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Checkpoint Charlie At the area of the former border checkpoint office buildings were built and the last empty sites will be closed with new office buildings in the future.
A short wall of bricks is the last original witness of the times of this world known border crossing point in the heart of Berlin.
A copy of the former Western Allied guardhouse was erected on the original place on August 13, 2000.
The Museum at Checkpoint Charlie, founded by Rainer Hildebrandt, offers an exhibition about the Berlin Wall in the style of the 70s and has become a museum in the museum.
The museum is opened daily from 9am to 10pm and worth to be visited.
  
Berlin Checkpoint Charlie Memorial  A 140 meter long section of the Berlin Wall was re-erected by the Museum at Checkpoint Charlie on October 31, 2004 and nearby, a field of 1,065 crosses represented all victims of the East German border system. The temporary installation was demolished in July 2005.
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Friedrichstrasse/Zimmerstrasse
Subway: U6 Kochstrasse
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