Berlin Beats & Backstreets
The tour lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes
Available in English
Description
Skip the postcard Berlin. This tour takes you where the city actually happened — railway arches, abandoned buildings, music venues, backstreets covered in paint.
We created the alternative tour genre 20 years ago and our style has shaped alternative tours worldwide since. Featured in The Guardian, The Times UK, National Geographic and more, we keep evolving as the city does.
Follow the walls in the districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain as they shift beneath giant murals, rooftop pieces, political tags, and codes most people walk straight past without seeing. You'll hear how squatters, punks, musicians, and club kids took neglected corners of the city and turned them into cultural landmarks — the real story behind Berlin's reputation.
Day Tour: street art, squats, industrial ruins, hidden courtyards, the Treehouse by the former Wall, a former squatted hospital, YAAM beach, Berghain's exterior, and a bombed out railway depot reborn as a creative playground.
Night Tour: a different route through Kreuzberg's backstreets down to the Spree and canal district — murals, graffiti, legendary music stories, bars only locals know, and the club culture that put Berlin on the map.
Guide: Alternative Berlin
Guiding since 2018In 2006 we invented the Alternative tours concept in Berlin to show other responsible, respectful and open minded people the raw and artistic side of this great city. To support the places we love and which we felt needed our help before they were swallowed up and changed forever.
With an extensive connections to associations, organizations, local business’, artists, crews, collectives etc it is our aim to give you unique experiences and superb value for your time and money.
We have an in-depth and personal understanding of the places, people and Berlin´s art scenes, offering our tours to individuals, companies, students and special interest groups on a daily basis for the past 12 years. We are also proud to be a sponsor of various projects, events and initiatives in the local community. No guide books or anyone for that matter can take you as close to the action as we can.
Our commitment to safe, responsible underground tourism is a top priority and we hope you will respect our ideals and contribute in some way to the vibe of these places you visit. You’ll meet some wonderful personalities and gain some unforgettable life experiences on our tours and activities. So be adventurous and experience Alternative Berlin with us!
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