True Crime Berlin

What's the walk about?

Welcome to Berlin, a city that has reinvented itself more often than any other capital in Europe — royal residence, Weimar metropolis, divided Cold War frontier, reunited hipster heartland. But every version of Berlin produced its own crimes, and in the historic heart of Mitte they lie layered on top of each other: pistol shots at Prussian kings, a Stasi officer defecting through a border checkpoint, a show trial in a university lecture hall, a gold coin wheeled out of a museum, a fur coat that toppled a mayor. On this walk we follow the trail of Berlin's most notorious real cases, standing on the exact spots where they happened.

What you'll see

1. 1

   The Spy Who Walked Out - Tränenpalast

   Museum

2. 2

   Shots on the Boulevard - Unter den Linden

   Boulevard

3. 3

   The Philosopher's Show Trial - Humboldt-Universität

   University

4. 4

   The 100-Kilo Coin - Bode-Museum

   Museum

5. 5

   The Unsolved Attack - Neues Museum

   Museum

6. 6

   Two Shots at the King - Humboldt Forum

   Palace

7. 7

   The Fur Coat Affair - Rotes Rathaus

   Town hall

8. 8

   A Hand in Brass - Rathausstraße

   Memorial

9. 9

   Buddha of the Murder Squad - Alexanderplatz

   Memorial