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Walks in Mitte.
4 editor-picked walks through Mitte. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Mitte
Checkpoint Charlie: the divided city's scar
The Cold War crossing, the longest stretch of inner-city Wall, and the ground where the Gestapo ran the Reich.
Mitte: Museum Island and the Spree
Five great museums on a river island, a cathedral, a rebuilt palace, and the tower that ends every Berlin walk.
Bernauer Straße: the Wall, told honestly
The one place the Berlin Wall is left standing as it was — death strip, watchtower, and a ghost station underground.
Unter den Linden: the gate and the grand boulevard
From the Brandenburg Gate down the linden avenue, past the stelae, the burned library, and Kollwitz's Pietà.
Nearby
Other walks close to Mitte.
Sorted by distance from the start of checkpoint charlie: the divided city's scar. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Potsdamer Platz: the rebuilt centre and the modern museums
The square the Wall erased and the Nineties rebuilt, then Scharoun's gold hall and Mies's glass box.
Tiergarten: the great park and the golden column
Brandenburg Gate to the zoo through the wood, with 285 steps up the Siegessäule in the middle.
The Scheunenviertel: courtyards and the old Jewish quarter
Eight linked Art Nouveau courtyards, a street-art alley, and the gilded dome of the New Synagogue.
Kreuzberg 36: Kottbusser Tor and the canal
The SO36 heart — Oranienstraße, the Turkish market, and the slow green line of the canal.