I did three tours while in Berlin, and for someone who has never been to the city, do yourself a favor and book at least one tour with them! Make sure before you go on your tour, you have a valid train ticket since you will be taking public transportation. Also if you go on the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour, bring food with you since there will be no break for lunch. Also LAYER UP! Since the majority of the tours are outdoors. Jules and Duarte were both wonderful tour guides whom had endless upon endless information and made the tours exciting and informational. Jules really gave you an insight to what Nazi Germany was like on the Sachsenhausen Tour, and Duarte really broke down the separation of East and West Berlin on the Berlin Wall Tour. The next time I come back to Europe, I plan on seeing if the next city I visit has Sandeman's tours. read more

Nir's reich walking tour was the best! He is so sweet and funny and extra knowledgeable. Highly recommend you to take this tour, or any other with Nir. read more

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First time in Berlin. We had rodrigo as a tour guide. He was great! Definitely would recommend!

Lucy was great! I've been on multiple walking tours around the world and found her amongst the top few I've experienced. I would definitely do another tour if I was in Berlin longer. read more

I took the free Berlin walking tour with my tour guide being Lizzy. We met at Starbucks just before 11 near brandenburg gate. We were handed tickets with a number on them and told to stand on this 'island'and wait for our tour guide who would call out a number. The tour started shortly after 11. Lizzy introduced herself as a German American who studied the German language and German history. She has lived in Berlin for slightly over a year. She gave us a quick intro of how the tour would work ie we would cover three periods in German history - nazi Germany, German republic and I can't remember the third one. She started off with an introduction to the brandenburg gate and said that walking through it would take us to east berlin. Our stops included the holocaust memorial (made up of 2700 blocks),Hitler's bunker (now located under a used parking lot), the oldest hotel in Berlin (popularly known for mj dangling baby blanket outside his window), Berlin wall while standing on the death strip, checkpoint Charlie, Germany's prior air force building, with the tour ending at gendarmenmarkt. We stopped around 12.30 for toilet break, coffee and food. Lizzy has a loud voice, is very knowledgeable and very approachable when asked questions. It is a great free tour where you pay what you think its worth (usually from €10 euros up). However, I thought having 32 people on the tour made it hard to actually see the sights. Perhaps limiting th number of people that book places would be good especially since the tour runs three times during the day and everyday. read more

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My brother moved to Berlin last year and this past September into October 2019 I visited him there. I've taken many Sandeman's New Europe free walking tours in other countries and I really love them as a great way to see the central part of a city and learn a bit about its history. This was my first time in Berlin and I wanted that same background. John (my brother) and I had Ernestina as our guide. She was truly phenomenal. I have had many Sandeman's guides, and mostly been very happy with those guides, but Ernestina was one of the best if not the best. She was energetic and engaging. You could easily tell how much she loved the history behind Berlin and giving tours. Her tour was cohesive, interesting, and made the three hours fly by. In fact, my brother and I took a second tour with her in the afternoon because we enjoyed the free walking tour so much. Note: these are free walking tours in the sense that you don't have to pay in advance and can tip as much as you think the walking tour is worth at the end of the tour. Bring cash with you though so you can tip at the end of the tour. read more

Loved the recent walking tour I took with Franzesca. There were about 15 of us on the tour and she made sure we had enough time at each stop off point. She obviously loves history and knows Berlin very well but didn't bombard us with facts. The tour, with comfort break, took around 3 hours taking in most of the central sites and giving us enough of an orientation to be able to find other points of interest we didn't cover. The other great thing about this type of tour is you can ask questions, can't really do that when you're sitting on the back of a bus, can you? read more

We joined the Sandman's Berlin free Walking Tour yesterday. Sam was our guide and he was really cool. Very knowledgeable about the history of Berlin and told the stories with some good humor though out the tour. That helps lighten up some serious topics at times. He really help given my wife and I a new impression of Berlin. My family really enjoyed Sam's tour and will highly recommend anyone the is visiting Berlin. We had joined other tours by Sandeman and so far we have been having great experiences with them. Will definitely check out their other tours. read more

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This was our first SANDEMANs tour, and it was pretty clear what all the buzz is about. So basically, if you're not familiar with the concept, it's a "free" tour, where you pay at the end whatever you felt it was worth; this acts as incentive for the freelance tour guides to provide the best possible service. They don't get paid by SANDEMAN's, so what you "tip" them is what they make (minus a cut for the company). While I'm sure experiences differ from guide to guide, our guide Mark was excellent. It was clear he studied German history, and he was able to relate what we saw with what happened in the past. He didn't sugarcoat anything and provided valuable insights about what we were looking at. Among the things we looked at: Brandenburg Gate, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the car park where Hitler was originally buried, some government buildings, Checkpoint Charlie, Gendarmenmarkt Square, and Humboldt University. The tour lasted about two hours, and despite it being a relatively large group (around 25 people), it was easy to hear/understand and Mark did a great job keeping everyone together and answering individual questions. For reference, we paid around 10-15 EUR per person. read more

This tour is a fantastic way to get acquainted with Berlin with a knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. You are taken to many of the main sites of interest, including the site above Hitler's bunker, checkpoint charlie, a section of the wall and the site where the book burning took place. It is a FREE tour but by the end of it you just cannot help tipping the tour guide for their time and their enthusiasm for the history of Berlin. Personally I found the tour very interesting and informative and would highly recommend it to visitors to Berlin. read more

