More Than a TourComplete Berlin Experiences Tailored to Your Group
From educational school trips to corporate events and multi-day group programs — we help create meaningful experiences in Berlin with local expertise, trusted partners and seamless organisation.
Why Doggy Bag Tours?
Berlin Is Complex. Your Group Is Unique. We Bridge Both.
Every group arrives in Berlin with different goals, different questions and different expectations. We don't adapt a standard tour. We design a program around you.
Local Berlin Team
We are based in Berlin. We know the city not as tourists but as residents — the rhythms, the places, the people and the stories that don't appear in guidebooks.
Deep Network of Partners
Access to museums, memorial sites, historical venues, restaurants, hotels, transport providers and specialist guides — built through years of working in Berlin.
Experience with International Groups
We have worked with schools, companies and organisations from across Europe. We understand different cultural expectations, educational frameworks and professional needs.
Personal Service Throughout
We are involved before the trip, present during it and available after. One point of contact. Clear communication. No hand-offs to anonymous call centres.
Flexible Scope
A single guided walk or a full multi-day program with transfers, meals and evening events. We scale to exactly what you need — nothing more, nothing less.
Genuinely Local Knowledge
We know which museum director to call, which memorial requires advance booking, which neighbourhood has changed since last year. That knowledge shapes every program we build.
Educational Programs That Bring History to Life
Berlin is one of Europe's most important cities for understanding the twentieth century. Few places allow students to stand in the exact locations where history happened — where walls were built and fell, where persecution was organised, where democracy was tested and rebuilt.
Key Educational Themes- World War II — causes, conduct and consequences in the German capital
- Holocaust and Shoah — memorial sites, historical documentation, reflection
- Cold War — the division of Berlin, daily life in East and West, the Wall
- Division and Reunification — what reunification meant for individuals and society
- Democracy and Human Rights — how Germany rebuilt its democratic institutions
- Contemporary Europe — Berlin as a city still processing its past while shaping its future
Educational Bike Tours
Cover more of Berlin's history while cycling between sites — combining movement, context and discussion.
Guided Walking Tours
Thematic walks connecting sites, stories and historical context at a pace suited to the group.
Memorial Site Visits
Guided visits to Holocaust memorials and documentation centres with age-appropriate preparation.
Workshops & Reflection
Structured discussion and source-analysis sessions with guided facilitators, designed to support classroom follow-up.
Museum Programs
Guided visits and facilitated sessions at Berlin's major historical museums, pre-booked and coordinated.
Multi-Day Programs
Complete itineraries combining multiple formats across two, three or four days, with full logistics handled.
We are developing connections with educational and heritage institutions — including the Jewish Cultural Quarter in Amsterdam — to strengthen the link between Holocaust and Shoah education in the Netherlands and Belgium and what students can experience in Berlin. Our aim is to help schools build programs that connect classroom learning with direct historical encounter.
Programs That Support Your Teaching Objectives
We understand that a school trip must justify itself educationally. We design programs that align with Dutch and Belgian curricula, provide teachers with preparation materials, and give students a structured experience that can be directly connected to classroom work before and after the trip.
Age-Appropriate Content
Programs adapted to secondary school students, university groups and adult learners. Different depth, different framing, same rigour.
Preparation Materials
Background reading, context sheets and classroom exercises to prepare students before they arrive in Berlin.
Teacher Support
We work alongside teachers, not instead of them. Your educational goals guide the program; we provide the Berlin expertise.
Discussion-Based Learning
Guided conversations at sites encourage students to engage with difficult history rather than simply observe it.
Source Analysis
Working with primary historical sources — documents, photographs, testimonies — in the places where they originated.
Critical Thinking
How did ordinary people make choices? What did bystanders know? Questions that remain urgent today form the basis of our approach.
Weather-Proof School Trips
Berlin in April can mean sunshine or sleet. In October it can mean both in the same afternoon. We plan every program with indoor alternatives built in from the start — not as a last-minute fallback, but as part of a coherent educational plan.
Museum Programs
Fully guided museum visits with educational focus, pre-booked and coordinated.
Indoor Workshops
Structured learning sessions at documentation centres and educational spaces.
Documentary Sessions
Film, archive and testimony sessions that deepen historical understanding in a sheltered setting.
Flexible Scheduling
Outdoor and indoor elements are interchangeable in the daily schedule. We adapt in real time.
Berlin Programs Designed Around Your Goals
A company that wants its team to leave Berlin feeling genuinely connected needs something different from a delegation studying European governance, or an incentive group experiencing the city's creative energy. Every professional group comes with a specific brief. We take that brief seriously.
Program Types- Team Events & City Experiences
- Incentive Travel Programs
- Conference & Congress Accompaniment
- Study Visits & Delegations
- Cultural & Historical Enrichment Programs
- Association & Special-Interest Groups
Book a single element or let us handle the entire program. We work with the same attention whether you need two hours or two days.
Europe's Capital of History, Memory and Transformation
Where History Is Still Visible
Few European cities wear their history as openly as Berlin. Holocaust memorials stand in the heart of the city. The remnants of the Wall run through neighbourhoods. The past is not hidden here — it is present, and it asks questions of everyone who visits.
A City That Rebuilt Itself
Berlin has confronted its past more directly than almost any other city in Europe, rebuilding its institutions, its democracy and its public culture from the ruins of the twentieth century. That story — of how a society accounts for failure and attempts renewal — is one of the most instructive available to any educational group.
Where Difficult History Meets Modern Creativity
Berlin is also a living, changing city — a centre of European innovation, architecture, culture and entrepreneurship. Groups come not only to understand the past but to encounter a city that has transformed itself while remaining honest about where it came from.
What a Custom Berlin Program Can Look Like
These are illustrative examples. Every program we build is different, designed around your specific group, objectives and schedule.
Three-Day School Program
- Day 1Arrival, orientation walk, introduction to divided Berlin at Checkpoint Charlie and the Topography of Terror
- Day 2Holocaust education day: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Jewish Museum, documentation workshop
- Day 3Cold War Berlin by bike: East Side Gallery, Stasi Museum, reflection session
All elements include pre-trip preparation materials and teacher coordination. Indoor alternatives available throughout.
Corporate Incentive Weekend
- Friday PMArrival transfers, check-in, private guided tour of Berlin's creative neighbourhoods, welcome dinner
- SaturdayMorning team bike program through historical Berlin, afternoon free or cultural activity, evening program at a Berlin venue
- SundayBrunch, final city experience, departure transfers
Hotels, restaurants and evening venues sourced and coordinated by our team. Group size from 15 to 200+.
Holocaust & Cold War Educational Program
- FocusCombined Holocaust/Shoah and Cold War themes for secondary school groups (age 14–18)
- IncludesMemorial site visits, documentation centre workshop, guided walks, source-analysis sessions, teacher preparation pack
- Duration2–4 days, adaptable to school schedule and curriculum requirements
Aligned with Dutch and Belgian secondary school history curricula. Can be developed in consultation with teachers.
Let's Build Your Berlin Program Together
Tell us about your group and we will create a proposal tailored to your objectives, schedule and budget. No obligation, no generic packages.
Tell Us About Your Group
The more you tell us, the more specific our initial proposal can be. There is no obligation to proceed, and we will not follow up with unsolicited sales calls.
- →We respond within two working days
- →Initial proposals are always without obligation
- →We communicate in English, Dutch, German and French