Hop-on hop-off routes and stops in Berlin
All routes with their stops in order, taken from the operators' timetables. Times change with the season, so check the operator's app on the day.
Big Bus
- Routes
- 2 · Red Route + Blue Route
- Frequency
- Red every 20–30 min · Blue every 60 min
- Full loop
- Red loop approx. 2 h · Blue loop approx. 40 min
- Hours
- Red 09:35–17:11 · Blue 10:15–16:15
| # | Stop | Address | Route | Nearby | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Alexanderplatz | Red | TV Tower · Alexa mall | ||
| R2 | Rotes Rathaus | Red | Nikolaiviertel | ||
| R3 | Museumsinsel | Red | Berliner Dom · Museum Island | ||
| R4 | Friedrichstraße | Red | Shopping · Galeries Lafayette | ||
| R5 | Brandenburger Tor | Red | Brandenburg Gate · Holocaust Memorial | ||
| R6 | Reichstag | Red | Reichstag dome · government district | ||
| R7 | Hauptbahnhof | Red | Central station | ||
| R8 | Haus der Kulturen der Welt | Red | Kanzleramt · Tiergarten | ||
| R9 | Schloss Bellevue | Red | Bellevue Palace | ||
| R10 | Siegessäule | Red | Victory Column | ||
| R11 | Kurfürstendamm / Ku'Damm | Red | Gedächtniskirche · shopping | ||
| R12 | KaDeWe | Red | KaDeWe department store | ||
| R13 | Lützowplatz | Red | Tiergarten | ||
| R14 | Kulturforum | Red | Philharmonie · Gemäldegalerie | ||
| R15 | Potsdamer Platz | Red | Sony Center · Panoramapunkt | ||
| R16 | Reste der Berliner Mauer | Red | Berlin Wall remnants · Topographie des Terrors | ||
| R17 | Checkpoint Charlie | Red | Mauermuseum | ||
| R18 | Gendarmenmarkt | Red | Konzerthaus · Dom | ||
| B1 | Alexanderplatz | Blue | Interchange with Red Route | ||
| B2 | Frankfurter Allee | Blue | GDR boulevard | ||
| B3 | East Side Gallery | Blue | Longest remaining Berlin Wall stretch | ||
| B4 | Ostbahnhof | Blue | East station · Oberbaumbrücke |
Landmarks along each route as listed by the sellers. Big Bus states 16 official stops on the Red Route (some adjacent landmarks share a stop) plus 4 on the Blue Route. The live stop map is in the free Big Bus app.
City Sightseeing
- Routes
- 2 · Classic Tour (A) + East Berlin & Wall Tour (B)
- Frequency
- Classic every 25–30 min · East every 40 min
- Full loop
- Classic loop approx. 2 h · East loop approx. 1 h
- Hours
- Classic 09:30–16:00 · East 10:00–17:00
| # | Stop | Address | Route | Nearby | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Tauentzienstraße | Tauentzienstraße 15 | Classic (A) | Ku'damm shopping · Gedächtniskirche | |
| A2 | KaDeWe | Tauentzienstraße 21–24 | Classic (A) | KaDeWe department store | |
| A3 | Lützowplatz | Kulturforum / Tiergarten | Classic (A) | Kulturforum · Philharmonie | |
| A4 | Potsdamer Platz | Kollhoff-Hochhaus | Classic (A) | Panoramapunkt · Sony Center | |
| A5 | Gropiusbau | Classic (A) | Topographie des Terrors · temporarily out of service | ||
| A6 | Checkpoint Charlie | Friedrichstraße 45 | Classic (A) | Mauermuseum | |
| A7 | Gendarmenmarkt | Classic (A) | Konzerthaus · Dom | ||
| A8 | Neptunbrunnen / Rotes Rathaus | Rathausstraße 1 | Classic (A) | TV Tower · Nikolaiviertel | |
| A9 | Alexanderplatz / Park Inn | Classic (A) | Alexanderplatz · Alexa mall | ||
| A10 | Lustgarten | Classic (A) | Museum Island · Berliner Dom | ||
| A11 | Bebelplatz / Universität | Classic (A) | Humboldt University · State Opera | ||
| A12 | Unter den Linden / Friedrichstraße | Classic (A) | Friedrichstraße shops | ||
| A13 | Brandenburger Tor | Classic (A) | Brandenburg Gate · Holocaust Memorial | ||
