Where was Checkpoint Charlie located?

Checkpoint Charlie was located in Berlin. More precisely, it stood in Friedrichstadt at the junction of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße in divided Berlin.

The crossing was established at the Berlin Wall in 1961 and connected West Berlin's American sector with East Berlin's Soviet sector. Its name came from the NATO phonetic alphabet: "Charlie" represents the letter C. The other major Allied checkpoints on routes into Berlin were known as Checkpoint Alpha and Checkpoint Bravo.

Checkpoint Charlie was designated primarily for Allied military personnel, diplomats, and foreign visitors. It became globally famous during the Cold War, especially after Soviet and American tanks faced one another there during the Berlin Crisis in October 1961. U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited the site in 1963. The checkpoint closed after the Berlin Wall opened in 1989 and German reunification followed in 1990; the modern guardhouse is a reconstruction and the original is displayed at the Allied Museum.