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

files. The app is to be supplemented successively over the next months. With this app, visitBerlin is also primarily addressing the many Berlin visitors, from Germany and abroad, who are drawn to the city by its unique history.

Contribution to city-friendly tourism

ABOUT BERLIN enables visitors just as much as locals to experience the city as an authentic historical location. Along with well-known historical sites such as the Reichstag parliament building and Brandenburg Gate, the app also showcases decentralised locations or those less familiar, from Schönhausen Palace to the Kaulsdorf rectory or the Spandau ice cellar. In this way, ABOUT BERLIN gives a new impetus to users to explore sites away from Berlin’s centre as well, supporting tourism’s compatibility with the life of the city.

Technical Details

The ABOUT BERLIN app is free and available in English and German. It has been developed for Android and iOS smart phones. Once the app has been downloaded and installed, it also provides offline functionality. WiFi internet access is recommended for downloading the app, available in the app stores under ABOUT BERLIN. More details: www.visitBerlin.de/en/about-berlin

Facts

Content

Over 200 stories recounting Berlin’s history around the overarching themes of freedom and unfreedom and historical background

Four themed tours: The Path of Freedom, Berlin for Beginners, Berlin Wall Trail, Sites of Nazi atrocities in Berlin

Seven time periods: 1871–1918, 1918–1933, 1933–1945, 1945–1989, 1989–1990, 1990–2018, Future

Technical details

Compatible with iOS 9.0. (or newer) and Android

All content free

Audio books on 51 locations and stories

Tour editor: easy to compile individual tours

Multimedia content: Audio, video, images

All maps can be used in offline mode

English and German