Berlin
Charité Hospital Walking Tour: Exploring Berlin’s Medical History
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A closer look
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
Included
- All Fees and Taxes
- Guide
Not included
- Visiting buildings in which clinical or university operations take place.
Before you go
- Wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation conditions
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.