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DDR Museum
A hands-on museum of everyday life in East Germany, where you can sit in a Trabant and open the cupboards of a flat.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 1, 10178 BerlinDirections
- Getting There
- Hackescher Markt station (S-Bahn).
Why Go
Its displays recreate life in the German Democratic Republic, from schools and holidays to surveillance and shortages. A Trabant car and a furnished prefab apartment are among the exhibits.
It's beside the river opposite the cathedral.
Nearby in Berlin
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