THE BACKSTAGE STORIES OF BERLIN AND ITS HEROES
You set out on a once-in-a-lifetime journey through Berlin — a city of known and unknown heroes who took you backstage, opened hidden doors, and revealed stories few ever hear.
You walked the road to freedom with Peter Barsch, a Berlin Wall refugee who risked everything in a moment where life and death were only seconds apart. You went undercover with a former MI6 agent, retracing secret routes where the Cold War was fought in silence, and dove into the story of Klaus Wowereit, the mayor who stood proud, defied judgment, and reshaped Berlin’s identity. You transformed an old warehouse into a space of revival — three stages, three heroes, one city reborn. You left your mark in a private graffiti workshop and ended the night exploring Berlin’s hidden bars — unmarked, ruleless, and alive with the city’s true spirit. You met the heroes of NENE, a restaurant born from exile and return where the city’s past and future came together through food, redefining the taste of modern Berlin.
Your journey took you to the Hero of Berlin as you stepped backstage into the hidden studios where David Bowie recorded Heroes, a song of love, defiance, and divided worlds. You relit the Olympic flame on its original 1936 cauldron, went behind the scenes in the German Parliament, dining in the very room where the Republic was proclaimed in 1918, its walls still etched with Soviet graffiti and visited the East Side Gallery with Günther Schäfer, the artist who turned the Wall into a canvas of resistance.
Berlin is a city of heroes who opened what was once closed and shared their stories, their lives, and their souls. For a moment, you became part of their story - a tour de force of Berlin and its heroes, revealing how the city was reborn from its past and continues to define the future.
You didn’t just attend. You went backstage! You met the Heroes!
This was more than a trip. This was an Immersive Experience!
“I’ve seen cathedrals, I’ve seen horses, I’ve seen rooftops — but never like this.
Every moment was designed like a masterpiece”
- YPO Gold Chapter Chair
an inspirational destination
where you met inspirational people
and experienced inspirational once-in-a-lifetime moments.
This wasn’t just about what you saw.
It was about who you met.
These weren’t OIL-moments made for the public.
They weren’t scripted, rehearsed, or repeated.
They were real.
This wasn’t just about what you saw.
It was about who you met.
These weren’t OIL-moments made for the public.
They weren’t scripted, rehearsed, or repeated.
They were real.
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“I had an absolutely fabulous trip. All of the experiences were incredible. Thank you, inspiria, for making the journey unforgettable.”
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