• Another suggestion is also to visit the Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, the museum built after the erection of the Berlin Wall and expanded in the 90s.
  • In 1961, after the Wall was built, tanks faced each other at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin making it a world-famous symbol of German division.
  • When Berlin was divided, Checkpoint Charlie was Berlin's best-known American-controlled border crossing point alongside Glienicke Bridge.
  • It’s no wonder that Checkpoint Charlie is one of the sights of Berlin that you really should see.
  • Checkpoint Charlie is one of the few things left in Berlin of the divided city. ... What you see in the middle of the road is a copy of the check point booth.
  • As I was partly raised in Berlin (when the wall was up) I had to re-visit Checkpoint Charlie and it brought a tear to my eye.
  • Soon after the construction of the Berlin Wall in August 1961, a stand-off occurred between US and Soviet tanks on either side of Checkpoint Charlie.
  • Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous border crossing checkpoint between West and East Germany after the Berlin Wall was put up.
  • Checkpoint Charlie is the only border crossing between West Berlin and East Germany that has remained alive in the non-German collective memory.
  • Checkpoint Charlie was situated on the territory of former West Berlin in the Friedrichstraße before the junction with Zimmerstraße.