Ku'damm: Haute Couture and Currywurst

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Ku'damm: Haute Couture and Currywurst

Berlin audio tour: Ku'damm: Haute Couture and Currywurst
This is a 1.2mi walking tour
It takes an average of 30 mins to complete.
$4.99
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About the Tour

The Kurfürstendamm is Berlin's grandest boulevard, home of the capital's poshest shops and finest Wihlelmine architecture. It's the street where one generation championed democracy, another rioted for socialist ideals and a third marched in the inaugural Loveparade. Walk in the footsteps of Marlene Dietrich, Christopher Isherwood and Fritz Lang. Wonder at the places where Kurt Weill penned ‘The Ballad of Mack the Knife’, Bertoldt Brecht called for a new kind of art, and Liza Minelli had an orgasm (on-screen). Then enjoy a spicy currywurst at Tom Cruise's favourite sausage stand. Welcome to Berlin -- there's no where like it in the world.

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Tour Producer

Author Rory MacLean has known three Berlins: West Berlin where he made movies with David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich, East Berlin where he researched his first best seller 'Stalin's Nose', and now the unified capital. His newest book 'Berlin: Imagine a City' (published in the US as 'Berlin: Portrait of a City through the Centuries') was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Washington Post whose reviewer called it 'the most extraordinary work of history I've ever read'.

Preview Location

Location 1

Introduction

Our Haute Couture and Currywurst walk starts here, in front of KaDeWe. The vast, century-old Kaufhaus des Westens in Wittenbergplatz is Berlin’s first temple to consumerism, and now the largest department store in Europe. The place is renowned for its jaw-droppingly expensive... Read More

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Major Landmarks

  • Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

  • KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens

  • Tauentzienstraße

  • Europa-Center

  • Bikini Berlin

  • Kurfürstendamm

  • Literaturhaus

  • Savignyplatz

  • THE STORY OF BERLIN

  • Bier's Kudamm 195

Getting There

Route Overview

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  1. Total distance
    2km
  2. Distance back to start location
    2km

Directions to Starting Point

Start outside Wittenbergplatz U-Bahn station, on Tauentzienstrasse, right in front of the KaDeWe. It's Europe's largest department store, and we'll start this tour facing it.

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Places to stop along the way

KaDeWe, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtiskirche (Memorial Church), Europa-Center, Bikini Berlin, Literaturhaus café, The Story of Berlin Museum, Bier’s Ku’damm 195 currywurst stand

Best time of day

Any time is good, but come hungry!

Precautions

Street crime is very rare in Berlin but do keep an eye on your wallet, especially in Ku'damm's more expensive designer shops...

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