• It was a special day in Berlin, there was to be a large ceremony at the former border crossing between East and West Berlin called “Checkpoint Charlie.”
  • 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.
  • The former border crossing Checkpoint Charlie is one of the most important and most visited sights in Berlin.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin was the only point for foreigners to do border crossing into East Berlin during the Cold War.
  • Visiting Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin is one of the top tourist attractions in Germany where the past and symbols of the Cold War still lingers.
  • The rebuilt Checkpoint Charlie is a popular tourist attraction in Berlin, where visitors can pay to have their picture taken with actors dressed in American military...