Cycling & Pride: Free LGBTIQ* Bike Tour Berlin

Duration: 3 hours Age: For all ages

Homolulu Berlin, the LGBTIQ* bicycle city tour guides you through Berlin on the topic "Berlin invents

homosexuality - queer history from 1850-1935".

The Homolulu Berlin tour takes you by bike to historical places in Berlin and tells about homosexual history from 1850 to1935, like the world's first public outing, the world’s first gay activist group, the worlds first gay and lesbian magazine, the world's first sexological institute and we dive into the nightlife of the golden twenties. It also explains how Berlin became such a liberal place as it is today.

We start Unter den Linden, we stop at Gendarmenmarkt pass by Brandenburg Gate and bike through Tiergarten, we pass Bundeskanzleramt on our way to Spreeufer, and finally discover in Schöneberg the queer areas of Nollendorfplatz and Motzstrasse.

The tour takes about 3 hours, ending in Schöneberg at Motzstrasse.

Please bring a bike or scooter

Berlin is a city best experienced from a bicycle. The city is flat and cycling is not very strenuous. But then Berlin is sprawling, which makes it difficult to walk everything, so the bike is the perfect option.

There are many bike providers that you can book via app, here are a few options (prices may have changed).

Borrow a bike -callabike: “starter”, day for 9€ https://www.callabike.de/en/cities-berlin

-Donkey Republic: bike price, 4h about 7,5€, day 13€.

-Next Bike: bike price, 24h max 15€

-Lime / Tier: eScooter & bike price: changing offers

Meeting point We meet at Unter den Linden 4, in front of the Neue Wache, next to the benches right of the building (if your back is towards the street). I wear a colorful rainbow Adidas jacket.

Highlights

1. East Side Gallery
2. RAW Gelände
3. Tacheles Art Hourse
4. Kreuzberg Neighborhood
5. YAAM Beach Club

Important to Know The tour itself is free. However, at the end of the tour, you have the opportunity to tip your guide based on your experience and satisfaction.

Meeting Point East Side Gallery, Mühlenstraße, Berlin, Germany