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Where exactly was the Berlin Wall? There are only a few traces of the Wall still left; a free smartphone app can help you find them. more

The rental of VW's electric cars works via a separate app, which can be downloaded free of charge onto the smartphone. After registration and the examination of the driving licence, a car can be rented straight away. more

Berlin-Apps für iPhone oder Android als mobile Reiseführer für die Hauptstadt: Welche Berlin-Apps Touristen auf dem Smartphone haben sollten. more

The BVG has set up free public WiFi hotspots at all Berlin subway stations. Want to use BVG WiFi on your mobile device? This is how it works. The BVG WiFi service does not require any registration. Users simply have to activate WiFi reception on their smartphone, laptop or tablet and select the network "BVG-WiFi". more

Please have all the necessary documents ready for this in PDF format if possible. However, you can also still photograph and upload the documents during the application process using your smartphone or tablet. Before you can send off the application, you need to pay the service fee. more

“Where was the Wall?” is undoubtedly one of the questions asked most frequently by people visiting Berlin. Many native Berliners and newer residents, however, are also interested in seeing remnants of the former border installations inside the city. more

However, you can also still photograph and upload the documents during the application process using your smartphone or tablet. Before you can send off the application, you need to pay the service fee. At the end you will receive a PDF document to confirm your application. more

an external card reader or a modern, NFC-enabled smartphone with Android or iOS operating system; the ‘AusweisApp’ software; For online applications: consent to the electronic payment procedure Credit card, Giropay, direct debit and payment by bank transfer are available as payment options. Documents required ... more

Verzeichnis für Handyshops: 62 Ergebnisse im BerlinFinder – Adressen, Kontakt, Öffnungszeiten, Anfahrt und mehr. more

Hop On and Hop Off Tours are circular tours by bus of the most popular sights in Berlin's city centre. Simply hop on the bus at any station of the tour, hop off at a station of your choice and continue the city tour with the next bus on the course. See tour route here. more

The memorial’s outdoor exhibition utilizes Bernauer Strasse’s historical significance and its many extant traces of the Wall to inform visitors about the Wall’s purpose and function in the context of the original site. Above all, it tells the stories of the people whose lives were restricted ... more

an external card reader or a modern, NFC-enabled smartphone with Android or iOS operating system the ‘AusweisApp’ software For online applications: consent to the electronic payment procedure Credit card, Giropay, direct debit and payment by bank transfer are available as payment options. Documents required more

In the heart of Germany’s capital city, the Berlin Wall Memorial is the central memorial site recalling German division. Located at a site fraught with history on Bernauer Strasse, it extends along 1.4 kilometers of the former border strip. more

Around 2.7 million people left the GDR and East Berlin between 1949 and 1961, causing increasing difficulties for the leadership of the East German communist party, the SED. Around half of this steady stream of refugees were young people under the age of 25. Roughly half a million people crossed the ... more

Construction of the “Berlin Wall Trail” (Berliner Mauerweg) began in 2002 and was completed in 2006. The Senate Department for Urban Development (Directorates I and VII) is the “Berliner Mauerweg” project coordinator, while the state-owned Grün Berlin GmbH was charged with carrying out the ... more

An audio guide in six languages takes you through the exhibition – easy to use on your own smartphone or on a loaned device. Of course we also offer tours with guides for groups of different ages and needs, and visitors with or without previous knowledge. more

The Wall Trail along the Topography of Terror, with a preserved section of the Wall on Niederkirchnerstrasse . Image: Senatskanzlei more

Of the seven border crossings within the city, the checkpoint at Bornholmer Strasse was furthest to the north. After the border was completely sealed off, the checkpoint extended from Bösebrücke to Malmöer Strasse and, according to the GDR Ministry of the Interior, was to be used by citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany when crossing into East Berlin. more

With its exploration of border stations and “ghost stations,” the exhibition spotlights the perfidious perfectionism that marked the SED’s (East Germany’s ruling party) actions in cementing the division of the city and preventing escapes. more

Passengers on the train could make out the dim outlines of GDR border guards patrolling the darkened platforms of abandoned S-Bahn stations under East Berlin. The development that can be seen today on Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz came about only after German reunification in 1990. more