Fat Tire Tours Berlin

This tour meets at an easy-to-find central location in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz. Your friendly and experienced English-speaking guide will help you select your bike and prepare you for an easy ride to each landmark. During the tour you will stop at each site for questions and time to take pictures. The route is carefully designed so that you never have to cycle far between stops. Your guide will help the city come alive, taking time at each attraction to give you a comprehensive and insightful history. Questions are welcome during the tour as you will find your guide a valuable resource and wealth of insider information! During the tour you will learn about all facets of Berlin’s history, including its Prussian past, the rise of the Third Reich and more recently the creation and fall of the Berlin Wall. There’s something for everyone on this tour and is a great tour option for guests of all ages.

5 minutes

Paul-Lobe-Haus

See where German parliamentarians work

5 minutes

Carillon (Pass By)

See Bell Tower and possibly hear the free weekly concert

N/A (Pass By)

See the Swiss Embassy

Gropius Bau (Pass By)

See the Martin Gropius Building

Bundeskanzleramt der Bundesregierung

German Chancellery. See Angela Merkel's Office possibility to take pictures

5 minutes

Neptunbrunnen

See the Neptune Fountain, take pictures

5 minutes

Rotes Rathaus

See the Red Townhall. Take Pictures

5 minutes

St. Mary's Church

See the oldest functioning church in Berlin

5 minutes

Nikolaiviertel (Pass By)

Look towards Berlin’s oldest residential quarter

Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat)

See the faculty of Law

5 minutes

Cathedral of St. Hedwig - Domgemeinde St. Hedwig

See the church of St. Hedwig and its Imperial architecture from outside

5 minutes

Unter Den Linden

See the State Opera House, take pictures

5 minutes

Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz

See the Memorial to Nazi Book Burnings, take pictures, explanation

5 minutes

Stadtschloss Berlin

See the reconstructed royal and imperial palace, which served mostly as the main residence of the Electors of Brandenburg, the Kings of Prussia and the German Emperors

5 minutes

Deutsches Historisches Museum (Pass By)

See the German Historical Museum

Altes Museum

See the Old Museum from the outside

5 minutes

Berliner Dom

See the Berlin Cathedral - originally built as court church of royals in the late 1800s in Italian Renaissance style

5 minutes

Neues Museum (Pass By)

See the New Museum

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

See the Jewish Memorial, stop for explanation and pictures, possible to walk inside

5 minutes

Bundesministerium der Finanzen

Former Luftwaffe Headquarters/ Nazi Architecture (also the German Finance Ministry) See the buildings built during Nazi dictatorship

5 minutes

Brandenburg Gate

Stop for pictures and explanation at Brandeburg Gate

5 minutes

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See the hotel balcony where Michael Jackson dangled his baby

5 minutes

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See the French Embassy

5 minutes

Reichstag Building

See the Reichstag from the outside, explanation and possibility to take pics

5 minutes

Berliner Fernsehturm

See the TV tower, pictures and explanation

5 minutes

Alexanderplatz

Talk about this historical significance of this square as the centre of former East Berlin

5 minutes

N/A

Stop at Bebelplatz, site of Nazi infamous book´s stake, explanation

5 minutes

Museum Island

See the Museum Island from outside

5 minutes

Potsdamer Platz (Pass By)

Ride by Potsdamer Platz

Fuhrerbunker

See the site of Hitler´s bunker, where he spent the last weeks of his life and where he committed suicide.

5 minutes

Tiergarten (Pass By)

See the largest park in Berlin - knows as its "green lung"

N/A

See the American Embassy

5 minutes