Timeout UK 12 May 2025
The best things to do in Berlin in 2025
“Get out of the centre to discover the ‘real’ Berlin with Alternative Berlin Tours”.
Berlin is not a city you visit. It’s a city that gets under your skin.We walk through Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg and Neukölln — where punk squats clash with new money, Turkish markets sit beside techno clubs, and stories are told through walls and lived out in the backstreets.
Our guides are locals, artists, musicians and writers. They don’t follow a script. They follow the streets.
We offer 5 different pathways into Berlin subculture.
From discovering Berlin’s subcultures on our Alternative Berlin Tour, chilling on our Free Tour, exploring murals on the Street Art Tour, creating your own piece in the Street Art & Graffiti Workshop, uncovering hidden stories on the Real Berlin Tour, or stepping into the underworld on our new Twilight Tour.
WHY CHOOSE US
Over the years, we’ve guided thousands of travelers, companies, and school groups — from backpackers to film crews to world-famous musicians and celebrities.
We’ve won awards for originality, professionalism, and quality, and been featured in:
The Guardian, BBC World, National Geographic, The Times, Lonely Planet, Sydney Morning Herald, EasyJet Traveller, Evening Standard, USA Today, and many more.
Berlin is scarred by war, divided by walls, powered by protest, and painted with resistance. It changes fast. It hides its soul. It’s chaotic and magnetic and we’re here to help you find it
For public tours please book your tickets here and for private tours send your request to info@alternativeberlin.com
