Cold War Checkpoint Charlie

Cold War Checkpoint Charlie is a museum in , which is located on Friedrichstraße. Cold War Checkpoint Charlie is situated nearby to the church , as well as near the health club .
blackbox-kalter-krieg.de
+49 30 2163571
  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “BlackBox Kalter Krieg”
  • Address: Friedrichstraße 47, Berlin, 10117
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Checkpoint Charlie and Wall Museum.

Photo: Adrian Purser, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

Museum
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The – Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie is a private museum in . It is named after the through the , and was created to document the so-called "best border security system in the world".

Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in , Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former that marked the start of the road from Berlin to , the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Cold War Checkpoint Charlie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Friedrichswerder.

Quarter
Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was an independent suburb of , and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood, situated in the locality of , part of the . It is identical to the town of , founded in 1662, which was an independent town until 1710.

Quarter
is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central , , which forms part of the locality of within the borough also called .

Cold War Checkpoint Charlie

Latitude
52.50798° or 52° 30′ 29″ north
Longitude
13.39066° or 13° 23′ 26″ east
Operator
Berliner Forum für Geschichte und Gegenwart
Open location code
9F4MG95R+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 307731758
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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