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Tour 1 – Dark Worlds A tour through a bunker from WWII
Every day, hundreds of people walk past a green door in the Gesundbrunnen Underground railway station unaware that within lies a subterranean labyrinth full of authentic history waiting to be experienced. How uncomfortable it must have been during WWII to be crammed inside these small chambers – the depleted air supply, the incessant clanging of ventilation machines, the thundering of bomber aircrafts overhead. This atmosphere of fear and anguish can still be sensed today.
Tour 1 will lead visitors through civilian shelters and bunker complexes as they learn about life during the bombing campaigns in Berlin. Over the course of the tour, visitors will view a museum exhibition of WWII remnants that the Berlin Underworlds' Association has retrieved during their work below ground. The Underworlds Museum displays objects from many layers of the long and fascinating history of subterranean Berlin. Visitors will see artifacts from Berlin's late-19th century pneumatic dispatch system, as well as documentation of the hundreds of kilometres of Berlin's sewer systems and of the city's many amazing cathedral-like brewery cellars.
Dates (Tours in English)
- Dec 1st – Feb 29th: Mon at 11 a.m. + 1 p.m., Thur – Sun at 11 a.m.
- Mar 1st – Nov 30th: Mon at 11 a.m. + 1 p.m., Wed – Sun at 11 a.m.
In the period between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, we have an altered tour schedule. From the 17th to the 25th of December and on the 1st of January there will be NO TOURS.
This tour also runs in other languages. Please take a look at the corresponding pages.
Duration
Approx. 90 minutes
Admission
10 € (reduced 8 €, child 6 €)
Tickets
Tickets are available from 10.00 a.m. (open from 9:30 a.m. on
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from April through the end of October)
in the pavilion next to
the south entrance of the Gesundbrunnen underground station (in front
of ‘Kaufland’), Brunnenstraße 105, 13355 Berlin (exit direction to
Humboldthain Park, Brunnenstraße).
Reservations are not possible and tickets may only be purchased on the day of the tour.
Please arrive early in order to buy them – expect lines on busy days.
We only take cash as payment, credit/bank cards are not accepted!
Meeting point (with valid tickets only)
Brunnenstr. 105 – southern entrance-hall of the subway station Gesundbrunnen (exit direction to Humboldthain Park, Brunnenstraße), next to our ticket sales-pavillon.
Public transportation
U8 Underground Railway Gesundbrunnen, S 1, S 2, S 25, S 41, S 42 (S-Bahn) City-Railway, National Railway Gesundbrunnen, Bus 247
Groups
This tour is also available upon request to groups in English and in some other languages (min. 200,- € / reduced 160,- € per group). Please contact us for details.