The record
The 160 km signed route along the whole former border — a record with no pin, because the object is a line rather than a place.
The Mauerweg is a signed walking and cycling route of about 160 km following the whole course of the border around West Berlin, with a double row of cobblestones marking the line through the city centre where nothing survives. It is the only record in this catalogue that is a route rather than a place, and it carries no map pin for that reason. It is also the best answer to the arithmetic: 155 km of border, of which roughly 3 km of wall survives — under two per cent — so for the overwhelming majority of its length the Wall is now a mark in the paving and a sign.
How did it get here?
Not an object. The route marks the course of the border; the cobblestone line is a later marking, not preserved fabric.
Sources
The Berlin Wall — Stiftung Berliner Mauer ↗
The 155 km border around West Berlin and roughly 43 km through the city.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Berlin Wall: where it still stands — Berlin.de ↗
The Mauerweg route and the cobblestone marking through the centre.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
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