Walking routes in Berlin

Self-guided routes through Berlin — every stop timed, mapped and in the order that works on the ground.

The brick bridge that was a border crossing, a market hall reborn as a food hall, the main street of SO36, the canal and its Turkish market.

Oberbaumbrücke · Markthalle Neun · Oranienstraße · Admiralbrücke · Maybachufer

3.1 km on foot 5 stops 2h 42m total

3h Budget

Mitte and Museum Island in three hours

Brandenburg Gate through the memorial and the old squares to the island and the cathedral.

Brandenburg Gate · Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe · Gendarmenmarkt · Museum Island · Berlin Cathedral

2.0 km on foot 5 stops 2h 37m total

3h Mid-range

Prenzlauer Berg in three hours

The old water tower, the leafy square named for Käthe Kollwitz, a brewery turned culture centre, currywurst under the railway and the Mauerpark's Sunday flea market.

Wasserturm · Kollwitzplatz · Kulturbrauerei · Konnopke's Imbiss · Mauerpark

1.6 km on foot 5 stops 2h 31m total

3h Budget

Tempelhof and Neukölln in three hours

The airport of the Berlin Airlift, its runways now a park, and the streets of the old village of Rixdorf.

Tempelhof Airport · Tempelhofer Feld · Schillerkiez · Rixdorf

4.2 km on foot 4 stops 2h 40m total

6h Luxury

Charlottenburg and the Kurfürstendamm in six hours

The Prussian queen's palace, the square of bookshops under the railway, the West's grand avenue, the bombed church kept as a memorial and the food hall of the KaDeWe.

Charlottenburg Palace · Savignyplatz · Kurfürstendamm · Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church · KaDeWe

1.6 km on foot 5 stops 4h 37m total

6h Mid-range

Divided Berlin in six hours

The Wall, the checkpoint, the terror headquarters and the museum of everyday life on the other side.

Berlin Wall Memorial · DDR Museum · Checkpoint Charlie · Topography of Terror · Potsdamer Platz · East Side Gallery

1.1 km on foot 6 stops 4h 40m total

6h Mid-range

The Reichstag, the Tiergarten and the Kulturforum in six hours

The glass dome over the parliament, the chancellery, the city's great park, the Victory Column and the old masters of the Gemäldegalerie.

Reichstag dome · Federal Chancellery · Haus der Kulturen der Welt · Victory Column · Neue Nationalgalerie · Gemäldegalerie

3.6 km on foot 6 stops 5h 13m total

12h Mid-range

Berlin in a day: the Reichstag to the Wall

The Reichstag dome, the Gate and the memorial, the spy museum and Checkpoint Charlie, Gendarmenmarkt, Museum Island, the DDR, the TV tower at dusk and the Wall by night.

Reichstag dome · Brandenburg Gate · Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe · German Spy Museum · Checkpoint Charlie · Gendarmenmarkt · Museum Island · DDR Museum · Berlin TV Tower · East Side Gallery

4.1 km on foot 10 stops 9h 50m total

Planning the rest of the trip

These routes cover the walking. The Berlin guide has where to stay, what a day costs at each tier, and what to book before you go.