Explore Munich’s History and Culture with a Local
Discover Munich during a 90-minute walk which tells you all you need to know about the city, its history, culture and the local lifestyle.
While walking through the city and getting to know more about Bavaria’s culture and history, you will get an insight into the customs and traditions of Germany.
I will share with you the details of the colorful and multi-faced Munich while we deep dive into the world of history and culture of my city.
On tour with a friend and his luxury van
a friend in heidelberg is the name of my service. Many guests of mine told me that this describes extremely well what I have to offer.
The stops mentioned under "Itinerary" are possible destinations of our tour. I am more than happy to compose an individual tour, which is based entirely on your preferences and wishes.
I was not only born in the famous historical city of Heidelberg and know the area extremely well, but also lived and worked in the US and hence speak fluent English. If you wish, I can help you with the organization of your trip ahead of time.
Fall in Love with Munich in a Private Old Town Walking Tour
The tour is designed to make your acquaintance with Munich in a brief, but many-sided manner. We will pace along a 1,5 km route to discover together Munich’s old town, assembling piece by piece parts of the city’s past and modernity into a colourful puzzle of history, architecture, brewing traditions and gastronomic symbols, royal heritage and folk costume, bygone hotspots of Nazism and strongholds of religion, witty Bavarian humour and centuries-old legends.
You will find out how salt and wine helped the city emerge and why a child monk is its symbol. You will visit the world’s most famous beer hall to eyewitness the local beer drinking culture and discover the story of the Oktoberfest. You will learn how an ancient dance connected the 16th-century plague epidemic and the modern-times Coronavirus pandemic and how the bow tied on the apron of a dirndl can encourage to or discourage from flirting with a woman. All that while enjoying Munich’s sights and taking in its atmosphere.
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site And Third Reich Day Tour From Munich
Join this full-day, small-group tour that combines a visit to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site and a Third Reich walking tour of Munich. First, visit Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany. Tour it with a licensed professional guide, and listen to the stories of how it served for a model of all the other camps that came after it. Then, return to Munich to learn about its association with the Nazi party, and get insight into this dark chapter of Germany's past. PLEASE NOTE CHILDREN UNDER 14 ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE TOURS
Private 2-Hour Hamburg Highlights Walking Tour
We aim to offer exciting and interactive walking tours that will allow you to immerse yourself in everything the wonderful city of Hamburg has to offer. Yes we want to show you the big highlights of the city but also the little gems hidden around corners and down small streets that other visitors never get to see.
A crash course in Hamburg's history, culture and cuisine in one compact tour. Covering must see highlights including the Townhall, the Warehouse-district, the Elbphilharmonie and the Harbour as well as many more hidden gems!
This tour is ideal for those who want to see as much of hamburg in a short period of time. The tour covers our rich history all the way from the birth of the city up until modern day.
The tour will be a walking tour with a light activity level. A short break is included in the middle of the tour upon request. Guests may also customize their tour - for customizations please contact us in advance of the tour date.
Groups of 15+ persons upon request.
The Original True Crime Walking Tour of Munich
Calling all True Crime Junkies! This is Munich's ORIGINAL True Crime Tour - an intimate, small-group tour designed by lovers of murder shows for lovers of murder shows! With a city as old as Munich, there is no shortage or real horror stories that have spilled blood on its beautiful cobbled streets. Tour Munich's old town and hear chilling tales of crime and punishment spanning from medieval times right up to the present. CONTENT WARNING: This small-group tour contains graphic details of various true crimes including; terrorism, Nazi Germany, serial killers, murders, executions, cannibalism and kidnapping. It may not be suitable for young children.
Private Tour: Berlin by Trabant Stretch-Limousine
See the sights of
Berlin by
Trabant stretch-limousine! With more room and a little more luxury than the standard Trabant cars of the former German Democratic Republic, the customized vehicle is the perfect mode of transport for a tour of the city. Learn about Berlin’s history from a private guide, enjoy commentary tailored to your interests and see sights such as Checkpoint Charlie, Museum Island, Berlin TV Tower, Government district and many more. Entrance fees and food are at your own expense.
2 1/2h Guided Bicycle Tour Discover Heidelberg
A guided tour on a bike is the best way to get to know a city. Our tour shows the famous Old Town as well as other exciting parts of Heidelberg. The relaxed pace allows us to be right at the heart of things while we don't have to compromise on range and get to know the lesser known parts of Heidelberg, too.
Munich in the 3rd Reich and WW2 private walking tour
Munich was the birthplace of the Nazi Party and as such is an important place to visit for any student of WW2. On this walking tour you will learn about the rise of Hitler and the N.S.D.A.P., how they gained power and the role the city played during WW2.
On this walking tour you will visit key sites associated with this period. This tour is fully illustrated with period artefacts to further your understanding of the period.
If you are based in the city centre we can meet in the main square - Marienplatz - otherwise we meet in the main train station (Hauptbahnhof). at the foot of platform 24, which is in the main hall (ground floor).
