Solo Travel East Germany: DDR Customs Inspection and Site of the Heavily Guarded DDR Border 2024

Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Today, I drove from Wolfsburg to Aachen.

Since most of the day was spent driving, I could only visit two places today.

The places I visited are as follows.

Number 1, Former East German Checkpoint.

It is where the East German border customs used to be, inspecting cars transiting between West Germany and West Berlin. For those who are too young to remember, West Berlin was inside East Germany.

Number 2, Former West and East German Border.

It is an area that used to be the border between West and East Germany. It was left intact after East Germany collapsed and Germany is now one.

There were equipment preventing escapes from East Germany to West Germany. Barbed wires, guard towers, and other devices.

Enjoy the video.

00:12 Summary of Today's Travel in Video
02:06 Former East German Border Checkpoint, Marienborn, Germany
03:57 Former West and East German Border, Eichsfeld, Germany
07:04 Price of Gasoline in Germany, Aachen, Germany
07:10 Plans for Tomorrow