Beautiful life in West Berlin. Road and walking tour

"I miss Kurfürstendamm so much," the famous German song of the sixties sang. Indeed, in Ku'damma, if you do not live, then at least once there to visit. Three kilometers of elegant facades with showcases Rolex, Valentino, Chanel, Versace, antique shops, galleries and restaurants tell us the amazing stories of Berlin “golden twenties”.

At the very beginning of our trip we will see the main store in Germany KaDeWe, offering all the best from around the world. Even Vladimir Mayakovsky at one time could not resist and bought silk stockings here as a gift to Lila Brik.

We are also waiting for the Europa Center and the dilapidated church of Gedehnis-Kirche.

Let’s look into the guts of the “savage” of steel and glass, the holy of holies of German business, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Berlin, talk about musicals, jazz and glamorous clubs.

We will walk past Villa Grisenbach, where sky-highly expensive auctions are held, past the house of the first film actress Asta Nilsson and the museum of the famous female sculptor Kete Kollwitz.

I will show you a beer salon and a restaurant that have preserved the cozy atmosphere of the pre-war years. We dive through the glass doors of one of the facades and find ourselves in the “fourth dimension” of the designer hotel ZOO.

We pass the house where artists, actresses, scientists, journalists and priestesses of love lived.

This is the Grunevald Villa area. The political, financial and cultural elite has lived here for over a hundred years. Many villa owners have left their mark on history. We will see the houses of Isadora Duncan, Joachim von Ribbentrop, the Mendelssohn family and many others. We will also visit the iconic Patrick Helman Hotel, where the interiors of designers K. Lagerfeld and P. Helman are combined with the court aesthetics of the early 20th century.

But it's time to move on. Charlottenburg Palace and a luxurious Baroque garden are waiting for us, where I will definitely invite you in warm weather. I will tell you about the “philosophical” Queen Sophia Charlotte, about her tender friendship with the great scientist Gottfried Leibniz and about the “high relations” within the Prussian court. My other character will be the beautiful Queen Louise, who challenged Napoleon himself.

We are approaching the end of our journey. Would you like a coffee or a beer at the futuristic multi-storey Mercedes exhibition center?

If you want, we can also visit the museum-shop of elite Berlin porcelain KPM. This non-tourist museum deserves attention. Let us talk about the very unusual circumstances of the discovery of German porcelain, the questionable Geshefts of the Russian princes and the birth of the Hermitage. Production details, the music of Frederick the Great, designer compositions in brick niches and exotic prices for products - all this will complete the atmosphere of the holiday.

Come here! It'll be interesting!

Duration: 3-4 hours.

The cost of the hour: 50 EUR (1-2 people), 55 EUR (3-7 people).