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Various guided tours in and around Berlin are offered to participants and their accompanying persons during the
WPA XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY. All tours will be accompanied by an English-speaking guide. They
start and end at the bus parking of the congress venue Messe Berlin, Main Entrance: Messe Süd.
Please check at the congress tour counter which tours are currently available. Tour tickets will be sold on a first-come,
first-served basis, so places are limited. Please purchase your ticket at least one day prior to the respective event.
City sightseeing tour Berlin
Sun, 8 Oct 2017
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14:00– 17:00
Tue, 10 Oct 2017
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14:00– 17:00
Wed, 11 October 2017
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09:00– 12:00
For registered accompanying persons this tour is in-
cluded in the registration fee. Please note that ad-
vance registration is required.
The tour will take you through the city centre of Ber-
lin. You will pass the Reichstag, seat of the German
Parliament with its famous glass dome, designed by Sir
Norman Foster. The bus will then proceed along the
green lung of Berlin, the Tiergarten, the former private
hunting grounds for the king and the electors of Bran-
denburg, in which nowadays Berlin's inhabitants as well
as tourists find time to relax.
You will see the Victory Column, crowned with the
golden Goddess of Victory and pass by Charlottenburg
Palace, a late 17th century baroque masterpiece.
The tour then proceeds to the famous Kurfürstendamm,
West Berlin's main street, lined with elegant shops and
cafes. Here, you will also see the Memorial Church, the
symbol of the city, preserved as a ruin. You will then
continue towards Potsdamer Platz where you will get an
impression of what used to be the biggest construction
site of Europe.
A historic place and the last stop on this tour will be
Checkpoint Charlie, the famous former border crossing
in the heart of Berlin. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall
on 9 November, 1989, it signified the border between
West and East, Capitalism and Communism, freedom
and confinement.
Price per person: EUR 35
Price includes: transportation and English-speaking guide.
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