Glienicke Bridge, Bridge of Spies Berlin

The Glienicke Bridge is a bridge on the edge of Berlin that spans the Havel River to connect the
cities of Potsdam and Berlin near Klein Glienicke. The current bridge, the fourth on the site, was
completed in 1907, although major reconstruction was necessary after it was damaged in the II
World War. During the Cold War, Glienicke Bridge was one of the few places in the world where
the Soviet Union and the Western powers stood directly opposite each other. The bridge lies at
an isolated point where US-occupied West-Berlin met Soviet-occupied Potsdam, which was in
East Germany.
The United States and the Soviet Union used it four times to exchange captured spies during the
Cold War, and the Bridge was referred to as the Bridge of Spies by reporters. The first prisoner
exchange between the superpowers took place on February 10, 1962. The U.S. released Soviet
spy Colonel Rudolf Abel in exchange for U.S. spy-plane pilot Francis Gary Powers captured by the
USSR following the U-2 Crisis of 1960. The next swap took place on April 1964, when Konon Molody
was exchanged for Greville Wynne. On June 12, 1985, there was a hurriedly arranged swap of 23
U.S. agents held in Eastern Europe, for Polish agent Marian Zacharski and another three Soviet
agents arrested in the West.
The final exchange was also the most public. On February 11, 1986 the human rights campaigner
and political prisoner Anatoly Sharansky and three Western agents were exchanged for Karl Koecher
and four other Eastern agents. Similarly, in the James Bond film "Die Another Day", 007 takes part in
a prisoner exchange on a bridge as a reference to Glienicke and the historical practice.

If you don't want to be a part of the tour busses and all noisy tourists around you. You are welcome a
board. For a short time you will become part of the history or a secret spy in Cold War.
The driver will meet you in the lobby of your hotel and will serve you next two hours. The time could
be extended or to include new destinations without a problem, just tell us your wishes and we could
make a custom plan for you. The prices are flexible and always in your favor. Let's do it!

Price - 70 euro
it's includes 2 hours tour, the driver all fuel cost.
Individual or small group up to 6 people. It is a price per vehicle, not per person.

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