Final-year school trip to Berlin: the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie and the Sachsenhausen memorial (5 days)
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Reference RTO-05-444
- Duration 5 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
The Wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag dome and Checkpoint Charlie: in Berlin, pupils walk in the footsteps of 20th-century history.
No city tells the story of the 20th century like Berlin. On this final-year trip, pupils climb into the Reichstag dome, pay their respects at the Holocaust Memorial and the Sachsenhausen camp, follow the line of the Wall from Bernauer Straße to the East Side Gallery and pass through Checkpoint Charlie, before discovering daily life in the GDR and today's reunified Berlin. The departure date and time are set with your school in the quote. The journey is made in daytime, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours on the road, and the coach stays with the group on site throughout the stay.
Programme
Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Berlin
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Berlin (about 650 to 800 km, i.e. 7.5 to 9 hours excluding breaks depending on the departure point).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
- Two drivers take turns at the wheel; free lunch at a motorway service area.
- Arrival in Berlin in the late afternoon and a first stop at the Brandenburg Gate.
- Check-in at the accommodation for four nights, dinner and a quiet evening.
Day 2: Berlin of institutions and remembrance
- Visit to the glass dome of the Reichstag, seat of the Bundestag (free, with advance registration arranged by us).
- The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and its information centre (free admission).
- Walk along Unter den Linden to Bebelplatz, site of the 1933 book burning, and to Museum Island.
- Visit to the Topography of Terror, on the site of the former Gestapo headquarters (free admission).
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 3: In the footsteps of the Wall
- The Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Straße, with its observation tower and the last complete section of the border strip (free admission).
- The Tränenpalast, the former border crossing at Friedrichstraße station (free admission).
- Checkpoint Charlie and visit to the Wall Museum (Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie) (on request).
- Walk along the East Side Gallery, the longest surviving stretch of the Wall, covered in murals.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: Sachsenhausen and GDR Berlin
- Drive to Oranienburg (about 45 min) and visit to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial and museum (free admission), with a guided tour (on request).
- Return to Berlin and free lunch.
- Visit to the DDR Museum, devoted to daily life in East Germany (on request).
- Supervised free time on Alexanderplatz and a trip up the TV Tower (on request).
- Dinner and last supervised evening.
Day 5: Return to Belgium
- Rooms vacated after breakfast and departure around 8 a.m.
- Daytime drive back to Belgium, with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
- Free lunch on the way.
- Arrival at your school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school, with the coach at the group's disposal throughout the stay
- The services of two drivers, given the length of the journey
- 4 nights in a hotel or youth hostel in Berlin, rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the accompanying staff
- Half board (breakfast and dinner), from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 5
- Registration for the visit to the Reichstag dome
- The coach excursion to the Sachsenhausen memorial and the transfers included in the programme
- Free places for the accompanying staff (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Accommodation for the drivers
- Road costs, parking fees and tolls
The price does not include
- Visit to the Wall Museum (Mauermuseum – Haus am Checkpoint Charlie)
- Guided tour of the Sachsenhausen memorial
- Visit to the DDR Museum
- Trip up the Berlin TV Tower
- Lunches (not included; hotel packed lunches on request), and drinks
- Admission to museums and monuments not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money and personal expenses
Good to know
- Valid identity card or passport, signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure.
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night. Given the length of the journey (about 650 to 800 km), two drivers take turns on the way there and back.
- Supervision is provided by the accompanying teachers; each pupil signs a code of conduct based on the school rules (no alcohol for minors or on the coach, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions during free time, respectful dress and behaviour at the memorials, where inappropriate photos and selfies are prohibited).
- The pupil list and rooming list are entered in the school's online area (Excel import possible); rooms are allocated according to your instructions.
- Recommended period: all year round, bearing in mind that Berlin winters are cold; the Reichstag dome requires registration several weeks in advance with the names and dates of birth of the participants, and ID is checked at the entrance. Germany uses the euro and the same electrical sockets as Belgium. Lunches are not included: allow around €10–15 per pupil per day; currywurst and döner, two Berlin classics, remain inexpensive.
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- From 20 participants
- On the date of your choice, departing from near you
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Free places
- 25 →+125 paying participants: 1 free place(s)
- 50 →+350 paying participants: 3 free place(s)
- 75 →+475 paying participants: 4 free place(s)
- 100 →+6100 paying participants: 6 free place(s)
Quote request
Final-year school trip to Berlin: the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie and the Sachsenhausen memorial (5 days)
Choose your date, your pick-up points and the options you like: we will send you a personalised quote, free and without obligation.
- Free, no-obligation quote
- From 20 participants
- From the departure point of your choice
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