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Charité Hospital Walking Tour: Exploring Berlin’s Medical History

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Berlin, Germany
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2 hours (approx.)
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Overview

Discover more than 300 years of medical history on this walking tour of Berlin’s historic Charité campus. Founded as a plague house in 1710, the Charité became one of Europe’s most famous hospitals and a center of groundbreaking medical research. Explore the red-brick campus and hear about Robert Koch, Rudolf Virchow, and discoveries that transformed our understanding of diseases such as tuberculosis. Alongside these medical breakthroughs, examine the darker chapters of the Charité’s history, including its involvement in Nazi racial medicine and its later role in socialist East Germany.

- Explore 300+ years of Charité history
- Discover the historic red-brick campus
- Hear about Robert Koch, Rudolf Virchow, and medical breakthroughs
- Uncover the Charité’s history under the Nazis and in East Germany
- See how medicine, politics, and society intersected across three centuries

What's Included

  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Guide
  • Visiting buildings in which clinical or university operations take place.
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Robert-Koch-Platz
10115 Berlin, Germany

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End point

Alexanderufer
Berlin, Germany

By the Humboldthafen canal a 10-minute walk away from the Berlin Central Station.

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Robert-Koch Denkmal

Discover why and how the Charité hospital - the oldest in Berlin - was established in the 18th century. See the monument of Robert Koch - the Nobel-prize winning scientist who discovered the cause of tuberculosis, anthrax and cholera, and was also responsible for the first pharmaceutical scandal in medical history.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Tieranatomisches Theater

Explore the oldest surviving academic building in Berlin, an 18th-century neoclassical gem where veterinarians studied animal diseases and hear the stories of how diseases were treated before the advent of science.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Denkmal Rudolf Virchow

Hear the story of Rudolf Virchow, the father of modern pathology and the founder of social medicine
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Denkmal Albrecht von Graefe

See the first monument in Berlin dedicated to a scientist and hear the story of Albrecht von Graefe, a groundbreaking ophthalmologist.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Charité Campus Mitte

Explore the beautiful neogothic red-brick campus. Find out how some doctors abused medicine during the Third Reich, while others helped everyone indiscriminately until the last days of WWII.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Design Offices Berlin Humboldthafen

See the place where several East Berliners attempted escape to the West by swimming across the city canal just outside Charité campus and hear the stories of life in the hospital during the socialist era and after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Charité Hospital Walking Tour: Exploring Berlin’s Medical History?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CET). Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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What's Included

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  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Guide
  • Visiting buildings in which clinical or university operations take place.

Additional Info

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  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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