The preserved room at the Schloss Cecilienhof used for the 1945 conference in Potsdam that decided the post-war order of Europe and the division of Berlin
Tempelhof Airport, now closed, was the centre of the Berlin Airlift in 1948-49 relieving West Berlin with food and fuel when it was blockaded by Soviet backed East Germany
The Soviet War Memorial. A vast monument and cemetery in the former East Berlin's Treptower Park commemorating the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who died in the Battle of Berlin in 1945
The House of Ministries. The former Luftwaffe building became the first headquarters of the German Democratic Republic. This is part of an 18 metre mural which celebrated the social ideal but became a focus of protest
Stalinallee, (now renamed Karl Marx Allee). A flagship post war East German building project. The 2km long boulevard is lined with monumental eight storey buildings in the 'wedding cake' style
The Operation Gold spy tunnel. Some preserved remains of a tunnel dug by the British and Americans from the West into East Berlin in 1954 to intercept telephone communications and revealed to the Soviets by British double agent George Blake
The Berlin Wall. A lesser known section in Wedding just north of the central railway station, shortly to be built over as part of a large development project
Remains of the original Checkpoint Bravo. The main autobahn from West Germany into West Berlin was rerouted by the East German state to avoid a second short incursion into the East due to the winding route of the border near Wannsee
The Glienicke Bridge between former East German Potsdam and West Berlin Wannsee was the scene of a number of early morning spy swaps during the Cold War
Former ghost station Unter Den Linden. After the Wall went up two U-bahn lines passed from the West through the East and back into the West. The stations in the East were sealed and the trains passed through without stopping. The station is now renamed Brandenburger Tor
A preserved former East German border watchtower in Keiler Strasse, now in the centre of a modern housing estate. Gunter Litfin was the first East German escapee to be shot and killed from here
Teufelsberg, A U.S. military listening station. Now derelict, it was built on a hill of rubble from the war in the Grunewald, a forest in West Berlin
An East German radio set. Radios sold in East Germany did not feature Western stations on their dials but East Germans marked the stations with paper. It was widespread but strongly discouraged to listen to Western stations and doing so could bring you to the attention of the STASI
A nuclear bunker. West Berlin is dotted with many nuclear bunkers. It was considered a prime target for a nuclear strike. This bunker under a shopping centre is still maintained and has accommodation for 5,000 people
A button spy camera. The East German secret police, the STASI, managed a massive web of spies and informers to monitor and control the East German population and any westerners they came in contact with
The Trabant. A basic car with a composite body and a two-stroke engine produced in East Germany for most of the Cold War which became a symbol of the backwardness and ultimate failure of the managed economy
Friedrichstrasse Station: Located entirely in East Berlin, the station was an exception to other ghost stations - S and U-bahn trains stopped here and Western passengers could change to long distance trains on platforms walled off from the East Berliners. It was also a major pedestrian crossing point into East Berlin for Westerners
The Embrace. The East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain is the longest preserved section of the Berlin Wall. 1.3km long, it features paintings of hope and protest from artists worldwide. This is Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker kissing and based on a famous Cold War photograph
The Brandenburg Gate was adjacent to the Wall for 28 years. This iconic symbol of Berlin and Germany was isolated and inaccessible during that period but is now fully restored
Cold War tourism. A Japanese tourist takes a photograph of a photograph of the Wall near Checkpoint Charlie
A favourite with spies and black marketeers during the Cold War, this listed former Russian restaurant on Stalinallee (Karl Marx Allee) is now a conference and event centre for up to 2400 people
One of the original two transmitters of Radio in the American Sector in the Nuekoln/Britz district. Funded by the USA they broadcast propaganda programmes to East Germany and beyond
Found at all the important Cold war sites
This stunning sculpture 'The Day The Wall Came Down' by Veryl Goodnight erected near the former US military headquarters in July 1998 was a gift to Berlin from President George W Bush
Following the rerouting of the autobahn from West Germany into West Berlin to avoid a second incursion into East Germany and the closure of the original Bravo checkpoint, a new one was built at Dreilinden, 3km farther on
Despite the efforts of the GDR goverment, East Berliners were well aware of the superior technology of the West characterised by Mercedes cars and their giant rotating logo on a building near the Zoo, clearly visible in the East
A colloquialism for the border crossing at Freidrichstrasse Station where East Germans, who were all banned from crossing, said goodbye to visiting family and friends returning to West Berlin
In East Germany all typewriters privately owned had to be registered with the STASI (secret police), including a sample sheet of typing
This statue of Karl Marx (left) and Friedrich Engels, two of the most influential figures in the socialist movement was erected in East Berlin and has survived reunification. It is now a tourist attraction
This Nazi era building in East Berlin became a STASI prison and interrogation centre during the Cold War, housing political prisoners and those who wished, or attempted, to escape from the GDR
This memorial to those who died at the Wall during the Cold War is on the banks of the Spree river near the Reichstag