Really enjoyed our tour today with Fran, who was dynamic, knowledgeable and funny. I was concerned that the large size of our group would be a problem, but we made an effort to stand close to our guide and it worked out great. We did the free tour of Berlin which lasts about 3 hours (all the others we looked at were longer, and we had 2 kids and a senior in our party, ruling those out). The length of the tour was perfect and covered all the essential bases here in the city. Note: they do offer you to donate at the end of the tour, but it's not compulsory - although I don't know why you wouldn't given the high standard of the tour that was given. Overall, I highly recommend this tour and guide! read more

We had a great tour with Georgia! She was very knowledgeable and took us on a great tour. We loved it so much we booked a free tour in Prague as well! read more

I took this tour today and it was amazing, it far exceeded my expectations. I liked the format they use where if you do not like the tour you don't have to pay for it. I thought being able to decide how much the tour was worth to me was innovative and a welcome change. Our tour guide's name was Kyle, and she was amazing! She was very informative, and likable. I thought the tour was the perfect amount of time, and while I'll admit, my dogs were barking by the end of the tour, I would have liked to have listened to Kyle all day! I will most likely be taking SANDEMANs tours in the future. Muy bueno! read more

I took the free walking tour with Rosa, and it was a great way to learn about Berlin. The guide was AMAZING, she was very informative about the history, locations in tour, and other locations not covered. She also gave great advice afterwards for places to see, restaurants to eat at, and other activities to do. I was very hesitant to do such a long walking tour (it was also raining), but our guide was very funny and informative, which made the whole tour incredibly enjoyable. While I'm still skeptical about the whole free walking tour business model, I definitely had a good time, learned quite a bit about the city and history, and would recommend it to others. Try to go with Rosa if you have a choice! read more

We try and do the Sandeman walking tour whenever we in a new city. Our guide, Sarah Enright, was great. Really energetic, fun, knowledgeable and made our into to Berlin realky interesting. So much so that we booked the Third Reich and Red Berlin tours. Excellent! read more

Just finished the free tour with George. Highly recommend. Well timed. Good level of information. Funny and engaging. It's my first time in Berlin and this was a perfect intro for my stay. read more

This guys are fantastic! We were only in Berlin 2 days but managed to do the Third Reich tour, the free walking tour, and the pub crawl. The guides (we had Liz for the Third Reich and Mark for the free) are extremely knowledgeable and their passion for the subjects they are talking about shines through. The tours are all well over 2 hours long, but the time flies by and doesn't feel like nearly enough. Bring cash with you, the guides live on tips and deserve every penny. read more

In the interest of full disclosure: I used to be a "SANDEMANs" guide, and so this may very well be seen as innappropriate by some. But as I was the person actually "employing" SANDEMANs, I am perhaps the correct person to be reviewing the company. There are many fantastic guides working WITH the company, but it is worth noting that they (mostly) don't work FOR SANDEMANs. Please note the phrasing on their website: "SANDEMANs NEW Europe supports local small business by helping independent free-lance tour guides find a voice for their passion. By providing marketing services for local entrepreneurs, we take away some of the stress of developing a marketing strategy and allow fantastic independent tour guides the freedom to focus on what they do best." In other words, the guides pay the company for "marketing services." These can be sums of around 100EUR for a "free tour" and 300EUR for a "ticketed tour." This means that the guides themselves are also responsible for paying the relevant taxes and insurances themselves, and most don't bother because they're not planning on staying in Berlin, or don't have to be reviewed by the immigration office. I made the decision to terminate my working relationship with SANDEMANs over six months ago because they raised the prices for their services and couldn't provide answers to my questions about where exactly all of the money I was paying them was going: for example. what percentage was being used locally, and how much was used to support another city. So yes, the "free tour" does provide you with a good introduction to the city, with some innacurracies depending on the guide and their backgrounds. However, when you tip the guide at the end, be aware that you are also indirectly paying SANDEMANs exorbitant prices for "marketing services." read more

George was a rockstar. Learned more in my three hours than I did in my eight years of history classes.

Five stars for our guide, zero stars for the material covered in the tour I assume that this is not the guide's choice. I appreciated the introduction that Berlin and Germany's history is much more that 1939-1945 but it is a shame that this is all the free tour focussed on. Anglosaxon people already have a very limited knowledge and interest in Germany and her history. Use this chance to change that!!! Shame. read more

My boyfriend and I came to Berlin for a few days and to maximize our use of time decided to do the free walking tour. Our tourguide's name was George and he was superb! Such a genuinely kind guy, very funny and helpful. Everything he had to say was relevant and interesting. Would definitely go on another tour and am glad we went on this one! Would definitely recommend you go yourself!! read more

I went on a walking tour with Georgia in Berlin in May, and loved it so much that I booked two more tours. She is amazing -- and definitely makes you feel like you've learned something. If you can get a tour the short funny Scottish girl, you've lucked out! read more

We did the free walking tour of Berlin that starts at Brandenburg Gate. Our tour guide George was very animated and helpful! Would definitely recommend. read more

I ve done this tour on different european cities. It is a great way to get your bearings on the city that you are visiting. Usually the guides are quite nice and some give you more information than others. read more