Berlin: Moving Forward with Its Past in View

Berlin is a city of many lives—once the seat of Hohenzollern power and mighty Prussia, the first capital of a unified Germany, and host of the 1936 Summer Olympics. It’s Germany’s largest city, home to the Spree River, Humboldt University, and a world-class collection of museums. But Berlin is more than its monuments. It became the ultimate Cold War frontline—a divided city that symbolized both a fractured nation and, ultimately, its reunification.

Because of its twentieth-century history, Berlin isn’t easily defined—and that’s what makes it essential. It’s a city that reckons with its past while shaping a future defined by openness, resilience, and reflection.

Our tours of Berlin focus mainly on the presence of the Third Reich and divided Germany—not the battlefield, but the blueprint. We explore the ideas, ideologies, and lived realities that shaped the German capital—stories that still echo through stone, structure, and silence.

Berlin is history you can feel under your feet—and carry with you long after you leave.

Echoes of the Past and Present in Berlin:

• A thriving metropolis with a modernized government quarter
• Traditional and edgy culture — from universities and museums to street art and subcultures
• Visible traces of Berlin’s imperial past and the power of Prussia
• A culture of remembrance, with memorials to victims and resistance
• Remnants of the Berlin Wall and insights into daily life in the former GDR

Berlin challenges you — and that’s exactly why we go.