Checkpoint Charlie, One of the most iconic names and mental images of Cold War Berlin, this shed is featured in countless books, possibly most famously by John le Carre in The Spy Who Came in from ...

A museum that features fake passports, a motorized glider, counterfeit Soviet Army uniforms, automobiles reinforced with sheet metal and concrete, an underwater bicycle motor, a homemade hot-air ba… ...

Alexandra Hildebrandt, who runs the somewhat rundown private Checkpoint Charlie Museum, said: “It’s supposed to be a place that recalls the Cold War; instead, it’s where people come for cold ...

Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the removal of the Checkpoint Charlie border crossing between the communist East and capitalist West Berlin during the Cold War.

Checkpoint Charlie, ground zero in the Cold War split between East and West, is a top attraction for Berlin tourists. It is now threatened with development that could overshadow the site.

I visted communist East Berlin via Checkpoint Charlie and had my passport stamped with the checkpoint time and date stamp. ... When the wall was destroyed in 1989 I shed tears of joy.

Checkpoint Charlie, the former border checkpoint between East and West Berlin, is set to get a major makeover after city authorities approve a redevelopment plan after years of debate.

Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known crossing between the two halves of the German capital during the Cold War, and started to attract visitors following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.