LGBT*Bike tour – Berlin invents homosexuality – history from 1850

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2 Hours 45 Minutes

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Offered in: German, English

Overview

In a nutshell: the story before stonewall *** LGBTQ movement startet before in Berlin *** lots of 1st’s *** interesting queer stories *** we bike slow, no hills *** bikes are available for 9€ a day by app in Berlin *** everybody who did the tour loved it *** a guide with passion ***

We see historical places and hear about queer history like the world's first public outing, the world’s first gay activist group, the worlds first gay and lesbian magazine, the world's first sexological institute and we dive into the nightlife of the golden twenties. It also explains how Berlin became such a liberal place.

We start Unter den Linden, pass by Brandenburg Gate and bike through Tiergarten, to Spreeufer, and finally discover in Schöneberg the queer areas of Nollendorfplatz and end at Motzstrasse.
The tour takes about 2.5 hours.

Please bring a bike or scooter. The city is flat and cycling is easy. you can book a bike via app from 9€ a day with “callabike”)

See you on the tour!

What's Included

Tour-Guide

E-bike/ Bike/Scooter

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Start time

02:00 PM

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The tour ends in front of the supermarket “Denns BioMarkt”, this is the place of the historic bar “Eldorado”.

What To Expect

Neue Wache

Introduction and we talk about the History of Homosexuality

10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz

Here Bebelplatz we here about that books of the library of the institute of sexual science and a bust of Hirschfeld were burned on May 10, 1933

10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted Under National Socialist Regime

Abruptly, harshly and cruelly the Nazis ended the acquired freedoms of the Berlin 20s. Today we commemorate this at the memorial for homosexuals persecuted under National Socialism

10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Gendarmenmarkt

Here we hear about, how a brave man, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, came out publicly for the first time in the world, and kicked off the scientific debate to prevent the Prussian Sodomy Paragraph.

15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

historic cruising area at today's Venusbassin, when Berlin was considered Europe's main market for homosexual johns who met in the Tiergarten at Goldfish Pond & gay path

10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bellevue Palace

Near Schloss Bellevue is the Magnus Hirschfeld-Ufer. Magnus Hirschfeld is the most influential homosexual activist of its time in which he founds the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee - Wissenschaftlich humanitäres Komitee (WhK), the first gay activist group in the world, and is also later equally founder of the Institute for Sexual Science. There he performs the first gender reassignment surgeries.

10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Berlin costume balls at the Nationalhof and Holondais on Denewitzplatz are a feature of the gay subculture and an object of study for international interested scholars. At the Dorian Grey the lesbian ladies celebrate.

15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bull Bar

The Kleist-Kasino was a hustler bar where Nazi greats like Ernst Röhm frequented. Founded in 1921, it is considered one of the most traditional gay bars in Europe. Today it is home to Bull, a gay fetish bar.

10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

From the beginning of the twenties, the focus of the scene shifted to Schöneberg around Nollendorfplatz an - until today one of the most important queer neighborhoods in Berlin.

15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Operated by Homolulu.Berlin

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Product code: 408213P1