Walk the bridge one spot at a time. Each stop shows what it was during the divided years and what is there now, plus where to stand for the photo. The old East-West border ran right across the water in the middle.
West · American sector Kreuzberg
East · Soviet sector Friedrichshain
1961–1989 border
Stop 1 of 6
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West bank
Then
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Now
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Your move
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Stations
Schlesisches Tor (U1, U3) west · Warschauer Straße (U1, U3, S-Bahn, M10) east
Best light
Late afternoon into dusk, when the neon and the brick both glow
Cost & time
Free to walk · about 10 minutes across if you stop for photos
Look for
A yellow U-Bahn overhead and the Molecule Man upstream through the arches