Berlin Tour Guide

Jeremy gets huge amounts of praise on this board. He is a top-notch guide who is great for an overview of Berlin. One cannot go wrong with Jeremy.

I don't want to do anything to detract from your experience, but I always like to give one alternative for a traveler who is perhaps looking for something deeper. If a traveler is looking for someone who experienced Berlin history from birth, I would recommend Robert Sommer. He was the 15-year-old son of a high-ranking East German bureaucrat at the time the Berlin Wall fell and was a part of the punk rocker scene during that time. He can talk about growing up in East Berlin. He can give a firsthand account of his experience of the fall of the Berlin Wall (along with that of his family). He can talk about punk rocker vs neoNazi fights/battles in which he participated. He can talk about squatting in old, rundown, abandoned tenements in East Berlin after reunification. He can talk about university life in Berlin (earned a PhD in history). He can talk about being married to a woman who was at one time in Germany's Parliament. He is a fascinating guy with a truly remarkable history to share. I've done many off-the-beaten-path things with him -- everything from exploring underground bunkers that held nuclear warheads on a former Soviet military base to visiting places pretty much no tourist/traveler visits in Berlin (like the old East German Marzahn high-rise residential. development and its neighbor, the Old Marzahn village that has existed since the Middle Ages).

Can I be tacky for a sec? His website said it’s pay want you want…how much are people paying?

We budgeted 100 euro hour for 4 people. We were with him for 5 hours, Each couple gave him $300 euro for $600 total and it was totally worth it.