Walking tours
The following walking tours can only be booked on demand -we don´t offer any regular times with individual participation.
| Info Walk 1 | Highlights of international architecture | |
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This walking tour focuses on the most important contributions to Berlin's architecture in the city centre. It includes buildings designed by I.M. Pei, Frank O. Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Norman Foster, Max Dudler, David Chipperfield, Helmuth Jahn and others. |      |
| Info Walk 2 | Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz | |
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A key project of reunification in the 90-ies Berlin, featuring the Sony Center, Daimler-Benz, the ABB grounds and Ritz Carlton Hotel. Where the Berlin wall once divided the city centre, a lively multifunctional district has emerged, which successfully integrates both transportation and environmental issues. |  |
| Info Walk 3 | Historical centre and urban future | |
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Italian architect Franco Stella won the competition to reconstruct the Berlin City Palace. A number of new museums and university buildings as well as a surprising block of 50 townhouses have sprung up in the area surrounding the planned construction site in the heart of Berlin. This tour gives an overview and future outlook for a troubled centre. |  |
| Info Walk 4 | Capital city Berlin | |
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This walking tour presents government sites and embassies in the historic city centre and considers the prospects for future planning. The walk starts at Schloßplatz and continues via Gendarmenmarkt and Friedrichstraße to Unter den Linden, the Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag and the Federal Chancellery. |  |
| Info Walk 5 | Elements of sustainable development | |
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Sustainable solutions in the fields of renewable energy and construction technology, transportation, urban planning and public design illustrate planning strategies and political guidelines. Along the stretch between the Reichstag and Friedrichstraße numerous public and private activities as well as the efforts of non-profit organisations are cross-examined on this tour. |
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| Info Walk 6 | Spaces for creative industries | |
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Creative industries are seen as a motor for any further development. This tour in Mitte illustrates the latest developments of clusters and synergies of local players, like galleries, artists, designers, architects and dance companies, explains why they are where there are. This includes old courtyards and industry buildings as well as new architecture. | |
| Info Walk 7 | City redevelopment and careful urban renewal | |
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Berlin has several redevelopment areas, the majority of which are located in quarters which sprung up during the period of promoterism. The planning history and structure of the districts are explored in this tour, as are key city redevelopment projects during the last 20 years in the areas of Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg. | |
| Info Walk 8 | Redevelopment City Nord - Heidestraße | |
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Part of the former strip of the wall, Berlins most promising redevelopment area, three times bigger in size than Potsdamer Platz is located next to parliament and Central station, Humboldt harbour and offers great opportunities for a mixed use development. The tour explains guidelines and plans, projects in construction, financement and responsibilities. |
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| Info Walk 9 | Urban Art | |
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This tour in the streets of Mitte gives an insight into artists, the legal status of street art, techniques and activities within an urban context. The maximum number of participants per group is 15. | |
| Info Walk 10 | New gardens, parks and squares in the historical city centre | |
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This tour examines the historical squares and streets in the central area (Schloßplatz, Hackescher Markt, Bebelplatz, Lustgarten, Hausvogteiplatz) and illustrates how public space in Berlin has changed both in meaning, function and appearance over recent years. | |
| Info Walk 11 | Waterfront redevelopment Kreuzberg- Friedrichshain | |
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A former harbour area and industrial brownfields are developped for media, entertainment, hotels and culture. Formely separated by the concrete curtain, the waterfront is among the hotspots of development in the cities centre periphery. The tour covers both sides of the rivers and ends up in Kreuzberg. |
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| Info Walk 12 | The future of the former airport Tempelhof | |
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This tour inside and outside the former airport informs about the past and the future of one Europe´s largest estates, the current status of urban planning and landscaping. | |