Eastsideseeing
The original Berlin
We would like to offer you an exclusive, firsthand experience of neighborhood culture and Berlin’s history. Authentic and humorous, far away from mass tourism, we give you a genuine feel for the real Berlin. Our tours are interesting not only for curious newcomers, but also for long-time residents who want to experience and understand their city and surroundings on a deeper level.
Falko and Markus were born in the German Democratic Republic and grew up in East Berlin. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, they escaped to the West and can share stories from this extraordinary chapter of their lives. Whether exploring the deepest East or the golden West, from Kreuzberg to Prenzlauer Berg, or even the classic sightseeing highlights — these two gentlemen will guide you on a fascinating tour through Germany’s capital
The original Berlin
We would like to offer you an exclusive, firsthand experience of neighborhood culture and Berlin’s history. Authentic and humorous, far away from mass tourism, we give you a genuine feel for the real Berlin. Our tours are interesting not only for curious newcomers, but also for long-time residents who want to experience and understand their city and surroundings on a deeper level.
Falko and Markus were born in the German Democratic Republic and grew up in East Berlin. Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, they escaped to the West and can share stories from this extraordinary chapter of their lives. Whether exploring the deepest East or the golden West, from Kreuzberg to Prenzlauer Berg, or even the classic sightseeing highlights — these two gentlemen will guide you on a fascinating tour through Germany’s capital
Markus Wiehler – Contemporary Witness, Former Performer, City Guide by Passion
Born in 1968 in East Berlin, I experienced a typical childhood in the German Democratic Republic — until politics changed my life as well, when my best friend was sentenced to one year in prison for attempting to escape across the Berlin Wall.
From 1984 to 1988, I trained as an acrobat in East Berlin. In January 1988, while still a student, I seized the opportunity during an acrobatics competition in Paris to make a spectacular escape to West Berlin together with three of my colleagues.
I spent 35 years on stage before ending my career as a performer in 2019. Today, I guide people through my city — with a special focus on the history of the Berlin Wall, which I know not from books, but from personal experience.
My particular area of expertise is also Berlin-Mitte — my original neighborhood, where I still live today. I don’t just show the city’s well-known highlights, but also hidden spots, courtyards, and forgotten traces of the GDR era, the wild 1990s, and modern Berlin.
Experience Berlin with a true contemporary witness.
Markus Wiehler – Contemporary Witness, Former Performer, City Guide by Passion
Born in 1968 in East Berlin, I experienced a typical childhood in the German Democratic Republic — until politics changed my life as well, when my best friend was sentenced to one year in prison for attempting to escape across the Berlin Wall.
From 1984 to 1988, I trained as an acrobat in East Berlin. In January 1988, while still a student, I seized the opportunity during an acrobatics competition in Paris to make a spectacular escape to West Berlin together with three of my colleagues.
I spent 35 years on stage before ending my career as a performer in 2019. Today, I guide people through my city — with a special focus on the history of the Berlin Wall, which I know not from books, but from personal experience.
My particular area of expertise is also Berlin-Mitte — my original neighborhood, where I still live today. I don’t just show the city’s well-known highlights, but also hidden spots, courtyards, and forgotten traces of the GDR era, the wild 1990s, and modern Berlin.
Experience Berlin with a true contemporary witness.
Falko Hennig
Falko Hennig, born in 1969 in Berlin, the capital of the GDR, was a Young Pioneer, a member of the FDJ, and trained as a typesetter.
Before the fall of the Wall, he escaped to West Germany and later returned to East Berlin. Falko is a writer, journalist, footballer, radio host, and since the early 1990s a city guide. His career as a Berlin guide began with sightseeing tours in a Trabant Kübelwagen, the type used by border guards in the death strip.
In addition to tours of the most famous sights and the Wall, he offers tours on literary and historical topics, e.g. about Kafka, Chaplin, Einstein, and Mark Twain in Berlin. Falko is the founder of the Charles Bukowski Society and plays football in the “National Team of Writers.”
He is a columnist for the Berliner Zeitung, where he writes about swear words and Berlin history. He was a punk, a squatter, a vagrant, has two adult daughters, and lives in Berlin in a books-filled apartment.
Falko Hennig
Falko Hennig, born in 1969 in Berlin, the capital of the GDR, was a Young Pioneer, a member of the FDJ, and trained as a typesetter.
Before the fall of the Wall, he escaped to West Germany and later returned to East Berlin. Falko is a writer, journalist, footballer, radio host, and since the early 1990s a city guide. His career as a Berlin guide began with sightseeing tours in a Trabant Kübelwagen, the type used by border guards in the death strip.
In addition to tours of the most famous sights and the Wall, he offers tours on literary and historical topics, e.g. about Kafka, Chaplin, Einstein, and Mark Twain in Berlin. Falko is the founder of the Charles Bukowski Society and plays football in the “National Team of Writers.”
He is a columnist for the Berliner Zeitung, where he writes about swear words and Berlin history. He was a punk, a squatter, a vagrant, has two adult daughters, and lives in Berlin in a books-filled apartment.
Vehicles
We do our tours with different vehicles. Whether comfortable with up to 8 people in the van, nostalgic in the Trabi, in the rickshaw, by bike or on foot. Contact us, we are happy to advise you.
Our Tours
The wall, story of the GDR, Checkpoint Charlie, Eastside-Gallery, RAW-Area, the Soviet Memorial, Karl-Marx- Avenue, Simon-Dach Straße, the Memorial of the Berlin Wall, Mauerpark, Bornholmer Straße, the districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Friedrichshain, Clärchens Ballroom, communism and Secret Service of the former GDR. more
Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag (German Parliament), Government quarter, chancellory, Victory Column, Potsdamer Platz, KaDeWe (biggest department store in Europe), Memorial Church, historical palaces, Museum Island, Alexander Platz, Gendarmenmarkt, Holocost Memorial, Führerbunker (Hitler´s bunker), the banks of the river Spree. more
Contact
Eastsideseeing | Markus Wiehler | Oranienburger Straße 69, 10117 Berlin | berlin@eastsideseeing.de
Phone:
- + 49 30-281 92 83
- + 49 172-391 92 57
Do you have questions?
We are happy to advise you on individual tours. Call us, we are looking forward to your contact!