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Beyond and Beneath Tours

Name: Beyond and Beneath Tours
Address: Berlin, DE
Telephone: +4915751017777

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Beyond and Beneath Tours

Beyond and Beneath Tours offers immersive walking tours through Berlin's hidden history. Join us for a journey like no other!

Led by passionate local guides, we uncover the city's lesser-known stories—from medieval roots to WWII and the Cold War.

02/04/2026

In divided Berlin, even architecture became a battleground of ideas between East and West.

In the late 1950s, West Berlin rebuilt the Hansaviertel district as their main showpiece. Architects from across the western world showed off their designs here: well-lit homes with modern amenities and green spaces.

It marked the comeback of modernism after the destruction of the war, and its legacy is hard to escape on a walk through Berlin today!

Image Sources:

Bauhaus students: The Bauhaus School: Principles, Aesthetics and Legacy
https://animato.uk/blogs/news/the-bauhaus-school?srsltid=AfmBOooIL_FhsNaAUY2vnpxSkZ_5kwReFh-xvzgeczpoTx6jDsVHgGrw
�Hansaviertel (post-WWII, in 1957, Walter Gropius in 1957): Bürgerverein Hansaviertel e.V. https://hansaviertel.berlin/��Stalinallee: DEFA Stiftung https://www.defa-stiftung.de/filme/filme-suchen/geschichte-einer-strasse/

20/03/2026

This elegant hall on Unter den Linden is where Bach was brought back to life - nearly 80 years after his death.

In the early 19th century, the Sing-Akademie grew out of Berlin’s salon culture - gatherings that broke down social boundaries to share ideas, poetry, and music. What began as a circle of friends soon grew into a choir that needed its own stage.

In 1829, the young superstar Felix Mendelssohn conducted a landmark concert here, reviving Bach’s St Matthew Passion - a work that had been largely forgotten.

A watershed moment in music history, born from community, curiosity, and song.

Source (salon drawing): Schloss Neuhardenberg Foundation https://www.schlossneuhardenberg.de/en/programme/events/aufbruch-18001800-the-dawning-of-a-new-era-1-1261.html

08/03/2026

Happy International Women’s Day!

Today we’re highlighting seven remarkable women whose stories appear on our tours - scientists, artists, activists and pioneers connected to Berlin’s history in very different ways.

From a pioneering Jewish physician at the Charité to a civil rights activist of the peaceful revolution, their lives reflect very different chapters of the city’s past.

26/02/2026

This is one of the very few monuments in Berlin dedicated to a specific protest.

In late February 1943, during the so-called Fabrik-aktion - the mass arrest of Jews still living in Berlin - around 2,000 Jewish men married to non-Jewish women were detained and held in a building at Rosenstraße 2–4.

Over the following days, several hundred wives gathered in the street outside, publicly demanding the release of their husbands. What began as individual women searching for answers became a spontaneous protest in the heart of N**i Germany.

Historians still debate how decisive this protest was - but it remains the most prominent public protest by Germans against the persecution of Jews during the N**i period.

Part of The History of Berlin in 100 Places.��Protester list source: Wiener Library files, available at New York’s Leo Baeck Institute (AR 7l87/Reel 600), Tel Aviv University (Wiener Library file AR 600), and Munich’s Institute for Contemporary History

21/02/2026

Happy International Tourist Guide Day! 🎉

After years of walking Berlin in all weather and answering thousands of questions (some more than once 😅), here are our Top 5 favourite questions we get asked on tours.

Swipe through if you’ve ever wondered where the Wall really was… or urgently needed a toilet.

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07/02/2026

In this unremarkable building - the former Royal Health Office (Kaiserliches Gesundheitsamt) - medicine changed forever.🔬

In 1882, Robert Koch identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, the single biggest cause of death in 19th-century Europe. For the first time, a major human disease was conclusively linked to a specific microorganism.

One of the most important turning points in medical history, hiding in plain sight.

🧬 Part of The History of Berlin in 100 Places.

29/01/2026

The first public monument in Berlin dedicated to a doctor — not a king, not a general.

Albrecht von Graefe was the most important ophthalmologist of the 19th century. He treated the poor for free, restored sight to thousands, and revolutionised eye surgery. 👁️

Part of The History of Berlin in 100 Places.

24/12/2025

From all of us guides at Beyond & Beneath Tours, thank you to our wonderful guests for a memorable year of tours, conversations, and shared discoveries. Sharing Berlin with you - its stories, layers, and contradictions - is what makes this work so special!

We’re already dreaming up new routes and ideas and look forward to seeing you again soon.

Merry Christmas and see you in the new year!

— Martina, Ieva, Morgan, Antoni, Simone & Luis 🎄

22/12/2025

🎄Berlin’s most intriguing “present” wasn’t a gesture. It was a building!

The Gerichtslaube connects medieval Berlin, imperial ambition, post-war reconstruction, and today’s city life in a single object.

In Berlin, even gifts have a complicated history.

Sources: Potsdam Museum - Forum für Kunst und Geschichte, Photothek des Zentralinstituts für Kunstgeschichte

12/12/2025

Most Stolpersteine remember people — this one remembers an entire department store. 🕯️

Kaufhaus Nathan Israel was once Berlin’s oldest and grandest department store — a symbol of Jewish entrepreneurship and modern life in the city. After his father Berthold’s death, Wilfried Israel became its last owner.

When the N**is came to power, he was forced to sell the store in 1939. He fled to England, where he helped organise the Kindertransporte, rescuing hundreds of Jewish children from N**i Germany.

The Stolperstein in Nikolaiviertel keeps alive the story of the store — and the man who saved so many others.

Sources:
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B04491 / Unknown author / CC-BY-SA 3.0; Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-B11267 / Hugo Jäger / CC-BY-SA 3.0; James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons); OTFW, Berlin; Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Inv.-Nr. 2012/244/0”

08/12/2025

We love hearing what our guests think! ❤️

Here’s what visitors had to say after our latest tour — thank you for walking Berlin’s history with us!

Ready to discover the city yourself? 🎟️ Link in bio.

04/12/2025

🎥 The History of Berlin in 100 Places — Episode 1!

The Red Town Hall isn’t just a landmark — it’s Berlin’s timeline carved in stone. The Steinerne Chronik traces the city’s path from its first rulers to Napoleon and the German Empire.

The perfect place to begin — where the city’s story is set in stone. 🏛️

Stay tuned — the city has many more stories hidden in plain sight.

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Öffnungszeiten

Montag	10:00 - 19:00
Dienstag	10:00 - 19:00
Mittwoch	10:00 - 19:00
Donnerstag	10:00 - 19:00
Freitag	10:00 - 19:00
Samstag	10:00 - 19:00
Sonntag	10:00 - 19:00

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+4915751017777

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https://bbtours.berlin/

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