Ready to Discover the Secrets of Berlin’s Underworlds?
This is your gateway to the spectral zone that is known as Berliner Unterwelten, the Berlin Underworlds. Do you ever get ponder about what is hidden under the working surface of the Berlin city in Germany? Some of the guided tours include hidden tunnels and bunkers, secret escape routes amongst others, hence getting a sneak peek of Berliner Unterwelten is quite appealing. On this occasion, let us explore the subsurface of Berlin wherein we precede to reveal the unknown facts about its role in the history of the city.
The Rich History of Berliner Unterwelten
Such a city as Berlin has always been the subject of effective historical narratives, and walking through the underground tunnels, bunkers, and air raid shelters, one can imagine the situation during the difficult days of the past. Few other cities can boast such interesting examples of shelters from the Second World War, Cold War bunkers and escape tunnels dating from the time of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
He further distinguished several of the best-known underground structures that include the “Führerbunker” that was used as a bunker of Adolf Hitler in the last days of Second World War. Nowadays, it is possible to visit some parts of this bunker and get the information about the last days of the Third Reich.
Exploring the Berlin Underworlds
Ready to get an underground driving experience? The Berliner Unterwelten has different touring services centered on the station of Berlin’s subterranean tunnels. Below are some of their most famous historical tours:
1. Dark Worlds Tour
From here, you get an insight into one of the most elaborate World War II air raid shelters lurking behind the walls of this building. It is an insight into the Life during the bombings regarding the construction of the shelter, the use of the shelter, and the lives of the inhabitants.
- This tour – Tour M – involves experimenting and playing, discovering and exploring Mus permanent installation is in the network of tunnels that are a result of the west Berlin’s bomb shelters.
Tour M is an innovative decision to arrange a tour in the museum, that imitates an underground room. Visit different rooms, galleries, and displays that give an insight into people’s experiences and their lives in the Berlin within different periods.
- A separate tour is the Through the Cold War Bunker tour where visitors can get acquainted with the secrets of the Cold War.
Today you have a unique chance to dive into the atmosphere of the Cold War and visit an original East German bunker. Learn how people prepared themselves for a nuclear war and what kind of technologies and how living conditions they had for it.
- Tour 3: ‘Through the Underground: From Nazi Berlin to Divided Berlin’
This tour lets you imagining the constructions in Berlin from the time of Nazi Germany right to the Cold War Berlin. In order to understand the historical implications of these concealed structures, the following passage will provide greater insight to the reader.
Tips for Exploring Berliner Unterwelten
Here are some tips that will assist one in getting the most from the visit to Berliner Unterwelten’s:
- Some of them may be booked in advance especially during tourist season as most of them are recognised as having a heavy traffic flow.
- Some of the tours have stairs, narrow and uneven corridor and low roofs, so it is recommended that one wears comfortable walking shoes.
- Obey your guide’s instructions and remain with other clients when you are undertaking the activity for the best result.
- It is advised to take a jacket or a sweater with you because the temperature of the underground might is less than above ground.
Take your camera to seize the peculiar mood and tell the story of your ride to the others.
Visiting or discovering the Berlin Underworlds with Berliner Unterwelten will make the visitors develop a rather different perspective towards the past of Berlin and its people. It creates the notion of the underground network of tunnels, bunkers and shelters as a symbolic representation of the past along with being a symbol of the citizens’ resilience of Berlin. Therefore, lets plunge into the red zone of Berlin’s secrets , are you ready?.
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