New About Berlin App Showcases Berlin's History

All over the world, Berlin evokes the word ‘freedom’ – something reflected in many incidents and events, locations and stories.

Release time : 2018-09-18 17:37:04

source : visitBerlin

(Source: visitBerlin)

Over 200 short stories about freedom and unfreedom in Berlin

With audio and video material, free download in English and German

14 September 2018 All over the world, Berlin evokes the word ‘freedom’ - something reflected in many incidents and events, locations and stories. Now, visitBerlin had brought together over 200 of these for its new ABOUT BERLIN app. From today, ABOUT BERLIN is available in the app stores as a free download in English and German. Funded by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, the app is one plank in Berlin’s new tourism plan.

Christian Rickerts, State Secretary at the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises: “Freedom is Berlin’s brand essence. Locations of freedom and exciting stories can be found all across the city, not just around Brandenburg Gate. The ABOUT BERLIN app also takes you to some of Berlin’s fascinating places less visited by tourists. In this way, the app is one element in implementing our Berlin tourism plan with its focus on decentralised, city-compatible tourism.”

“We are presenting Berlin as an authentic historical location and inviting visitors to explore the city”, says Burkhard Kieker, CEO of visitBerlin. “At every turn in Berlin, you find traces of the twentieth century’s chequered history, and our app presents all those moments highlighting the struggle for freedom and against unfreedom.”

Over 200 stories - exploring the city with audio dramas

ABOUT BERLIN tells the chequered history of Germany’s capital city in over 200 short stories. The stories have all been selected in cooperation with the Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam. Historians, journalists and the visitBerlin team have researched the content for ABOUT BERLIN and written the stories covering the period from 1871 and into the future. Selected locations are also included as audio