City Bike Tour

Energizing, Entertaining, Enlightening

(Please scroll down for meeting point and meeting time information). Our City bike Tour provides you with a perfect orientation to Berlin, regardless of if you're new to this great city or have experienced it many times before. You'll understand all facets of Berlin in one tour: Berlin's founding, the Prussians, Weimar Republic, Hitler and the Third Reich, as a city divided by The Wall during the Cold War, and the Berlin of today.

We cruise through delightful parks to a fantastic beer garden! You may want to bring some extra cash for lunch.

The following is a partial list of highlights at which we stop and discuss the story of Berlin:

• Memorial to the Murdered European Jews - a massive and controversial new memorial of 2700 giant concrete blocks
• Brandenburg Gate - the famous symbol of Germany yet previously almost inaccessible during the Cold War
• Checkpoint Charlie - the famous border crossing between the American and Soviet sectors of Berlin
• Gendarmenmarkt - perhaps Berlin's prettiest square with beautifully restored cathedrals
• Topography of Terror - the former headquarters of the infamous Nazi 'Gestapo' and SS, now a free museum
• Graffiti-painted Berlin Wall - we see two sections of original Berlin Wall on the City tour
• Potsdamer Platz - the 'new' downtown of Berlin with unparalleled modern architecture
• Siegesäule - the symbolic Victory Tower, relocated under Hitler along the middle of his famed East-West Axis
• Site of Hitler's bunker - stand on where Hitler spent his final weeks of WWII as the Soviets approached
• Reichstag - the famous parliament building, previously a ruined shell, now restored to its former glory
• Museum Island - home to some of the world's most important museums
• Palace of the Republic - former parliament of the communist East German Republic, now just a shell
• Soviet War Memorial - see the massive burial of 2500 troops and the first T34 tanks to have entered Berlin
• Bebelplatz - finally restored to its original grandeur, this is also the site of the infamous Nazi book-burning
• Nazi Luftwaffe Ministry - see the former Nazi Air Force Ministry in 'typical' Nazi building ´style
• Deathstrip - bike through the buffer zone separating East from West Berlin
• Watchtower - see one of the last remaining Deathstrip Watchtowers of the Cold War
• And much, much more, including a ride through the massive Tiergarten Park and along the Spree River

Dates & Times (Click here for a printable .pdf of our meeting times schedule and meeting point map)
March 1 - May 14: everyday at 11am.
May 15 - September 30: everyday at both 11am and 4pm.
October 1 - November 30: everyday at 11am.
Off-Season: please email us at info@FatTireBikeToursBerlin.com.

Duration
4.5 hours.

Meeting Point
It's easy. All tours meet outside the entrance of the giant TV Towre in Alexanderplatz. Look for our yellow sign - you can't miss us!

Price
€18 students / seniors, €20 adults - includes bike and guide (returning customers are always considered "students").

Reservations
Reservations are NOT required for our City Bike Tour, but can be made here in advance if you wish. If you are a group of 8 or more, however, we would appreciate if you would notify us in advance for special arrangements.

Weather
Tours run in all weather. Rain ponchos are available, should they be needed. And for the cold days below 50F/10C we provide free hot tea on the tour and free gloves for use during the tour.

Enjoy All Our Tours
Third Reich Bike Tour
Berlin Wall Bike Tour

Email
info@fattirebiketoursberlin.com

Telephone
24 04 79 91 (from within Berlin)
030 24 04 79 91 (from within Germany, but outside Berlin)
+49 30 24 04 79 91 (from outside Germany)