{"id":3212,"date":"2021-04-15T06:24:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/?page_id=3212"},"modified":"2021-04-15T06:24:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T06:24:12","slug":"walking-berlin-wall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uberlin.co.uk\/walking-berlin-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking the Berlin Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Walking the Berlin Wall<\/h3>\n

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When Context Travel<\/a> invited us on one of their walking tours, we chose \u201cWalking the Wall\u201d, and then immediately regretted our decision! As tourist attractions go, we\u2019ve always found the Berlin Wall<\/strong> to be a deep disappointment<\/a> \u2013 after all, it\u2019s only steel and concrete, daubed in hippy-dippy murals. And surely, as Berlin residents and bloggers, we already know everything there is to know about this part of the city\u2019s past?<\/p>\n

It turns out we needn\u2019t have worried, because our guide Rasmus brought to life the human history of the Cold War era, with anecdotes gathered from unique sources like his older colleagues, stories running from the tragic to the ironic. We were particularly fascinated by the city\u2019s struggle to preserve a lasting legacy while balancing the interests of the people whose properties line the memorial site, and the broader population whose taxes are paying for it. True to the travel company\u2019s name, we got context in spades, and learned a great deal more about the history of the Berlin Wall. Choose a day with guaranteed good weather (if that\u2019s a thing), and book a \u201cWalking the Wall\u201d tour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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