Kreuzberg Self-Guided Audio Walk: Canal Gardens, Wall Tree House, Oranienstrasse and Kotti
90 minutes
About this experience
In the 1840s Kreuzberg was planned around a canal and long squares, with churches closing the views. The canal was filled in the 1920s, the Wall cut through it in 1961, and a 1960s plan meant to clear the district for slabs and a motorway. Most of it survived. Start on Oranienplatz and follow the old canal through sunken gardens to the Engelbecken, a pond that lay in the death strip, and the Baumhaus an der Mauer, a garden planted in no man's land in 1983. Cross Mariannenplatz to the Bethanien and walk Oranienstrasse and Kottbusser Tor. End on the Landwehrkanal by its oldest surviving wrought-iron bridge and the Fraenkelufer synagogue, facing the Maybachufer market. Twelve stops, about 3.1 km and 1 hour 30 minutes, at your own pace, in English. Flat and outdoors, with some steps; the walk mentions the Wall and the Holocaust.
What's included
Walk the filled Luisenstadt canal through sunken gardens and the old Wall strip, past the Bethanien, along Oranienstrasse and under Kottbusser Tor to the Landwehrkanal and the Maybachufer market.
Good to know
Operated by Roamer and sold by AGORA. Your voucher and booking reference arrive by email straight after payment.