Trabi Museum

The Trabi Museum, in Berlin

The Trabi Museum is a museum dedicated to the Trabant, the famous car of the former East Germany. The Berlin audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this unusual place, a witness of the daily life and the nostalgia of the GDR.

The cult car of East Germany

The Trabi Museum is dedicated to the Trabant, affectionately nicknamed the Trabi, the emblematic small car of the former German Democratic Republic. Produced for decades in the East, this model with a rudimentary engine and a particular body was, for many, the only way to access the automobile, at the price of years of waiting. Become a symbol of daily life under the communist regime, the Trabi knew its hour of glory at the fall of the Wall, when thousands of them passed to the West. The museum retraces, with a touch of nostalgia and humour, this history and life in the GDR. It is an original stop of the discovery of Berlin.

What to see

Here you discover the Trabant, the emblematic small car of the former East Germany, and the history of daily life in the GDR, told with nostalgia and humour, including the role of the Trabis at the fall of the Wall. The Trabi Museum is an unusual place of Berlin. It is an original stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Trabi Museum lies in the centre of Berlin, near Checkpoint Charlie, reachable on foot. The visit follows its own hours and conditions, which vary. It is best to check the arrangements before coming.

What is the Trabant in Berlin?

The emblematic small car of the former East Germany, nicknamed the Trabi, a symbol of daily life under the communist regime, become famous at the fall of the Wall; the Trabi Museum is dedicated to it.

Where is the Trabi Museum?

In the centre of Berlin, near Checkpoint Charlie, in Germany.