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Where It All Began: Berlin’s Queer & Trans History Tour
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Where It All Began: Berlin’s Queer & Trans History Tour

By BerlinGuide.de
10 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $92 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • ✅ Explore Berlin, the birthplace of the modern LGBTQIA+ movement
  • ✅ See 200+ historic photos, videos, and rare audio clips on this multimedia tour
  • ✅ Learn about the world’s first trans identities and gender-affirming surgeries
  • ✅ Discover Berlin’s legendary queer nightlife, from the 1920s to today
  • ✅ Take AR selfies with historic figures and test your knowledge with quizzes

Activity location

    • Berlin
    • Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße 18, 10783 Berlin, Germany | We'll meet at Nollendorfplatz in front of Alnatura Super Natur Markt (Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße 18)
    • Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Berlin: AR Guided Tour of Berlin's Queer and Trans History
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 3:00pm
Price details
CA $91.86 x 1 AdultCA $91.86

Total
Price is CA $91.86
Until Thu, 13 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided walking tour led by a queer activist & gender scholar
  • What's includedWhat's included Augmented Reality (AR) elements to bring history to life
  • What's includedWhat's included Mixies: Take fun, personalised photos with Augmented Reality elements for lasting memories
  • What's includedWhat's included 200+ rare historical photos, videos, and archival materials
  • What's includedWhat's included Insider tips on Berlin’s modern queer nightlife and events
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPublic transport ticket

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: Children under 18 years

What you can expect

Walk through the birthplace of the modern LGBTQIA+ movement on this immersive guided tour. Explore 150+ years of queer and trans history, from the world’s first LGBTQIA+ activists to Berlin’s legendary lesbian and gay nightlife, feminist movements, and queer resistance under the Nazis.

Led by a queer activist, social scientist, and certified sex educator, this tour brings history to life through a multimedia experience with 200+ archival photos, videos, rare audio clips, personal quotes, interactive quiz questions, and Augmented Reality (AR) scenes.

WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE

️‍ The Birth of the LGBTQIA+ Movement
Walk in the footsteps of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and Magnus Hirschfeld, the pioneers who started the world’s first LGBTQIA+ rights movement over a century ago.

⚧️ The World’s First Trans & Non-Binary Identities
Discover the first gender-affirming surgeries, how trans people lived openly with “transvestite certificates”, and how the Nazis tried to erase this history.

⚢ Lesbian Nightlife & Feminist Movements
Step into the lesbian bars and cabarets of 1920s Berlin, where queer women found community and resistance. Meet icons like Claire Waldoff, Marlene Dietrich, and Josephine Baker, and uncover lesbian activism during and after the Nazi era.

Queer Nightlife in the Roaring Twenties
From underground drag clubs to cabarets, see how Berlin became a global centre for LGBTQIA+ expression before the Nazis cracked down on queer life.

️ LGBTQIA+ Life Under the Nazis
Understand Hitler’s contradictory stance on homosexuality, the persecution of queer people in concentration camps, and how queer resistance survived the Nazi era.

The Aids Crisis & Queer Activism in Divided Berlin
Find out how Berlin’s LGBTQIA+ community fought for survival during the Aids crisis, how SchwuZ nightclub became an activist hub, and why the Berlin Wall was called “the condom of the GDR.”

Queer Berlin’s Influence on Global Nightlife & Pride
See how LGBTQIA+ culture shaped Berlin’s legendary club scene—from Chez Romy Haag to Berghain—and how today’s Pride movements, Dyke March, and Folsom Europe continue this legacy.

A TOUR LIKE NO OTHER: A FULLY IMMERSIVE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE

This is not just a walking tour—it’s an interactive journey through queer history!

See history with 200+ archival photos & videos
Test your knowledge with fun interactive quiz questions
Take Mixies: Augmented Reality selfies with historic queer activists
See history come alive with immersive digital recreations & interactive AR scenes

WHO IS THIS TOUR FOR?

️‍ LGBTQIA+ travellers & allies looking for an authentic queer experience
History lovers interested in untold stories of queer & trans resistance
️ Berlin locals who want to connect with their city’s queer heritage

Book now and walk through 150+ years of queer and trans history in Berlin!

Location

Activity location

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    • Berlin
    • Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße 18, 10783 Berlin, Germany | We'll meet at Nollendorfplatz in front of Alnatura Super Natur Markt (Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße 18)
    • Berlin, Berlin, Germany