🇩🇪 Berlin Bound: 10 Days of Art, History, and Culture

Omer Faruk Susam

4 Jan 2024

Embark on a thrilling journey through Berlin's vibrant art scene, rich history, and captivating culture. Discover hidden gems, iconic landmarks, and world-class museums as you immerse yourself in the heart of Germany's capital city.

Trip to Berlin

Tours & Activities

Viator Tours

Day 1Unveiling Berlin's Artistic Treasures

$125

$ 17

19th-century hall & culture center for exhibitions of contemporary art, photography & archaeology.

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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$63

5 - 8 min

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Modern center on the site of the former Gestapo headquarters, documenting the horrors of Nazism.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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Free

5 - 6 min

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Modern museum for fine art, photography & architecture created in Berlin from 1870 to the present.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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$63

Day 2Tracing History at Checkpoint Charlie and Beyond

$218

$ 17

Striking, contemporary building with exhibits tracing German-Jewish history & a Holocaust memorial.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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$60

9 - 14 min

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Landmark boundary marking east & west Berlin with a white sentry guard house & cobbled border line.

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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$95

10 - 12 min

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Exhibitions on the history & influence of the Bauhaus school of architecture, design & art.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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$63

Day 3Art, Tears, and the Iconic Brandenburg Gate

$63

$ 17

Stark, airy gallery with rotating exhibitions focusing largely on contemporary German & US artists.

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

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Free

11 - 16 min

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An old border crossing point, now housing a permanent exhibition on daily life in divided Germany.

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

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Free

10 - 15 min

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Restored 18th-century gate & landmark with 12 Doric columns topped by a classical goddess statue.

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Free

8 - 10 min

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The world's first LGBT-oriented museum with exhibits looking at topics reflecting gay lifestyles.

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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$63

Day 4Marvels of Ancient Civilizations

$173

Museum complex housing ancient Roman & Greek art collections, plus Babylonian & Persian antiquities.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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$88

3 - 4 min

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Grand 19th-century museum with collections of Egyptian artwork & prehistoric archaeology.

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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$85

Day 5Contemporary Art and Architectural Wonders

$233

$ 17

Riverside museum of sculpture & Byzantine art, with regular exhibitions & events, plus a shop.

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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$85

8 - 11 min

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Large exhibition space with artists' studios, a cafe & an innovative policy of ever-changing works.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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$63

7 - 9 min

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Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

An art museum in a former 19th-century railway station, showing works from 1960 to the present.

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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$85

Day 6Exploring Underground Secrets and Classical Art

$170

$ 17

Subterranean museum exploring the city's underground history, with a focus on WWII bunkers.

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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Free

15 - 18 min

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Collection of Romantic, Impressionist & early Modernist art in an elegant, colonnaded building.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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$85

5 - 8 min

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Landmark neoclassical building with 18 columns & rotunda, with displays of Roman & Greek artifacts.

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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$85

Day 7Reliving the Stasi Era and Berlin Wall

$200

$ 33

Museum with Stasi spying equipment & archives housed in imposing, original HQ of the secret police.

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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$63

14 - 17 min

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Everyday life in pre-unified Germany showcased in museum of interactive exhibits.

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

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$75

6 - 9 min

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Contemporary information center for Museum Island, with ticket desks, a cafe & a gift shop.

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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$63

8 - 10 min

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Commemorative stretch of the historic divide with a preserved section of original wall & memorial.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

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Free

Day 8Natural History and German Historical Heritage

$125

$ 17

Natural history museum with displays including dinosaur fossils, meteorites & preserved animals.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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$63

8 - 10 min

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Baroque armory & modern glass hall housing permanent & temporary exhibitions on German history.

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

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$63

Day 9Modern Art and Cultural Delights

$145

$ 17

European & American 20th-century masterpieces on display in a Mies van der Rohe-designed museum.

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

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$85

4 - 6 min

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European paintings, drawings, arts & crafts from the 13th to 18th centuries, plus an art library.

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Free

15 - 18 min

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Museum collection of modern art dealer Heinz Berggruen featuring works by Picasso, Matisse & Klee.

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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$60

Day 10Masterpieces, Photography, and a Royal Museum

$220

$ 33

European 13th-18th-century masterpieces, including works by Rembrandt & Rubens, in a modern museum.

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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$85

9 - 11 min

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Museum of photography from the 19th century to the present, with a permanent show on Helmut Newton.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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$60

34 - 41 min

Directions

Art museum with international exhibitions & a collection of impressionist paintings.

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

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$75

Budget breakdown: $1849 In total

Activities & Food:$1670

Transport:$179