Our guides are all well read on this subject and typically have a professional history background.
Your private 3-hour Hamburg driving tour with a former policeman
Welcome to our beloved Hamburg.
I am a former and long-time police officer, born and raised in Hamburg in the fourth generation. I know every stone, every street and every story in Hamburg.
Enjoy your very private 3-hour city tour of Hamburg in a luxury vehicle with no other strangers.
To receive a personalized service, the tour is only for your private group of up to four people and includes refreshments on board. If your family or group is larger, we can expand up to six people for an additional charge.
Your professional driver will pick you up at your desired location and bring you back to your desired location at the end of the tour.
Guided Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site Tour with Train from Munich
Take a 5-hour tour to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, a place of reflection and education dedicated to the estimated 42,000 prisoners that lost their lives there. Take the train from Munich towards Dachau, which is located 10 miles outside of Munich and only a short journey away. PLEASE NOTE CHILDREN UNDER 14 ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE TOURS.
Nuremberg Third Reich Tour in Spanish
For centuries, Nuremberg was the secret capital of the Holy German Roman Empire, here the well-known Diets of Nuremberg were held, assemblies where the emperor of the Holy Empire met with the prince electors. For this crucial importance was chosen as a propaganda center during the Third Reich. Hitler considered Nuremberg the heir of the Germanic traditions, the capital of the congresses, wanting to keep alive the memory and the legacy of the powerful Germanic Empire of the Middle Ages in the Nazi structure.
Such was its significance that here resided one of the greatest representatives of anti-Semitism of the regime, Julius Streicher, the owner and promoter of the weekly Der Stürmer. The city acquired the title of German city par excellence, being presented as the most loyal locality to the regime of all.
Berlin Uncensored: A History of Sex & Freedom
Step into Berlin’s radical past on this unique walking tour, uncovering its wild nightlife, sexual revolutions, and hidden history. From the uninhibited 1920s cabarets to the birth of modern sex research, from Nazi repression to today’s sex-positive scene—explore the city where taboos were broken.
Highlights
✔ Augmented Reality (AR) brings Berlin’s lost nightlife back to life.
✔ Visit real locations tied to sex clubs, science, and censorship.
✔ Discover the first rubber condom—made in Berlin!
✔ Learn how Nazis controlled and censored sexuality.
✔ Get insider knowledge on Berlin’s modern club scene.
Led by a sociologist & sex educator, this tour includes 200+ rare photos, videos, and recordings for an immersive, unforgettable experience. Book now and explore Berlin’s uncensored past!
Cold War and Berlin Wall Tour in Italian
Discover the history of East Berlin and the Berlin Wall on an Italian-language tour. With this guided visit you can see the most important parts of the Wall and understand the history of communist Berlin during the Cold War.
From Füssen: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, and More Private Tour
Discover Bavaria on a private tour from Füssen to Neuschwanstein Castle, Linderhof Palace, the baroque Wieskirche, and the picturesque village of Oberammergau. A journey through history and beauty!
Our tour includes a visit to the Fairytale Castle "Neuschwanstein Castle" and "Linderhof Palace" with the picturesque village of Oberammergau with the visit of the famous Wieskirche (the church in the meadow)
The Memorial Tour: Visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp (licensed guide)
Berlin Sachsenhausen Tour: Join us for a one of kind tour event on an in-depth one of a kind visit to Sachsenhausen! This is the Birchy’s Berlin’s Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour. Concentration camps were a key instrument in the Nazis regime of terror, and the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was unique. The camp was the first purpose-built concentration camp within the Third Reich and the closest one to Berlin. It is also one of the most visited World War Two concentration camps in the world.
This tour is a complete visit to the memorial camp. The tour starts in Berlin City Center, where you will meet your guide, Aaron. After that we take a short train ride out to the Sachsenhausen Camp Memorial.
Aaron has held an Official Certified Sachsenhausen Tour Guide License for many years and has partaken in numerous courses as well as trained other Berlin Guides. His experience and one of a kind historical knowledge of Sachsenhausen makes this tour like no other!
Join Birchy or one of our expert guides on a public tour as we head to the north of Berlin and visit what was the closest concentration camp to the capital of the Third Reich, The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
We will look at the way the concentration camps system developed from ad-hoc prisons into purpose-built facilities and look at the multitude of functions, crimes, experimentation, murder and mass murder that occurred within (and sometimes beyond) the confines of the camp from the summer of 1936 - until its liberation in late April 1945.
We will look at the changing prisoner demographic in the lead up to and into the Second World,
Medieval Tour in Nuremberg in Spanish
From the city of Nuremberg today you can tell many stories and know the most representative, but in addition to Albrecht Dürer, Kaiserburg, Weinstadel and Christkindlesmarkt, there is another Nuremberg, partly forgotten, the Medieval and Hidden Nuremberg.
What will we see?
• Witches and witchcraft: when the hunting of sorceresses was the solution.
