Tours of Berlin Adlershof
Experience 100 years of aviation history or the prototypes for a clean energy future – our guided tours of the site offer a unique experience for people of all ages.
Our expertly guided and tailored tours usually take two hours and consist of a presentation of the site and a walkabout. Further options include visiting companies or meeting our on-site researchers.
For a regular two hour tour with up to 25 people (max.) we charge 400,00 € net (+19% taxes)= 476,00 €.
Do you want to offer your guests just a little bit more? We would be delighted to add a small tour to your event programme.
If you would like to book a guided tour with us, please enquire via the web form.
General Tour
During a general tour, the following topics are covered:
- The site’s history and development
- The Technology Park’s layout, organisation, structure, and funding
- Cooperation between science and business
- The Park’s marketing according to its technology profile
Schedule for a general tour (example)
10.00 am – Welcome and introduction by your guide
Presentation on:
- the history and development of the site
- the structure, organisation and funding of the Technology Park
- the campus of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- non-university research facilities and their work
- collaboration between research and industry
11.00 am – Tour of the site (on foot or by car), incl. any number of stops
Short presentations on select institutions or projects
→ Subject to availability/accessibility:
- BESSY II: Electron Storage Ring of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
“Giant microscope” for studying minute structures used in energy production and chemistry/catalysis - DLR Institute of Space Research
Technologies for exploring our solar system’s planets and celestial bodies, both on their surfaces and using satellites - Ferdinand-Braun-Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik
Development of laser diodes for use in microelectronics, among other things - GFaI – Society for the Promotion of Applied Computer Science e.V.
Acoustic camera, optical procedures for production control, among other things - Technology Centres of WISTA, e.g., Centre for Photovoltaics and Renewable Energies (ZPV)
Industry-specific, affordable spaces to let for start-ups and small innovative technology companies - Aerodynamic Park on the campus of Humboldt-Universität in Adlershof, including monuments of aviation research
Great Wind Tunnel, tail spin wind canal, soundproof engine test stand
12.00 pm – End of tour
Tour about Aviation History
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Johannisthal-Adlershof airfield was one of the first motorised airfields in the world where courageous aviation pioneers began their flight trials. Later, aircraft were designed here and flying schools were established. In 1912, the German Aviation Research Institute (DVL) began its work at the site.
Aerospace research remains a key focus in Adlershof to this day. Some of the former test and inspection facilities have been preserved as monuments to aviation history and are open to the public.
Sample schedule
10.00 am – Welcome and introduction by your guide
Introductory presentation on Adlershof
- the history and development of the site, aviation history, Johannisthal Air Field
- the GDR period (Academy of the Sciences of former East Germany, GDR broadcasting (Fernsehfunk), Stasi Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment)
- the reunification years
- the structure, organisation and funding of the Technology Park
- current events
11.00 am – Tour of the site (on foot or by car)
with various sightseeing stops
→ Subject to availability
- Tour of Forum Adlershof (oldest building on the site, 1912), including a faithful reproduction of the Hans Grade monoplane
- Tour of the Aerodynamic Park and the Great Wind Tunnel (tour of the measurement hall and exhibition), tail spin wind canal, and soundproof engine test stand (subject to availability)
- View of (and inside, if possible) the sphere-shaped thermo-constant laboratories (Kugellabore) of the East German Academy of the Sciences from 1960
12.00 pm – End of tour