Germany · LGBTQ-FRIENDLY
The 4 best lgbtq-friendly tours you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. The first one is first for a reason; start there.
Follow a guided 2.5-hour walk through Schöneberg’s gay landmarks, from the Nationalhof and El Dorado to Isherwood’s Berlin.
“Excellent, very informative, interesting and fun facts. So important to remember this history of Berlin about the LGBT community.”
Berlin queer history walking tour through Schöneberg and Kreuzberg, with Südblock, club lore, and a Schwules Museum stop in 3.5 hours.
“It was an amazing tour with an enthusiastic tour guide! We went by plcaes with important queer history and we learned a lot, in a fun way.”
A 2-hour Berlin tour with trans guide Gali Jaffe, starting by the Spree at Hirschfeld’s Institute, then Nollendorf, plus optional Urban Nation street art.
“Gali’s “Street Art and Berlin Gay, Queer, and Trans History” tour was such a great experience. She really knows her stuff when it comes to Berlin’s art and cultural history and made the whole tour feel super engaging by tailoring it to what our group was interested in. I went with my 16-year-old doughter, and we both enjoyed it so much. The snow that started falling during the tour made everything feel extra special and added this magical vibe. If you want to see a different side of Berlin and learn something new, I can’t recommend this tour enough!”
Join a 3-hour guided walk through queer Berlin, from Schöneberg and Hirschfeld to Cabaret sites and Cold War suffering, in English or German.
“Dan, who came to Berlin before the wall came down, gives a fascinating and super fun tour. With a lively, story-specific soundtrack, Dan led us through many neighborhoods and eras of Berlin and Germany's incredible queer history. This tour examines Berlin in particular as a gay capital of the world for the past 100 plus years, and the horrifying genocide of homosexuals (even Hitler's best friend) under the National Socialists. The tour also informed us about some of the most prominent gay forefathers and celebrities. We loved hearing Dan's perspective on queer cabaret culture during the Weimar era, but also what live was like for LGBTQ under Nazi persecution and…”
Germany broken up by the kind of day it makes — pick one and the full list is underneath.
