Begin your walk at the Rotes Rathaus, Berlin’s striking red-brick Town Hall. During the festive season, the square outside transforms into one of the city’s most charming Christmas markets.

Stop at Zum Paddenwirt, a cozy Nikolaiviertel tavern famed for its legend of the ‘Frog Innkeeper’.

Visit the Lessinghaus, a reconstruction of the home of playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, celebrating Berlin’s Enlightenment heritage in the heart of Nikolaiviertel.

At Ephraim-Palais, discover the legacy of Veitel Heine Ephraim, a Jewish banker of Frederick the Great’s court, and admire one of Berlin’s finest baroque façades.

See Zur Gerichtslaube, a replica of Berlin’s medieval court building, reconstructed in Nikolaiviertel in the 1980s.

Pause at the monument to Heinrich Zille, the beloved Berlin artist who captured everyday life in the city’s working-class neighborhoods.

At Am Nussbaum, experience the spirit of old Berlin taverns — a favorite haunt of artists like Zille and singer Claire Waldoff.

Next to Mutter Hoppe, a traditional Berlin restaurant, explore a timeline that presents the city’s history through a socialist lens.

From Rathausbrücke, see where festive Berlin hides memories of the Blood Christmas of 1918 — when revolution reached the heart of the city.

End the tour at Kurfürstenhaus, one of Nikolaiviertel’s few original buildings, and hear the ghost story of Anna Sydow — the ‘White Lady’ said to haunt Berlin Palace.

Guests are welcome to end the tour with an optional mulled wine at the traditional Feuerzangenbowle mulled wine stand by the Nikolaikirche.