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The Berlin that inspired David Bowie's heralded 'Berlin Trilogy.'
Travel back to the late 1970s with a historian guide, seeing Hansa Studios where 'Low' and 'Heroes' were recorded, and 155 Hauptstrasse, where Bowie and Iggy Pop lived.
Together with a historian guide and your private group, see Hansa Studios and 155 Hauptstrasse, plus some of the clubs and cafes Bowie visited, gaining insight into how the Cold War and Berlin influenced him creatively.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Meet your historian guide at a central Berlin location.
See the real recording studio where 'Low' and 'Heroes' were made.
Visit the apartment building where Bowie and Iggy Pop shared a home in West Berlin.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
Travel back to the late 1970s with a historian guide, seeing Hansa Studios where 'Low' and 'Heroes' were recorded, and 155 Hauptstrasse, where Bowie and Iggy Pop lived. Together with a historian guide and your private group, see Hansa Studios and 155 Hauptstrasse, plus some of the clubs and cafes Bowie visited, gaining insight into how the Cold War and Berlin influenced him creatively.
David Bowie moved to West Berlin in 1976, taking a flat at Hauptstrasse 155 in the Schöneberg district, which he shared for a time with fellow musician Iggy Pop. Over the next two years, this unglamorous corner of a divided city became the backdrop for what's now known as his Berlin Trilogy — the albums Low, Heroes, and Lodger.
Much of that work was recorded at Hansa Studios, then just 200 meters from the Berlin Wall in an isolated stretch of West Berlin so close to the border that East German soldiers in a nearby watchtower could, and reportedly did, watch the sessions through binoculars. Your historian guide walks you to the actual studio building, still in use today.
The tour's centerpiece is the real story behind 'Heroes' itself: while working on lyrics at Hansa, Bowie reportedly looked out and saw producer Tony Visconti kissing a woman, Antonia Maass, near the Wall under a guard tower — a moment of ordinary human connection set against the city's hardest physical divide, which became the emotional core of the song.
Beyond the studio and the Hauptstrasse flat, your guide also points out some of the clubs and cafes Bowie frequented during this period, building a picture of how Cold War Berlin's tension and creative freedom shaped one of the most influential stretches of his career.
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