StephenHunterUK on February 9, 2026 9:09 pm Two years after this, the Brandenburg Gate ended up slap bang in the middle of the Berlin Wall death strip and was closed to the public until 1989. It’s still around, but now called the [Intercontinental Berlin](https://www.ihg.com/intercontinental/hotels/gb/en/berlin/berha/hoteldetail).
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Two years after this, the Brandenburg Gate ended up slap bang in the middle of the Berlin Wall death strip and was closed to the public until 1989.
It’s still around, but now called the [Intercontinental Berlin](https://www.ihg.com/intercontinental/hotels/gb/en/berlin/berha/hoteldetail).