Berlin: The City Experience
🔹 Curated experiences: Every program is intentionally designed to feature guided learning, cultural engagement, and independent exploration experiences to drive global competency development, denoted on each itinerary with a blue diamond. Learn more about these experiences.
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany
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Day 2: Berlin
Meet your Field Director at the airportTake a walking tour of Berlin
With your Field Director you will see:
- Unter den Linden, Berlin’s most elegant boulevard
- Reichstag, an iconic landmark and home to Germany's national legislature
🔹 Cultural engagement: Visit the Holocaust Memorial, a large, modern park that features striking stelae, or concrete slabs, and venture into the Memorial’s Place of Information to find a list of all known Jewish Holocaust victims
Enjoy dinner in Berlin
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Day 3: Berlin
🔹 Guided learning: Take a guided tour of Berlin
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Brandenburg Gate, Germany's iconic landmark representing peace and unity
- Kurfürstendamm, a famous avenue that’s lined with shops, hotels, and restaurants
- Remains of the Berlin Wall, a physical and ideological divider now covered in political graffiti
Stop to take a photo at Checkpoint Charlie, a station that guarded the border between East and West Germany
Visit the Topography of Terror Museum, a history museum located on the site of buildings that served as the headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS
Enjoy your 3-day Berlin museum pass, which gives you access to over 30 exhibitions and museums
🔹 Guided learning: Gain insight into life on both sides of the Iron Curtain when you participate in an illuminating panel-led discussion
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Day 4: Berlin
🔹 Cultural engagement: Take an Alternative Berlin walking tour where you will see Berlin's art through the lens of various communities
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Berlin on your own
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Day 5: Berlin
Add this in-depth excursion:
Potsdam
Take a full-day excursion to Potsdam, where the postwar administration of Germany was decided at the 1945 Potsdam Conference. Potsdam was also the royal playground of Frederick the Great of Prussia; see baroque palaces, pavilions and the royal residence’s gardens. Take a guided visit inside either Sanssouci or Cecilienhof.
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Day 6: Berlin
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Berlin on your own
Enjoy dinner in Berlin
Visit the Reichstag, now a literal symbol of political transparency, and climb to the top roof terrace and massive glass dome
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Day 7: Depart for home
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Day 7: Berlin • Hamburg
Travel to Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany and an up-and-coming destination for young professionals
Take a walking tour of lively Hamburg and learn about the city from your Field Director
Enjoy dinner in Hamburg
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Day 8: Hamburg
Tour Hamburg by boat and take in views of this maritime city’s prominent landmarks
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Hamburg on your own
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Day 9: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany
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Day 2: Berlin
Meet your Field Director at the airportTake a walking tour of Berlin
With your Field Director you will see:
- Unter den Linden, Berlin’s most elegant boulevard
- Reichstag, an iconic landmark and home to Germany's national legislature
🔹 Cultural engagement: Visit the Holocaust Memorial, a large, modern park that features striking stelae, or concrete slabs, and venture into the Memorial’s Place of Information to find a list of all known Jewish Holocaust victims
Enjoy dinner in Berlin
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Day 3: Berlin
🔹 Guided learning: Take a guided tour of Berlin
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Brandenburg Gate, Germany's iconic landmark representing peace and unity
- Kurfürstendamm, a famous avenue that’s lined with shops, hotels, and restaurants
- Remains of the Berlin Wall, a physical and ideological divider now covered in political graffiti
Stop to take a photo at Checkpoint Charlie, a station that guarded the border between East and West Germany
Visit the Topography of Terror Museum, a history museum located on the site of buildings that served as the headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS
Enjoy your 3-day Berlin museum pass, which gives you access to over 30 exhibitions and museums
🔹 Guided learning: Gain insight into life on both sides of the Iron Curtain when you participate in an illuminating panel-led discussion
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Day 4: Berlin
🔹 Cultural engagement: Take an Alternative Berlin walking tour where you will see Berlin's art through the lens of various communities
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Berlin on your own
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Day 5: Berlin
Add this in-depth excursion:
Potsdam
Take a full-day excursion to Potsdam, where the postwar administration of Germany was decided at the 1945 Potsdam Conference. Potsdam was also the royal playground of Frederick the Great of Prussia; see baroque palaces, pavilions and the royal residence’s gardens. Take a guided visit inside either Sanssouci or Cecilienhof.
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Day 6: Berlin
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Berlin on your own
Enjoy dinner in Berlin
Visit the Reichstag, now a literal symbol of political transparency, and climb to the top roof terrace and massive glass dome
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Day 7: Depart for home
Add more days
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Day 7: Berlin • Hamburg
Travel to Hamburg, the second-largest city in Germany and an up-and-coming destination for young professionals
Take a walking tour of lively Hamburg and learn about the city from your Field Director
Enjoy dinner in Hamburg
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Day 8: Hamburg
Tour Hamburg by boat and take in views of this maritime city’s prominent landmarks
🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Hamburg on your own
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Day 9: Depart for home
Confidence • Curiosity • Global perspective • Empathy • Adaptability • Relatability • Self-Awareness
What's Included
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Transportation
Various modes of transport are tailored to your program. While some transfers are included, others may come at additional cost.
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Accommodations
Safe, comfortable lodging will be waiting for you at your destination.
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Select meals
Enjoy a combination of included meals and the freedom to explore local cuisine on your own.
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End-to-end support
Your dedicated EF team helps secure administrative approval and academic credit, provides enrollment tools, and helps establish your program’s ongoing presence on campus.
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EF Global Learning Toolkit
We offer various tools to help educators facilitate student growth abroad and on campus, including academically enriched travel programs, industry engagement opportunities, global learning resources, and a Global Competencies Assessment tool.
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Guided exploration
Gain insider knowledge and cultural perspective from licensed local guides: natural historians who provide cultural insights to enhance learning moments throughout the program.
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Field Visits
Experience academics in action during engaging visits with relevant organizations, thought leaders, and partners.
