East Side Gallery

East Side Gallery

　 Guide During the period of separation, colorfully decorated painters and artists used the wall as their canvas, with the western side of the Berlin Wall being a favored spot for painting. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, some renowned spray-paint artists created artworks on the eastern side of the preserved section, giving birth to today’s gallery.

On September 28, 1990, the world’s largest open-air gallery officially opened between Ostbahnhof and Oberbaum Bridge. 180 artists from 21 countries created paintings on various themes along a 1,316-meter-long section of the Berlin Wall. In 1991, this segment of the Berlin Wall was designated as a protected monument.

Among the most famous works are Dimitri Vrubel’s “Fraternal Kiss,” Gunther Schaefer’s “Fatherland,” and Gerhard Lahr’s “Berlin–New York.” These paintings have suffered severe damage over the years and are currently under restoration. 　 Introduction Located at Mühlenstr. 10243 Berlin, the Berlin Wall tightly enclosed West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the German Democratic Republic. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and German reunification in 1990, the Wall was gradually dismantled piece by piece. Today, only a few remnants of the Berlin Wall remain. Website: www.eastsidegallery.com Transport S-Bahn: S3 S5 S6 S7 S9 S75; Warsaw Street Station (Warschauer Str.); U-Bahn: U1 U12 U15 Warsaw Street Station (Warschauer Str.); Bus: Routes 140 142 340 147

Berlin, Germany