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Accommodation near Checkpoint Charlie

Finding accommodation near Checkpoint Charlie is being able to immerse yourself in the scene of many historic moments in Berlin and the world as a whole. 20th Century European history was written in the German capital that until 1989 was divided in two by the Berlin Wall, with the legendary Checkpoint Charlie being the only way between them.

Although today it is practically destroyed you are able to glimpse a fragment of the "Iron Curtain" on the Mühlenstrasse. From your accommodation near Checkpoint Charlie you'll be just a hop, skip and a jump away from the Homonym Museum where you'll find information about the separation of the city and about the attempts of Berliners to cross the wall from the old East Germany. You'll also be close to the Jewish Museum if you have accommodation near Checkpoint Charlie Berlin.

Located in the Kreuzberg district, Checkpoint Charlie was a border crossing and is today a powerful symbol of the Cold War. It was placed at a critical point in The Wall and served as an access point between East and West for the allies, diplomats and non-Germans between 1961 and 1990. Kreuzberg is divided in two large sections - Kreuzberg 61 and S036 (postcode numbers prior to 1993 with SO being the abbreviation of Südost, Southwest).

Leave your accommodation near Checkpoint Charlie Berlin and toast with German beer - in this the 21st anniversary of the fall of The Wall, which for 28 years divided the city, Berlin has been awarded a Prince of Asturias prize as a symbol of "understanding, coexistence, justice, peace and freedom in the world" and as a homage to those that fought to overcome the separation. Leaving your accommodation near Checkpoint Charlie Berlin you will today find a replica of the sentry box on the corner of Zimmerstrasse and Friedrichstrasse.