Guided Tours

Experience the diversity of the Nikolaiviertel, its history, significance, and charm on a unique guided tour. Discover secret corners and the beauty of the neighborhood: with the charm of a small town in the heart of the hustle and bustle of the big city.

The Nikolaiviertel, located between the Red Town Hall and the Spree River, is something very special. That is why it was recognized by the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in 2018 and designated a protected area.

It is not only a residential area, but also a great place to work, enjoy life, and live happily. It was cleared of war ruins in 1970 and rebuilt in 1987 for Berlin’s 750th anniversary, combining historical and modern elements. With St. Nicholas’ Church as its landmark, it is also considered the cradle of Berlin.

Languages: German, Russian

Website:
www.annahaase.de

Museum Island, Schlossplatz, Nikolaiviertel – World Heritage Site, Humboldt Forum, heart of the capital

On this tour, we will focus exclusively on the area of the former twin city of Cölln-Berlin. Museum Island in Cölln was the last of the three sections of our tour to be developed. The renovation of the five buildings on Museum Island, now under UNESCO protection, is partly complete and partly in progress.

To the south of this – also in Cölln – the Berlin Palace has apparently been resurrected. Behind the façade – one side of which is designed as a reminiscence of the Palace of the Republic – the Humboldt Forum could become the new cultural center of the city.
Now we finally reach Berlin soil with the Nikolaiviertel. Pictures from 1985 bear witness to the reconstruction. The Nikolaiviertel is considered the “cradle of Berlin” and is very popular with tourists.

Languages: German

Website:
ansichtssachen-berlin.de

From crime tours to architecture tours: anyone who wants to experience well-researched, informative, historical city tours in Berlin will find the perfect provider in Bärentouren. Our tours, developed by historians, take you back in time in the Nikolaiviertel.

In addition to our famous night watchman tour, our historical pub crawl through Old Berlin, our mystical Haunted Berlin ghost tour, and our spooky crime tour also cover Berlin’s oldest district. In addition to our popular evening tours, we also offer historically based architectural tours during the day in the Nikolaiviertel, where you can vividly experience the history of the district from the Middle Ages to its renovation as part of the city’s 750th anniversary celebrations in 1987 under Erich Honecker in the GDR.

Languages: German, English

Website:
baerentouren.de

With its mix of reconstruction and prefabricated buildings, the Nikolaiviertel district strikes some visitors as strange. However, it is precisely this mix that makes it a particularly exciting part of Berlin’s architectural history. On the guided tour “The Nikolaiviertel as a monument – East Berlin architecture & its legacy,” we discover traces of the reconstruction and take a look at Berlin’s origins. If you like, you can continue the tour into Prussian Berlin along Museum Island and Gendarmenmarkt, experiencing the different layers of the city’s history up close.

With Tobi Allers, you’ll hear stories that others tend to ignore – whether historical, street art, or from the art and culture scene. As an art historian and Berlin book author, Tobi conveys an authentic closeness to the city and surprises even die-hard Berliners with little anecdotes in the most inconspicuous corners.

Languages: German, English

Website:
berlinkultour.de

CROSS ROADS offers tourist services for special requirements: city walks and church tours that take curious visitors and guests to Berlin on unique paths through the city.

With CROSS ROADS, you will understand churches, cemeteries, and memorials as places where people have shaped their way of life in very different ways over the centuries. The Nikolaiviertel is a very special example of this.
CROSS ROADS takes you to the capital’s well-known inner-city churches. But we also show you religious and historically significant places that are less in the spotlight of tourist interest and bring you closer to their history and present.

With us, you will discover sights that are not listed as “insider tips” in every travel guide – we promise. Guided tour in the Nikolaiviertel: “Honecker’s Disneyland? – A walk through the Nikolaiviertel, Berlin’s resurrected old town.”

Languages: German, English

Website:
crossroads-berlin.com

We will take a long walk to visit Berlin’s most beautiful spots, Gendarmenmarkt and Bebelplatz with their historic 18th-century buildings: the French and German Cathedrals, St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, the State Opera House, and along the boulevard Unter den Linden. We will also explore Museum Island, home to the world-famous museums of classical antiquity and Berlin Cathedral.

We will end our walk in the Nikolaiviertel, where Berlin was founded in the Middle Ages, on the banks of the River Spree. On request, if we allow more time, we can also visit the Hackesche Höfe on the way to the Nikolaiviertel, one of the most interesting commercial courtyard complexes, which was renovated in the 1990s.