| A14 | Reichstag | Classic (A) | Reichstag dome · government district | ||
| A15 | Hauptbahnhof | Classic (A) | Central station | ||
| A16 | Schloss Bellevue | Classic (A) | Bellevue Palace · Tiergarten | ||
| A17 | Siegessäule | Hofjägerallee | Classic (A) | Victory Column | |
| A18 | Zoo / Elefantentor | Classic (A) | Berlin Zoo · Aquarium | ||
| A19 | Kanzler | Kurfürstendamm 21–24 | Classic (A) | Ku'damm | |
| A20 | Kurfürstendamm 236 | Kurfürstendamm 236 | Classic (A) | Ku'damm west | |
| B1 | Neptunbrunnen / Rotes Rathaus | Rathausstraße 1 | East (B) | Interchange with Classic route | |
| B2 | Oranienburger Straße | East (B) | New Synagogue · Hackesche Höfe | ||
| B3 | Berlin Wall Memorial | Bernauer Straße | East (B) | Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer | |
| B4 | Mauerpark | East (B) | Sunday flea market | ||
| B5 | Alexanderplatz / Park Inn | East (B) | Alexanderplatz | ||
| B6 | Karl-Marx-Allee | East (B) | GDR boulevard architecture | ||
| B7 | East Side Gallery | East (B) | Longest remaining Berlin Wall stretch | ||
| B8 | Ostbahnhof | East (B) | East station |
Stop order and names from the operator listing (retrieved 2026-08-31). City Sightseeing publishes first/last departure only from stop 1 (Classic 09:30–16:00, East 10:00–17:00), not per stop. Stop A5 (Gropiusbau) is temporarily out of service.
City Circle
- Routes
- 1 · "Best of Berlin" complete loop
- Frequency
- every 17–25 min
- Full loop
- full loop approx. 2.5 h
- Hours
- daily 10:00–18:00 · last full loop from stop 1 approx. 15:30
| # | Stop | Address | Nearby | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurfürstendamm 216 | Kurfürstendamm 216 | Ku'damm shopping · Kranzler Eck | ||
| 2 | Hard Rock Cafe / Meinekestraße | Meinekestraße | Ku'damm · Ticket-Shop | ||
| 3 | Gedächtniskirche / Rankestraße | Rankestraße | moved · board in front of MUJI | ||
| 4 | KaDeWe | KaDeWe department store | |||
| 5 | Lützowplatz | Tiergarten | |||
| 6 | Kulturforum / Philharmonie | Tiergarten | Gemäldegalerie · Philharmonie | ||
| 7 | Potsdamer Platz | Sony Center · Panoramapunkt | |||
| 8 | Gropiusbau | construction · closed · Topographie des Terrors | |||
| 9 | Checkpoint Charlie | Mauermuseum | |||
| 10 | Gendarmenmarkt | Konzerthaus · Dom | |||
| 11 | Rotes Rathaus | Nikolaiviertel | |||
| 12 | Alexanderplatz | TV Tower · Alexa mall | |||
| 13 | Karl-Marx-Allee | GDR boulevard architecture | |||
| 14 | Berghain / Friedrichshain | Nightlife district | |||
| 15 | East Side Gallery | Longest remaining Berlin Wall stretch | |||
| 16 | Ostbahnhof | East station · Oberbaumbrücke | |||
| 17 | Neptunbrunnen | TV Tower · Rotes Rathaus | |||
| 18 | DomAquarée | construction · closed | |||
| 19 | Museumsinsel | Museum Island · Berliner Dom | |||
| 20 | Unter den Linden / Friedrichstraße | Boulevard · shopping | |||
| 21 | Brandenburger Tor / Holocaust-Mahnmal | Ebertstraße | Brandenburg Gate · Memorial | ||
| 22 | Reichstag | Reichstag dome · government district | |||
| 23 | Hauptbahnhof | Central station | |||
| 24 | Siegessäule | Victory Column · Tiergarten | |||
| 25 | Zoo + Aquarium | Berlin Zoo · Aquarium | |||
| 26 | Kranzler Eck | Kurfürstendamm | Ku'damm · back to start |
Full 26-stop loop from the operator (City Circle / Gray Line Berlin, retrieved 2026-09-02). Buses run one continuous route, so there are no per-stop times. Currently closed for construction: stop 8 (Gropiusbau) and stop 18 (DomAquarée); stop 3 (Gedächtniskirche) is temporarily moved to in front of MUJI.
