Berlin: Embassy District Architecture Walking Tour
ID: GYG28180-32330
Category:
Country: Germany
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Discover the embassy district of Berlin. Enjoy the unique architecture and learn the history behind the buildings. Each embassy was built to represent themes and images from its home country, resulting in hugely varied architecture.
Experience a unique insight into Berlin's diplomatic district. Start with a coffee break in the community center of the Nordic Embassies and learn interesting facts about the history of Berlin's diplomacy, the architectural history of the neighborhood and its fate after 1945.
Explore a variety of architectural buildings and interiors. See the embassies of Mexico and Syria as well as the innovative design of the national office of the CDU. Discover the Saudi Arabian embassy, a typical representative of oriental architecture, and the embassies of Japan and Italy as examples of architectural propaganda built by order of the Third Reich.
See the embassies of Greece, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa. Discover the new building of the Embassy of Turkey, on a historic site, and the Indian Embassy, an example of a country that did not want to refer to its past, despite its construction from traditional materials. See the temporary resting place of Nefertiti and visit the embassies of Austria and Egypt.
Highlights
- Enjoy a fun-filled tour of international relations
- See all kinds of interesting world architecture in one place
- Explore the features of embassy architecture and their national context
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Visit to the interiors of the embassies on request and subject to availability. Permits may also be revoked
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
You are required to bring and wear a mask
You must present either proof of full vaccination, proof of a Covid-19 infection in the past 6 months, or a negative test taken no more than 24 hours before the activity starts
Rauchstraße 1, 10787 Berlin.
Entrance of the community center of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
