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From a Prussian king who became a queer icon to 1990s techno culture.
Find out about what it was like to be a member of Berlin's LGBTQ community throughout the ages, from a Prussian king who became a queer icon to the hedonistic 1920s and the techno influence of the 1990s.
A private walking or car tour tracing Berlin's LGBTQ history across the centuries — including a Prussian king who became a queer icon, notable figures from the hedonistic 1920s, WWII-era persecution, and the techno influence of the 1990s.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Meet your guide at a central Berlin location, or choose the car-tour option for door-to-door pickup.
From Prussian royalty to 1990s club culture.
Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.
Find out about what it was like to be a member of Berlin's LGBTQ community throughout the ages, from a Prussian king who became a queer icon to the hedonistic 1920s and the techno influence of the 1990s. A private walking or car tour tracing Berlin's LGBTQ history across the centuries — including a Prussian king who became a queer icon, notable figures from the hedonistic 1920s, WWII-era persecution, and the techno influence of the 1990s.
Berlin's queer history didn't begin in the 1920s, though that decade is often where the story starts. In 1919, physician and sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld opened the Institute for Sexual Science here — the first institution in the world to combine research, counseling, and medical care around sexuality and gender identity. It operated for fourteen years before the Nazis plundered and shut it down in 1933, burning much of its library in the process.
The criminalization that followed didn't end with the war. Paragraph 175, the law used to persecute gay men under the Nazis, was only loosened — not repealed — in 1968 in East Germany and 1969 in the West, and it wasn't fully struck from German law until 1994, well after reunification. That long, uneven legal history is part of what this tour traces, alongside its more celebratory chapters.
Near the Brandenburg Gate stands the Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under National Socialism, unveiled in 2008 — an asymmetrical concrete block containing a looping film of a same-sex couple, a quieter counterpart to the much larger Holocaust Memorial nearby. An estimated 10,000 gay men were deported to concentration camps under the Nazi regime, identified by the pink triangle. Whether you choose to walk or ride, your guide adapts the route and pace to your own group's interests.
Every Voyzo tour is a starting point — tell us what you have in mind and we'll build it.
