Queer Berlin Tour: the Queer Capital of Europe

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Descripción general This tour goes beyond the dominant narratives to tell a fascinating story aimed at everyone!

Discover Berlin's ambivalent queer history, including both periods of remarkable sexual experimentation and of horrific repression and persecution.

Berlin is the queer capital of Europe and has been a pioneer of gay and lesbian rights since the late 19th Century, despite the notorious “Section 175” of the German penal code, which continued to criminalise male homosexuality for decades after the end of the Second World War.

Explore Berlin’s gay neighbourhood, Schöneberg, home of Marlene Dietrich and chronicled by Christopher Isherwood and Otto Dix. Visit the Eldorado, one of Berlin’s oldest gay and transvestite bars, and frequented by openly gay Nazi SA leader Ernst Röhm. Visit a memorial to the homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis and find out how openly queer and transgendered individuals found assistance from advocates such as Magnus Hirschfeld, whose Institute for Sexual Science was shut down in 1933, its library destroyed in the infamous Nazi book-burning.

Also visit the vibrant neighbourhood of Kreuzberg to get a feel for what life is like today for queer individuals in Berlin. Find out how queer figures from the Prussian King Frederick the Great to openly gay mayor Klaus Wowereit have shaped the history of Berlin, a city which still believes a “kiss-in” to be the best form of protest, and finish the tour near to the Gay Museum. Información adicional Clients must reach the meeting point 15 minutes prior departure Welcome Card is not included, but is available as a supplement: €10.- per person We use public transport on this tour. If you have a valid rail pass, please bring it with you or buy a train ticket from the guide (AB day pass at €7.00) Incluye Guided walking tour Professional guide No incluye Hotel pick-up and drop-off Other services not specified Política de cancelación Cancellations made at least 4 days before departure: no penalty.
Cancellations made 3 days before departure or no-show: 100% tour price penalty. Punto de encuentro Neue Promenade 5 (Outside Weihenstephaner restaurant opposite Hackescher Markt S-Bahn station)

Queer Berlin Tour: the Queer Capital of Europe

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