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Rory MacLean

3
tours
80
ratings
3.8
avg. rating
Author of Berlin: Imagine a City, Washington Post Book of the Year
About
Tours in:
Germany

Author Rory MacLean has known three Berlins: West Berlin where he made movies with David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich, East Berlin where he researched his first best seller 'Stalin's Nose', and now the unified capital. His newest book 'Berlin: Imagine a City' (published in the US as 'Berlin: Portrait of a City through the Centuries') was chosen as a Book of the Year by the Washington Post whose reviewer called it 'the most extraordinary work of history I've ever read'.

Credentials
Awards

  • Washington Post Book of the Year (2014) - for Berlin: Imagine a City

  • Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, shortlisted (2019) for Pravda Ha Ha

  • Arts Council Writers’ Award (1997) for Under the Dragon

  • Independent Travel Writing Competition, winner (1989)

Publications and Shows

  • Author of Geography of Heaven: Travels the Hereafter (2026)

  • Author of Pravda Ha Ha (2019)

  • Author of Berlin: Imagine a City (2014)

  • Author of Stalin’s Nose (1992); Presenter of 50+ BBC Radio programmes

Professional Association

  • Fellow, Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)

  • Royal Literary Fund Fellow

  • Founder and curator, Sherborne Travel Writing Festival

  • Former member, Executive Committee of English PEN

Tours (3)
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Rating
Alphabetical
Date (Last Updated)
Into the Heart of Berlin
Berlin
Modern History
Top Sights
Social Movements
Explore Berlin's often tumultuous and endlessly fascinating history
Rory MacLean
Walking Tour
|
20 mins
(31)
$6.99
Ku'damm: Haute Couture and Currywurst
Berlin
Film And TV
Architecture
Top Sights
Explore the capital's grandest boulevard in the company of author Rory Maclean
Rory MacLean
Walking Tour
|
30 mins
(15)
$5.99
A Walk through Time on Museum Island
Berlin
Museums
UNESCO Sites
Royal Heritage
Explore UNESCO-listed Museuminsel in the company of a best-selling travel writer
Rory MacLean
Walking Tour
|
40 mins
(34)
$4.99
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