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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
The movie-music-art-literature-fine art tour
If you read biographies of writers, you probably realized that writing and walking goes hand in hand. Hemingway was a big walker, so were Charles Dickens, Henry David Thoreau, Ernest Hemingway, Kate Chopin, Ralph Waldo Emerson and also contemporary writers like Delphine de Vigan. I still love writing and aim to do it every day but in the tradition of the big writers I feel like it should be combined with walking. What better idea then to also offer walking tours?
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Tour description
Schöneberg's tour
Note: As I am still on the one hour -winter schedule, I will only discuss two buildings, so as for now, there is not much architecture present in the tour!
The tour starts in front of the red island where Marlene Dietrich grew up.
We continue to David Bowie's former apartment at Hauptstrasse 155, where we learn more about his and Iggy Pop's life in Berlin.
Optional is
Kleistpark, named after probably the most tragic of all German romantic writers, here we can discuss German romanticism, as well as the so-called negative side of romanticism, the gothic romance.
In between, we come across some architectural gems like Berlin's first high-rise building in the New Objectivity style, the Karthreiner House, and the brutalist Pallaseum, which is inextricably linked to the history of German gangsta rap.
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Meeting point:Kolonnenstraße 48, 10829 Berlin, GermanyKolonnenstraße 48, 10829 Berlin, GermanyDirections
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
Tour opinions
Piotr
15 May 2023
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Travelled in couple -
May 2023
Die Reise war nicht starr geplant, so dass viel Platz für individuellere Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt vorhanden war. Es war sehr schön!
Elisa
30 Apr 2023
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Travelled in couple -
Apr 2023
Kyria war sehr sympathisch. Tour war sehr interessant und informativ. Gerne wieder. 😊
Anne
11 Mar 2023
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Travelled in couple -
Mar 2023
Leider kam unsere Tourleiterin 15 Minuten zu spät, was sie uns erst 5 Minuten nach Beginn der Tour mitteilte.
Insgesamt war die Führung unstrukturiert, unorganisiert und wenig lehrreich. Zu Beginn fehlte eine Einleitung sowohl im Hinblick auf die Person - weshalb wir auch leider den Namen nicht kennen - als auch auf den Ablauf der Tour.
Wir sind dann gefühlt ziellos durch Schöneberg gelaufen (wir haben uns ein Marlene Café und das Geburtshaus von David Bowie angeschaut). Die Erzählungen dazu waren sprunghaft, sowohl im Hinblick auf die Epochen, als auch auf die Personen, sodass man ganz schlecht folgen konnte. Außerdem waren die Informationen total oberflächlich. Trotzdem hatte man als Person mit wenig Vorwissen das Gefühl nicht mitgenommen zu werden und hat nichts neues gelernt.
Nach 45 Minuten war die Tour dann auch schon vorbei, weil es nichts mehr zu erzählen gab. Leider können wir die Tour nicht weiterempfehlen, was bei einem doch sehr spannend klingenden Thema sehr schade ist.
Antonio
06 Feb 2023
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Travelled in couple -
Feb 2023
Great tour! Kyria knows a lot about the neighborhood and the stars of movies and music that have lived there. Tons of informations and anecdotes for a fantastic 2 hours guide!
Bernd
04 Feb 2023
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Travelled in group -
Feb 2023
Habe viele interessante und intelligent erzählte Geschichten gehört, mit viel Humor u Witz
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Who is this tour for?
Accessibility
Suitable for people with reduced mobility.
Groups
Accepts reservations up to 100 people.
Pets
Suitable for carrying pets.
What should you know?
Minimum of attendees
There is no minimum number of people required for the tour.
Additional costs:
The tour does not require the payment of entrance fees or additional expenses.
Free cancellation
If you will not be able to attend the tour, please cancel your booking, otherwise the guide will be waiting for you.
Payment methods
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