Walking from Bernauer Straße to Checkpoint Charlie: what to see on the way

It is about 3.9 km from Bernauer Straße to Checkpoint Charlie on foot, roughly 53 minutes walking. The same route works the other way: from Checkpoint Charlie back to Bernauer Straße is the same 53 minutes. There are 8 stops along the way, 1 of them with a story written. The route runs along Bernauer Str, Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Platz, Eichendorffstraße, Novalisstraße, Torstraße.

Streets on this route

• Bernauer Str
• Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Platz
• Eichendorffstraße
• Novalisstraße
• Torstraße
• Friedrichstraße

Stops along the way

1. 1. The Leap Into Freedom

   Bernauer Straße / Ruppiner Straße, Berlin

   You are standing at the corner of Bernauer Straße and Ruppiner Straße. Right here, on this very pavement, one of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century was born. It was August fifteenth, nineteen sixty-one.

2. 2. The Windows That Faced West

   Bernauer Straße 44, Berlin

3. 3. The Bakery of Tunnel 57

   Bernauer Straße 97, Berlin

4. 4. Chapel of Reconciliation

   Bernauer Straße 4, Berlin

5. 5. Window of Remembrance

   Berliner Mauer Gedenkstätte, Bernauer Straße, Berlin

6. 6. Berlin Wall Visitor Center

   Bernauer Straße 119, Berlin

7. 7. Nordbahnhof — The Ghost Station

   Nordbahnhof, Invalidenstraße 131, Berlin

8. 8. Sophienfriedhof — The Cemetery Cut in Two

   Sophienfriedhof, Bergstraße, Berlin

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