Checkpoint Charlie

Checkpoint Charlie was the Western Bloc's name for the best-known crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, becoming a symbol of the Cold War, representing the separation of East and West.
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  • Border post
  • …lies at an elevation of 41 metres (135 feet)
  • …is also known as “Check Point C”
  • Description: border checkpoint between East Berlin and West Berlin

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wall Museum and Topography of Terror.
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The – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie is a private museum in .
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The is an outdoor and indoor history museum in , . is situated 430 metres west of Checkpoint Charlie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.
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Checkpoint Charlie

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Latitude
52.5071° or 52° 30′ 26″ north
Longitude
13.3905° or 13° 23′ 26″ east
Open location code
9F4MG94R+R6
Geo­Names ID
6944057
Wiki­data ID
Q68689

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Checkpoint Charlie” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Arabic: “نقطة تفتيش تشارلي”
  • Armenian: “Չեքփոյնթ Չարլի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çekpoynt Çarli”
  • Basque: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Belarusian: “Checkpoint C”
  • Belarusian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Belarusian: “Чэкпойнт Чарлі”
  • Breton: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Bulgarian: “Чекпойнт Чарли”
  • Catalan: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Chinese: “查理检查站”
  • Chinese: “查理檢查哨”
  • Chinese: “查理檢查哨博物館”
  • Croatian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Czech: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Danish: “Checkpiont Charlie”
  • Danish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Dutch: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Dutch: “Checkpoint Charly”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نقطة تفتيش تشارلى”
  • Esperanto: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Finnish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • French: “Check Point Charlie”
  • French: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • French: “Friedrichstraße”
  • Galician: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • German: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Greek: “Check Point C”
  • Greek: “Σημείο ελέγχου Τσάρλι”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ק פוינט צ’ארלי”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ק פוינט צ’רלי”
  • Hebrew: “צ’קפוינט צ’ארלי”
  • Hebrew: “צ’קפוינט צ’רלי”
  • Hungarian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Icelandic: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Indonesian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Italian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Japanese: “チェックポイント・チャーリー”
  • Japanese: “チャーリー検問所”
  • Korean: “체크포인트 찰리”
  • Lombard: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Luxembourgish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Malayalam: “ചെക്പോയ്ന്റ് ചാർളി”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Norwegian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Persian: “ایست‌بازرسی چارلی”
  • Polish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Portuguese: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Romanian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Russian: “КПП Фридрихштрассе”
  • Russian: “КПП Чарли”
  • Russian: “Чекпойнт Чарли”
  • Russian: “Чекпойнт-Чарли”
  • Serbian: “Контролна тачка Чарли”
  • Serbian: “Чекпоинт Чарли”
  • Slovak: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Slovenian: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Spanish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Spanish: “Punto de control Charlie”
  • Swedish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Tagalog: “Tsekpoint Charlie”
  • Turkish: “Çarli Kontrol Noktası”
  • Turkish: “Checkpoint Charlie”
  • Ukrainian: “Чекпойнт Чарлі”
  • Ukrainian: “Чекпойнт-Чарлі”
  • Urdu: “چیک پوائنٹ چارلی”
  • Uzbek: “Checkpoint Charlie”

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