ABOUT BERLIN 12+

Seeing Berlin through new eyes

ABOUT BERLIN is a digital city guide giving insights in Berlin's moving history.

Use the app's map function to find exciting and historical places in your vicinity and experience history and stories wherever you happen to be in the city.

Alternatively, you can put together your own individual city tour in advance.

ABOUT BERLIN has taken a new approach that brings history to life in surprising ways through storytelling. This free digital city guide app presents over 300 locations and events that have played a key role in shaping Berlin’s image as the city of freedom.

Reasons to download the App

• THE ABOUT BERLIN App is FREE - Download the app now for free and get more than 300 stories about Berlin's eventful history
• EXPLORING MADE EASY - Places and stories are easy to find using the map function
• USE THE CITY GUIDE OFFLINE - Images and maps can be used in full without an internet connection after installing the data on your phone.
• CHOOSE YOUR PERSONAL TOUR - Thematic tours take you on a journey through Berlin's history.
• CREATE YOUR OWN JOURNEY - Create your own list of Berlin tips that you would like to discover in Berlin and create your own individual tours.
• MULITMEDIA ELEMENTS - Many stories also available as audio book and with additional multimedia experiences.
• FIND NEW CONTENT - We regularly create new content for you - so you can always discover different sides of the capital.
• LANGUAGES - English and German version available

ABOUT BERLIN also takes you off the beaten track. Why? Because very few people know what lies behind these seemingly nondescript places – living history, fascinating stories, unknown aspects of politics, society and history in different periods.

What makes ABOUT BERLIN so special?
• More than 300 gripping tales tell the story of Berlin’s eventful past
• Meticulously researched details of seven periods in history
• New, unusual visual materials
• Astonishing facts about well-known locations
• Eye-opening insights into previously unknown places
• Infotainment instead of timelines
• No prior historical knowledge required
• Events are presented in a new light, so it is also ideal for history buffs
• Infotainment: perfect for classroom use
• Sheds new light on the city, its history and society

Hands-on history through lively infotainment

When you use the app, you can work your way through seven periods of Berlin history from 1871 to the present day and on into the future, or you can select individual stories and locations to explore.

Short introductions to each location encourage you to read the whole story and check out the links. Many locations also feature audio files and videos, making ABOUT BERLIN a truly multimedia experience. You don’t need any previous knowledge of history to use the app, but history buffs will also love the way the app sheds light on little-known events and throws up surprising nuggets of information.

Practical features

• All content provided free of charge
• Create your own individual tours
• Multimedia content
• All maps can also be used offline
• Available in German and English