Discover the unbelievable history of sexuality in Berlin in this one-of-a-kind guided city tour with Augmented Reality elements!

Explore Berlin’s History As You’ve Never Experienced It Before Experience Berlin’s Most Sexual and Thrilling Era: The Roaring Twenties Discover the Origins of Sexual Science Understand the Struggles of Marginalized Communities Find Out What Happened in Nazi Germany Learn about Sexuality in Berlin Today Join a Certified Social Scientist and Sex Educator Tour Guide Enjoy a Fun Day with Augmented Reality
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔  Professional guide
✔  All taxes, fees and handling charges
✔  iPad Pro
✖  Transportation to/from attractions
Departure & Return
Departure:  ,

Departure Point: In front of the palace "Schloss Bellevue".
Address: Spreeweg 1, 10557 Berlin
Directions: Meeting point: Underneath the tree on the right side in front of the palace (when facing the palace). Careful if you look the address up on Google Maps as it sometimes shows "Spreeweg 1" to be behind the palace. It is in fact by the street!

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Itinerary
1
Bellevue Palace 1. Introduction 2. Nudism from the mid-19th century to the present day (focus on 1920s)

Duration:  10 minutes

2
1. Brief overview of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, “the world’s first gay man” 2. Brief overview of Magnus Hirschfeld, §175 and the world’s first organization for LGBTQIA+ rights 3. Feminism, Johanna Elberskirchen and Helene Stöcker 4. Hirschfeld’s theory of sexual intermediaries (Intersexuality; early trans identities; Dora Richter, Lili Elbe, Karl M. Baer and the world’s first gender affirmation surgeries) 5. The Institute for Sexual Science 6. The Sex Museum 7. Precursors to Viagra 8. The destruction of the Institute by the Nazis 9. Hirschfeld’s death, his legacy and post-colonial critique

Duration:  20 minutes

3
Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted Under National Socialist Regime 1. Ernst Röhm and Hitler’s attitude to homosexuality 2. The Night of the Long Knives 3. LGBTQIA+ people in the concentration camps

Duration:  10 minutes

4
Sex work, kinks and fetishes in the Roaring Twenties

Duration:  15 minutes

5
1. Lesbian life in Berlin in the 1920s 2. the lesbian club Toppkeller 3. the Lavender Song 4. Claire Waldoff 5. Josephine Baker, bisexuality and racism

Duration:  10 minutes

6
1. Christopher Isherwood in gay Berlin 2. From Isherwood’s novels to the cabaret musical

Duration:  10 minutes

7
1. The Eldorado as the Berghain of the 1920s, Drag and the so-called “Transvestites” 2. Ernst Röhm at the Eldorado 3. Vogue magazine’s search for “Berlin’s most beautiful woman”

Duration:  15 minutes

8
1. LGBTQIA+ Emancipation Movements in West and East Berlin 2. The sexual revolution and sexual satisfaction in West and East Germany 3. Nudism in the GDR 4. Rita Süssmuth and the AIDS crisis

Duration:  15 minutes

9
1. Folsom Europe 2. Sexual Clubs (Kit Kat Club, Insomnia, Berghain)

Duration:  15 minutes

Additional info
•  Wheelchair accessible
•  Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
•  Service animals allowed
•  Public transportation options are available nearby
•  Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
•  All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
•  Suitable for all physical fitness levels
•  Minimum age is 18 years
•  Please be aware that the tour will be cancelled in extreme weather conditions, like heavy rain or storm, and you will be fully refunded.
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duration:
3.5 hours
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Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.