A tour focused on architecture and social history, exploring the glamour, radical politics, street-fighting, artistic movements, Modernist housing complexes, and near-nihilistic decadence of the complex and contradictory roaring twenties – perfect for fans of ‘Babylon Berlin.’ On this tour, we’ll discover:
the political and economic chaos of the post-imperial era
radical activism and street brawls between Nazis and Communists
a spate of political assassinations: Walter Rathenau, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht
experimental art: Dadaism, Futurism, Expressionist cinema
architectural movements: Bauhaus and ‘New Objectivity’
the Admiralspalast and the cabaret scene
the light-filled housing blocks of the social democratic era
the Shell House and other iconic buildings of the 1920s
