- Checkpoint Charlie was the setting for many thrillers and spy novels, from James Bond in Octopussy to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
- Many tried to trick the guards at Checkpoint Charlie to get to the West, but most were unsuccessful and risked being shot then and there.
- In the last days of October 1961, American and Soviet tanks took up positions here at the GDR border crossing point Checkpoint Charlie after members of the US...
- 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...
- Was a bus trip and the wall still excised and the bus driver drove passed Checkpoint Charlie and I took a sneaky photo looking across to the checkpoint.
- 'Checkpoint Charlies' is one of the leading firearms and firearms related collector sources with affordable rates and a wide range of products available.
- Checkpoint Charlie is the only border crossing between West Berlin and East Germany that has remained alive in the non-German collective memory.
- I know it’s a touristy thing to do, but I’ve made it all the way to Berlin, and I am going to get my picture taken with a guard at Checkpoint Charlie.
- Checkpoint Charlie is kind of one of them. Of course most of the border installations are gone – but there is still the little booth in the middle of the street...
- Several historic events occurred at Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War. For example, Soviet and American tanks had a standoff at Checkpoint Charlie in 1961.