Tempelhofer
- Routes
- 1 · Berlin City Tour
- Frequency
- every 25 min
- Full loop
- full loop approx. 1 h 45 min
- Hours
- first bus 09:45 · last full loop from stop 1 at 15:25 (service ends ~17:00)
| # | Stop | Address | First bus | Last departure | Nearby |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kurfürstendamm 231 | vor GALERIA / Ku'damm 231 | 09:45 | 15:25 | Start · Gedächtniskirche |
| 2 | KaDeWe | Tauentzienstraße | 09:50 | 15:05 | KaDeWe department store |
| 3 | Lützowplatz | 09:53 | 14:53 | Tiergarten | |
| 4 | Philharmonie | Kulturforum | 09:58 | 14:58 | Philharmonie · Kulturforum |
| 5 | Potsdamer Platz | 10:05 | 15:20 | Panoramapunkt · Sony Center | |
| 6 | Linkstraße | Potsdamer Platz | 10:07 | 15:22 | Potsdamer Platz süd |
| 7 | Topographie des Terrors | Niederkirchnerstraße | 10:10 | 15:00 | Gropiusbau · Abgeordnetenhaus |
| 8 | Checkpoint Charlie | Friedrichstraße | 10:15 | 15:05 | Mauermuseum |
| 9 | Gendarmenmarkt | Markgrafenstraße | 10:20 | 15:10 | Konzerthaus · Dom |
| 10 | Neptunbrunnen | Spandauer Straße | 10:30 | 15:20 | TV Tower · Rotes Rathaus |
| 11 | AquaDom | Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 5 | 10:31 | 15:01 | Boat transfer · Nikolaiviertel |
| 12 | Museumsinsel | Humboldtforum | 10:34 | 15:05 | Museum Island · Berliner Dom |
| 13 | Unter den Linden 10 | Unter den Linden 10 | 10:36 | 15:06 | Bud Spencer Museum |
| 14 | Unter den Linden 36 | Friedrichstraße | 10:53 | 15:18 | ZDF studios |
| 15 | Unter den Linden 74 | Unter den Linden 74 | 10:55 | 14:55 | Madame Tussauds Berlin |
| 16 | Brandenburger Tor | Ebertstraße | 11:00 | 15:03 | Brandenburg Gate · Holocaust Memorial |
| 17 | Reichstag | Scheidemannstraße | 11:03 | 15:03 | Reichstag dome |
| 18 | Hauptbahnhof | Ausgang Washingtonplatz | 11:08 | 15:08 | Central station · Chancellery |
| 19 | Haus der Kulturen der Welt | · | · | temporarily out of service | |
| 20 | Schloss Bellevue | 11:14 | 14:54 | Bellevue Palace · Siegessäule | |
| 21 | Siegessäule | 11:16 | 14:56 | Victory Column · Tiergarten | |
| 22 | Bikini Berlin | Budapester Straße | 11:19 | 15:00 | Zoo · Bikini Haus |
| 23 | Bahnhof Zoo | 11:22 | 15:07 | Zoologischer Garten station | |
| 24 | Kurfürstendamm 24 | Kurfürstendamm | 11:26 | 15:07 | Ku'damm east |
Departure times from the operator timetable (buses every 25 min, 5 buses in rotation; first bus 09:45, last full loop from stop 1 at 15:25). Stop 19 (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) is temporarily out of service.
Christmas and New Year 2026/27
Holiday hours change every year. This is what the operators have published so far:
| Operator | 25 Dec | 26 Dec | 31 Dec | 1 Jan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bus | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet |
| City Sightseeing | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet |
| City Circle | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet |
| Tempelhofer | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet | not published yet |
Do hop-on hop-off buses run in Berlin on Christmas Day (25 December)?
No operator has published holiday hours for this day yet. (2026/27)
Do hop-on hop-off buses run in Berlin on 26 December?
No operator has published holiday hours for this day yet. (2026/27)
Do hop-on hop-off buses run in Berlin on New Year's Eve (31 December)?
No operator has published holiday hours for this day yet. (2026/27)
Do hop-on hop-off buses run in Berlin on New Year's Day (1 January)?
No operator has published holiday hours for this day yet. (2026/27)
Checked on 13 November 2026 on the operators' websites. Holiday hours can still change at short notice, so check the operator's app on the day.