Cruise 'n' Walk Tour

Your guide will accompany you as you glide under Berlin's first ever bridge into the ancient Nikolai quarter and Fischer Island. On the way you'll get a 'duck's eye view' of the TV Tower, Marx Engels Forum, Berlin's 'Red' Town Hall and its recently re-opened and splendidly restored State Library. Here we also see the statue of St. George slaying the dragon, known locally as the 'mother-in-law' monument

Enjoy the sight of Berlin's iconic 'Dome' cathedral and the magnificent buildings of Museum Island from the water. We enable you to picture the full splendour of Berlin before the destruction and devastation of WWII and the subsequent tragedy of German partition. Learn how some waterways in this area are impassable due to the continued presence of munitions from WWII. Float by the Friedrichstrasse train station as we recount how the visa processing centre of this Cold War crossing point became known as the 'Palace of Tears'. Further on we see the building from where the East German border guards attempted to hinder escape attempts by operating a hydraulic underwater steel chain net across the Spree

Further west, the stunning contrast between the historically significant Reichstag and its surrounding modern parliamentary buildings comes into full view. We cruise by the Premier's Office (Kanzleramt), a 300 year-old customs house (Zollstelle) and The House of World Cultures, America's gift to the Germans in 1957. Get a good look at Berlin's brash new glass and steel central railway station and learn how this 1990s building project earned the nickname The Knot. We travel under the recently refurbished red sandstone Moltke bridge, where Soviet troops launched their final onslaught on the Reichstag in April 1945

This boat trip finishes by returning to its point of departure, the Museum Island, from where we continue on our Famous Walk.

Important :  supplier of the tour is Insidertours GmbH.

Duration : 5 hours

Departure :  Apr 1st till Oct 31st

10.00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Departure point(s) : 

Meeting point WEST: 10am McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station
Hardenbergplatz 2-4, 10623
Meeting point EAST: 10.30am from A.M.T COFFEE at Hackescher Markt S-Bahn Station exit Am Zwirngraben, 10178

Prices :

20 EUR adult

18 EUR under 26 yr. olds or Pensioners

See the historical centre of Berlin from a totally different perspective. Compliment your Famous Walk with an integrated one-hour open-top boat cruise on the river Spree. With more bridges than Venice, Berlin's waterways have much to offer.

Your guide will accompany you as you glide under Berlin's first ever bridge into the ancient Nikolai quarter and Fischer Island. On the way you'll get a 'duck's eye view' of the TV Tower, Marx Engels Forum, Berlin's 'Red' Town Hall and its recently re-opened and splendidly restored State Library. Here we also see the statue of St. George slaying the dragon, known locally as the 'mother-in-law' monument

Enjoy the sight of Berlin's iconic 'Dome' cathedral and the magnificent buildings of Museum Island from the water. Float by the Friedrichstrasse train station and the 'Palace of Tears'.

Further west, the stunning contrast between the historically significant Reichstag and its surrounding modern parliamentary buildings comes into full view. We cruise by the Premier's Office (Kanzleramt) and The House of World Cultures – America's gift to the Germans in 1957. Get a good look at Berlin's brash new glass and steel central railway station. We travel under the recently refurbished red sandstone Moltke bridge.

This boat trip finishes by returning to its point of departure – the Museum Island, from where we continue on our Famous Walk

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