• Medieval legends with characters like the devil, the boy who cheated and knights who flew with their horses.
• Fountains of madness, love and death: From the source of the fools to the source of married life
• Trades in medieval life: Mendel's book
• The least desired job: the executioner
• The most feared trade: witchcraft
• The spark of Nuremberg, or like the invention, made Nuremberg a brand
• Kaspar Hauser: the orphan of Europe, or as palace intrigues came to light
• The city wall and its coordinates
• Weißgerbergasse: the most medieval alley in the city.
• And many stories
Individual City Tour -
Rickshaw Sightseeing in Berlin
For over 10 years I have been offering completely individual city tours in Berlin. My mission is to summarise the complexity of the capital with different and fascinating perspectives.
With me you get impressions about the development of the city: from its foundation, through the Kingdom of Prussia, the Nazi era, the GDR to the modern Berlin of today.
Whether a journey through history, a relaxed drive through the green Berlin (Tiergarten, Park Gleisdreieck, etc.) or capturing many beautiful photo motifs in well-known and hidden places. Everything is possible!
This is an individual tour.
The route can be personalised as desired.
This tour is also available for bigger groups (2 adults and 1 child per cab).
The guided tour can be in German, English, Italian, Spanish or French.
It is possible to order drinks separately.
BERLIN FULL in 3.5h (Guide + Headphones)
On this complete 3.5-hour tour through the heart of Berlin and its medieval neighborhood, you will discover, in a relaxed and enjoyable way, the most emblematic places of the city, with their stories and unknown facts, from its beginnings as a medieval town, walking through its streets. narrow and cobbled, until today, with its nuances of hyper cosmopolitan and diverse capital that it is today, highlighting the most important events in its almost 800 years of life.
Meeting point: Azem Bistro, you will see me with a ☂️ multicolored umbrella
This tour includes headphones, so you don't miss any of the guide's explanation!
I'm waiting for you to discover Berlin together!
In Depth Dachau Concentration Camp Tour (Private Tour)
Curt’s tours of Dachau are unique. He will lead you through every building, explain the history of the camp and you will be transported back into the history of the time period. He has spent over a decade building intimate relationships with Dachau survivors, a number of whom have taken his tours. As he leads you through original structures including the bunker, crematorium and gas chamber, it is through their eyes, their remarkable stories that horrors of Dachau can be understood. He also helps guests understand the social and economic conditions in Germany that lead a population to support such a system of oppression. Curt Milburn has completed the course work offered by the Dachau Memorial Site and is a fully licensed and certified Dachau Guide. He is also a native of the US and has been touring in Munich for over twelve years. Curt is fully vaccinated.
Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland All inlusive trip - Fantasy Tour
Experience the best of the Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland National Parks without having to worry about transportation on a full-day small-group tour. Travel to the parks by comfortable air-conditioned vehicle and enjoy all seasons avaliable guided hike to landmarks such as the Bastei Bridge, Sněžník Lookout Tower and Tisa Rock city (The Narnia Labyrinth). Lunch, entry fees, snacks, bottled water and hotel pickup and drop-off are included.
Night watchman torchlight tour in Munich
Follow the night watchman on his tour by torchlight and discover the legends of the city. Learn more about the life and work of the Warden. Hear stories and anecdotes, walk through dark alleys and see historical sights.
Heidelberg Exclusive Tour - Old Town, Scenic Walk & Castle Entry
This tour offers a captivating journey through the historic heart of Heidelberg, combining centuries of academic tradition, architectural beauty, and scenic landscapes within one of Germany’s most romantic cities. Beginning at the prestigious Heidelberg University, the route passes through the vibrant Old Town along the historic Hauptstrasse to the impressive Church of the Holy Spirit and the medieval Marktplatz, before reaching the iconic Old Bridge spanning the Neckar River. The experience continues along the peaceful Philosopher’s Walk, which offers panoramic views of the city, the river, and the surrounding hills that have long inspired scholars and artists. The tour concludes at the magnificent Heidelberg Castle, whose dramatic ruins and remarkable history reflect the city’s rich past while offering spectacular views over the Old Town and Neckar Valley.
Romantic Road Exclusive Private Tour from Munich to Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Immerse yourself in a true fairytale world from bygone times on this exclusive journey along the 'Romantic Road'.
Enchanting medieval villages & towns and a 12th-century castle nestled into a stunning landscape are at the heart of this tour. The Franconian hospitality complements this beautiful scenery with its delicious cuisine and great variety of excellent wines & beers.
Experience 4(!) former Imperial Cities, crowned by the tour of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, which are a memorable encounter with bygone centuries. Impressive town halls, massive forts, majestic churches and patrician houses all speak of their eventful past.
Enjoy an fully customizable full-day tour in our new and luxurious Minivans which is led by your expert tour guide.
He will give you space to enjoy numerous other sights as well while being at your disposal and alert to your needs & questions at all times.
We offer 9.5- or 11-hour tours, so that you can spend as much time as you want in your favorite places!