The Best of Berlin: Historical & Cultural Highlights Tour

 

From the iconic Brandenburg Gate to beautiful Museum Island, from the historic Reichstag building to the legendary Checkpoint Charlie: Explore the unique history of Berlin with your private guide. 

 

No other city has been as influential and shaped the history of Europe and the world as much as Berlin. From the Prussian kings to the Third Reich and the Cold War to the Peaceful Revolution of 1989: Discover the most important and most beautiful sights in Berlin's historical and cultural centre in this walking tour. 

Your experience: 

• Explore all the important sights of Berlin's centre with a private professional gay tour guide. 
• Hear my story of the life in Berlin during the Cold War and what really happenend when the Berlin Wall fell.
• Understand, how Adolf Hitler was able to turn democracy into dictatorship in just a few weeks. 

Customised private tours according to your wishes.

Languages: English, Spanish, German

Discover Berlin’s coolest and most charming neighbourhoods like a local.

Wander around the gay village close to the Motzstraße or see the edgy-artsy Friedichshain. Visit the trendy bars, vintage shops and local artists galleries. Find out why Berlin had the largest LGBTI*-community in the 1920’s and see where the locals go for dinner or spend their free time.

Customised private tours according to your wishes.

Languages: English, Spanish, German

Berlin’s History of Sex gives you a glimpse into the history of Berlin as you’ve never seen it before – while still being closely linked to the specific historical facts you know! Get to know the Roaring Twenties, the Nazi era, and the Berlin Wall from an entirely new perspective!

From nudism to kinks and fetishes, from the sex museum to shocking nightclubs: The Roaring Twenties in Berlin will make you discover forms of sexuality you never thought possible! Shock and laughter are guaranteed!

Discover the location of the world’s first institute of sexual science and why it became an international hotspot for influential people from around the globe. Find out why the world would think completely differently about gender and sexuality today if the Nazis had not destroyed the institute.

Trace back the origins of the world’s first LGBTQIA+ emancipation movement. Explore early forms of feminism, “the world’s first gay man”, early gender theories, the first trans identities and gender affirmation surgeries, or the vibrant lesbian life and drag culture in the 1920s.

Understand Hitler’s contradictory relationship to homosexuality, what the Nazis thought of Berlin and its sexual liberty, and what happened to LGBTQIA+ people in the Nazi concentration camps.

From Europe’s biggest fetish festival to sexuality in Berlin’s clubs: Get an overview of sexual life in Berlin today.

Join a Certified Social Scientist and Sex Educator Tour Guide

My name is Jeff, I studied sociology and gender studies and focused a lot on sexuality. I am also a certified sex educator and freelance journalist about sexuality in Berlin. During my tour, I’ll share with you my knowledge accumulated from more than a decade’s worth of research.

This guided tour is enhanced with selected Augmented Reality elements. Over your tour guide’s iPad’s camera, you’ll see the world in front of you with Augmented Reality elements over it. For instance, you’ll walk past sex workers from the 1920s. Or you can see the building in front of you how it looked like 100 years ago. You can also take pictures of yourself with the Augmented Reality elements as a souvenir from the tour. (Powered by ZAUBAR.)

Languages: English, German

The origins of the world’s modern LGBTQIA+ identity movement lie in Berlin. Traceback our history to better understand where we are coming from.

Beaten to Death. Silenced to Death. Queer and trans history are often ignored and deliberately forgotten for a reason: People who don’t know their history are easier to discriminate against. Break the cycle of ignorance and learn about our movement’s history!

Explore the life of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, how he developed the world’s first queer and trans identities, and how he fought against the criminalization of homosexuality. Understand how this laid the cornerstone for our global movement.

Learn who coined the terms “transvestite” and “transexualism”. Discover so-called “transvestite certificates” and the story of Lili Elbe, Dora Richter, and Karl M. Baer, the world’s first trans people to undergo gender affirmation surgeries.

Get to know sexual scientist Magnus Hirschfeld’s theory of “sexual intermediaries” and why the world today would think completely differently about gender and non-binary identities if the Nazis had not destroyed this young movement.

Discover the vibrant lesbian life in the Roaring Twenties and how Marlene Dietrich popularized their fashion style internationally. Get to know Germany’s most famous lesbian singer Claire Waldoff and the story of bisexual Black dancer Josephine Baker.

