The longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall — now the world's largest open-air gallery.
Stretching 1.3 kilometers along the Spree river, the East Side Gallery preserves the raw emotional power of the Berlin Wall through over 100 murals painted by artists from around the world.
Dimitri Vrubel's 'My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love' — the famous Brezhnev-Honecker kiss — is here. So are dozens of lesser-known works that range from political fury to whimsical hope.
But the real story is the Wall itself. Touch the concrete. Look at the graffiti that was never meant to be art. Walk along the Spree and imagine this was once a death strip where people died trying to cross.
Quick Facts
52.5050°N, 13.4398°E
~95K
on foot
The Spree side (east) of the wall has the original 'forbidden zone' markings still visible. Most tourists miss this.