Greatest Escapes from East Berlin
Go on an exciting East Berlin quest where you will follow clues and solve puzzles to discover amazing places and local stories.
On this Berlin quest experience, you will uncover true escape stories from East Berlin and will visit Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz, a Watchtower, and many more.
Are you ready to Escape from East Berlin?
Highlights
Go on a mission along the Berlin wall and uncover the greatest escape stories from East Berlin
Visit Checkpoint Charlie and the Brandenburg Gate
Play a city exploration game by yourself, without a guide
Storyline
At the end of the Second World War, Germany’s fate was decided during the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences: Germany was split among the Allied Forces. Consequently, Berlin was also divided between Soviet Russia (East Berlin) and England, USA, and France (West Berlin).
The split through the heart of the city led to constant tensions, protests, and increasingly higher numbers of East Berliners fleeing the GDR (German Democratic Republic) through West Berlin. So, in 1961, the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall, making it almost impossible to cross from East to West.
You too live in East Berlin, but your brother is in the other half of the city. You want to join him, but for that, you must find an ingenious way to escape! You have no idea how, so you’ll start by closely studying the other great escapes.
Game route
Starting point S+U Postdamer Platz (Leipziger Platz)
S+U Potsdamer Platz (Bln) [Bus Leipziger Str.], 10117 Berlin, GermanyFinish point Brandenburg Gate
Brandenburger Tor 1, 10117 Berlin, GermanyPlaces you will visit
11
It will take you
57-87 mins
You will walk
4600 steps
Total distance
3.5 km
Points of interest
You will get to discover interesting places along the game route.
Brandenburg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
Ratings and Reviews
1141 ratings
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