualize what occurred at the site, with regard to the Nazi Dictatorship and the Second World War. Sites within the camp itself that we will visit/enter inc. Tower A, the infirmary building, Pathology building, Station Z (the execution facility), former camp kitchen and barrack blocks. After 3 hours or so your guide will accompany you back to Berlin.

Inclusions: A Professional Guide, Licensed and trained by the Camp's Memorial Foundation

Exclusions: Public Transport Tickets

This Potsdam tour is a day excursion from Berlin and we will see the unmissable highlights. We will cover everything from Frederick The Great’s flute to the exchange of Francis Gary Powers the American Spy pilot at the “Bridge of Spies”. Birchy’s Berlin Royal Potsdam Tour Starting at the Old Market the next stop is the Glienecke Brucke, more commonly known as the ‘Bridge of Spies’. From there to the first of the Royal Parks, Frederick Wilhelm II’s New Garden. This is home to not just the Marble Palace but also and the Schloss Cecilianhoff, the site of the Potsdam Conference. After a stroll through the Old Town, and literally through the other Brandenburg Gate it is onto the jewel in Potsdam’s crown, Frederick the Great’s Park San Soucci. Once there we will pick out the highlights from the many palaces, residences and buildings present there.  Our Birchy’s Berlin Potsdam Tour will visit: potsdam tour from birchys berlin The Old Market Gleinecke Brücke (Bridge of Spies) New Garden, Marmorpalais and Scloss Ceceilenhof (site of the Potsdam Conference) The Dutch Quarter (Holländisches Viertel) Park San Soucci This is a Walking Tour Pickups are on foot 

Inclusions: Expert Tour Guide 

Exclusions: ABC Travel Ticket for S-Bahn, Bus fare, Food and drinks

Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour: Join us for an in-depth one of a kind visit to Sachsenhausen! This is the Birchy’s Berlin’s Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour. Concentration camps were a key instrument in the Nazis regime of terror, and the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was unique. The camp was the first purpose-built concentration camp within the Third Reich and the closest one to Berlin. It is also one of the most visited World War Two concentration camps in the world. This tour is a complete visit to the memorial camp. The tour starts in Berlin City Center, where you will meet your guide, Aaron. After that we take a short train ride out to the Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial. Aaron has held an Official Certified Sachsenhausen Tour Guide License for many years and has partaken in numerous courses as well as trained other Berlin Guides. His experience and one of a kind historical knowledge of Sachsenhausen makes this tour like no other! 

Inclusions: Entry or admission fee, Expert Licensed Tour Guide 

Exclusions: Food and drinks

Your guide and driver Holger was born in Potsdam. He offers an authentic insight in the history of Potsdam. The former Prussian residential town became one of the focal points in the Cold War. The Potsdam Conference from 1945 paved the way for the Cold War. Potsdam was one of the most important Soviet bases in the GDR. The bridge of spies connecting Potsdam with West Berlin was a symbol for the seperation of Germany.

Inclusions: Taste a Soviet style soft drink

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About 30 minutes north of Berlin is a remarkable architectural ensemble that symbolizes the ups and downs of German history in the 20th century. The UNESCO World Heritage Site "ADGB-Bundesschule Bernau", planned by Bauhaus director Hannes Meyer, the former Goebbels-Villa at Bogensee and the "Waldsiedlung" near Wandlitz for the GDR leadership stand for the Weimar Republic and the two German dictatorships. On our tour we will visit these three complexes (only from the outside) and talk about how these phases of German history are reflected in the buildings. As a historian, I have researched both German Communism and National Socialism and written several books on it. Together, we immerse ourselves in these dramatic times and experience places with a rich history, in which the "topography of power" emerges.

Inclusions: Historian Guide

Exclusions: Snacks

The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour visits a site of massive historical importance with an qualified and experienced guide. As with all of our tours we attempt to illuminate the whys, hows, whens and put what you see at the site in its proper contex

Inclusions: Entry/Admission - Gedenkstatte und Museum Sachsenhausen

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