Understand Hitler’s contradictory relationship to homosexuality, why there were openly gay Nazis, and what happened to LGBTQIA+ people in the Nazi concentration camps.

Better understand why an entire generation of gay and bisexual men was traumatized by the AIDS crisis, how the West-Berlin nightclub SchwuZ became the center of activism, and why the Berlin Wall was referred to as the condom of the GDR.

From the trans community’s “Chez Romy Haag” and its nightlife revolution to the Metropol’s gay community; from SO36’s Gayhane to the emergence of Berghain as the world’s most famous club: Gain an appreciation for the influence of the queer and trans communities to Berlin’s internationally acclaimed nightlife – and learn about where to best go out in Berlin today.

My name is Jeff, I studied sociology and gender studies and focused a lot on sexuality and queer theory. I am also a certified sex educator and freelance journalist about queer life in Berlin, as well as a longtime LGBTQIA+ activist. During my tour, I’ll share with you my knowledge accumulated from more than a decade’s worth of research.

This guided tour is enhanced with selected Augmented Reality elements. Over your tour guide’s iPad’s camera, you’ll see the world in front of you with Augmented Reality elements over it. For instance, you can demonstrate alongside queer activists of times gone by. Or you can see the building in front of you how it looked like 100 years ago. You can also take pictures of yourself with the Augmented Reality elements as a souvenir from the tour. (Powered by ZAUBAR)

Languages: English, German

Feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of clubs in Berlin? Would you like to know which club you should go to? This city tour will give you the answer! Get an overview of Berlin’s best clubs, what music they play, what exciting things they offer, when to get in, and where to find them. After this tour, you’ll know where to go.

No other tour can offer you this: Get access to a world-renowned Berlin club behind the scenes: Your tour guide will bring you inside a Berlin club while it’s completely empty. See a club from the inside when no party is happening. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance! (Please note that this is only possible if there’s no event in the club during our tour.)

Discover the exciting history behind Berlin’s club culture

Berlin’s modern club culture started in the 1970s when Berlin was still divided by the Wall. Explore why the Cold War is the reason behind Berlin’s no-curfew policy, how West-Berlin became a nightlife hotspot, and what role the former Berlin Wall and GDR played in the emergence of Techno culture in the 1990s.

Berlin’s clubs would not exist without the influence of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities. Explore how the trans woman Romy Haag launched a nightlife revolution in 1974, how the gay community’s SchwuZ fought back against homophobia during the AIDS crisis, or how Techno DJs from Detroit’s Black community delivered the music for a liberated generation after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Berlin is notorious not only for attracting many celebrities like Lady Gaga, David Bowie, or Elon Musk to its nightlife but also for shattering the idea that VIP status will automatically grant you access. Find out which celebrities made it, which didn’t, and which ones are banned for life.

From Kit Kat Club to Berghain: Berlin clubs are famous for their mentality of “anything goes”. Darkrooms are very common in Berlin’s club scene. With this tour, you’ll not only learn about the politics of consent in Berlin clubs, but you’ll also understand why they are safer spaces for many people to explore new parts of their sexuality.

My name is Jeff. I am a trained social scientist, certified sex educator, and freelance journalist about Berlin and its club culture. During my tour, I’ll share with you my knowledge accumulated from more than a decade’s worth of research.

This guided tour is enhanced with selected Augmented Reality elements. Over your tour guide’s iPad’s camera, you’ll see the world in front of you with Augmented Reality elements over it. For instance, you’ll see the celebrities who made it into the club in front of you. You can also take pictures of yourself with the Augmented Reality elements as a souvenir from the tour. (Powered by ZAUBAR)

Languages: English, German

Find out what Berlin’s nightlife is really like. Step away from the commercial hype of Berlin and discover gay friendly bars and pubs. Visit iconic gay areas and up-and-coming neighbourhoods with vibrant events!

Avoid spending the night lost in the streets asking for directions. Let QUEER TRAVEL show you the hidden gems of Berlin’s gay scene.

Customised private tours according to your wishes.

When the tour ends around 00:30am, we will give you the last recommendations if you want keep the party going. Berlin has always been the gay nightlife melting pot!

Languages: English, Spanish, German