Una passeggiata nel quartiere di Mitte / Alla scoperta della Berlino storica.
Nel corso della passeggiata visiteremo le più belle piazze della vecchia Berlino, la piazza Gendarmenmarkt e la piazza Bebelplatz con le testimonianze della Berlino settecentesca: il Duomo Francese e il Duomo Tedesco, la cattedrale cattolica di Santa Edvige ed il teatro dell’opera. Proseguiremo la nostra passeggiata sul boulevard Unter den Linden per raggiungere l’Isola dei Musei, famosa per i suoi musei di antichità unici al mondo ed il Duomo di Berlino, Berliner Dom, una delle chiese protestanti più importanti della Germania.

Finiremo la nostra passeggiata nel quartiere medioevale di Nikolai sulla sponda del fiume Spree, lì dove è nata la città di Berlino. Su richiesta, con più tempo a disposizione, possiamo raggiungere dall’isola dei Musei i frequentatissimi cortili Hackesche Höfe, un complesso di vecchi cortili ristrutturati negli anni ’90.

Languages: Italian, German, English

Website:
elisabettadaldosso.wordpress.com

Experience Berlin with k3 city tours: informative, entertaining, unique

k3 city tours show Berlin from its most exciting sides. Under the motto “art. culture. get to know,” the tours bring guests closer to the city in all its facets, from well-known landmarks to special highlights off the beaten track.
The offerings include classic city tours through popular Berlin districts, architecture and themed tours, culinary tours, and bike tours. Whether you are interested in culture, history, or new to Berlin, an unforgettable experience awaits everyone.
A special highlight is the Nikolaiviertel, the historic heart of Berlin. Here, Berlin guides bring the eventful history surrounding the city’s oldest church to life. The architecture tour tells the story of 750 years of urban development, while the night watchman tour lets you experience the atmospheric atmosphere of medieval Berlin.
Discover Berlin with city tours that are as diverse as the city itself.

Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Dutch

Website:
k3.de/berlin/stadtfuehrungen

How old is the capital city? What does the bear have to do with Berlin? Who was the “Paddenwirt”? How long is Berlin’s shortest street, and where did Casanova apply for a job? Who was afraid of the “white woman” of the city palace and the “Kaak” of the court arbor? Who bought indulgences in St. Nicholas’ Church for a robbery and then stole the cash box from the indulgence preacher Tetzel? Where is the “Galgenhaus” (gallows house)? Where is Cölln and what traces of the Middle Ages can still be seen today?

These and other stories are offered on a rickshaw tour around the Nikolaiviertel and City Palace with a certified city guide.

Jens-Martin Rode invites you to join him on individual tours in a two-seater bicycle rickshaw. Duration: approx. 60 minutes. Prices: €60.00 / 60 min. / rickshaw (up to 2 adults + 1 child). Group tours on request.

Languages: German

Website:
mit-der-rikscha-durch-berlin.de

Welcome to the heart of Berlin – discover the Nikolaiviertel district and its surroundings on an individual, private, and personal tour…

Experience the history and soul of the capital up close on an individual tour through the charming Nikolaiviertel. Between romantic alleys, lovingly restored town houses, and the venerable Nikolaikirche, you will feel the history of old Berlin. Your experienced and professional guide will take you to the most beautiful corners and tell you informative, entertaining, and exciting stories.

On this approximately 1½- to 2-hour tour, you will also see and experience places such as Schlossplatz with the new Humboldt Forum, the Marx-Engels Forum, Museum Island, and the Schlossbrücke.

Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian

Website:
privatetour-berlin.de

Many self-employed and freelance professionals from a wide variety of cultures and fields (architecture, political science, history, art, marketing, and tourism from four continents) came together to found Berlin’s first and only city tour cooperative—Vive Berlin e.G.

What we value most is the truly individual presentation and design of what we do best – city tours. With us, you won’t be presented with standard lectures based on book knowledge, but rather personal perspectives from committed Berliners with profound factual knowledge. We want to pass on the passion that is ultimately reflected in this extraordinary career choice and present it in a setting that allows us to share our fascination for Berlin with our guests. At Vive Berlin, we rely on our experience – not only as long-standing city guides, but above all as Berliners. You will be amazed.

Guided tour in the Nikolaiviertel: as part of the “Berlin Mitte – away from the tourist crowds” tour and on scavenger hunt tours, among others

Languages: German, Norwegian, Swedish

Website:
viveberlintours.com