- Checkpoint Charlie. Friedrichstraße 43-45, 10117 Berlin. At Friedrichstraße, and featured in many cold-war era spy movies and books...
- Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin was the only point for foreigners to do border crossing into East Berlin during the Cold War.
- Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous border crossing checkpoint between West and East Germany after the Berlin Wall was put up.
- Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, on Friedrichstraße, Kreuzberg design by Rem Koolhaas Architect, OMA - building images: German architecture.
- Today, a line of bricks traces the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and visitors will find a replica of the Checkpoint Charlie booth and sign at the original site.
- Checkpoint Charlie was used as a crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin at the Berlin Wall from 1961 until 1990.
- checkpoint-charlie. However, all I saw was just a lot of tourists posing by the “guards” at the hut at the border between East and West Berlin.
- The nearby Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie provides a comprehensive exploration of the Berlin Wall’s history and the stories of those affected by its presence.
- 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.
- Before I reached Checkpoint Charlie on my city tour bus, I was imagining it to be a large historic site, with the Berlin wall on either side, and wide open spaces.