Charité Hospital Walking Tour: Exploring Berlin’s Medical History
Overview
Discover more than 300 years of medical history on this walking tour of Berlin’s historic Charité campus. Founded as a plague house in 1710, the Charité became one of Europe’s most famous hospitals and a center of groundbreaking medical research. Explore the red-brick campus and hear about Robert Koch, Rudolf Virchow, and discoveries that transformed our understanding of diseases such as tuberculosis. Alongside these medical breakthroughs, examine the darker chapters of the Charité’s history, including its involvement in Nazi racial medicine and its later role in socialist East Germany.
- Explore 300+ years of Charité history
- Discover the historic red-brick campus
- Hear about Robert Koch, Rudolf Virchow, and medical breakthroughs
- Uncover the Charité’s history under the Nazis and in East Germany
- See how medicine, politics, and society intersected across three centuries
What's Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Guide
- Visiting buildings in which clinical or university operations take place.
Meeting Location
Robert-Koch-Platz
10115 Berlin, Germany
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
Alexanderufer
Berlin, Germany
By the Humboldthafen canal a 10-minute walk away from the Berlin Central Station.
What To Expect
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Robert-Koch Denkmal
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Tieranatomisches Theater
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Denkmal Rudolf Virchow
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Denkmal Albrecht von Graefe
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Charité Campus Mitte
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Design Offices Berlin Humboldthafen
20 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Activity code: C-313720P2
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