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Yusuf Ucuz


What 26 reviews taught me, including the one that stung
What the 26 FreeTour reviews recorded in August 2026 taught me about guiding, including the criticism that stayed with me.

Yusuf Ucuz
Aug 184 min read


Talking to twenty people, and talking to two
What earlier tours with twenty people and two taught me about the way group size changes guiding. Current public-tour details are available at Walk of Berlin.

Yusuf Ucuz
Aug 183 min read


What a free tour actually costs
An account of the tip-based tours I used to run, and the invisible work behind them. Today, Berlin Then and Now at Walk of Berlin has a fixed ticket price.

Yusuf Ucuz
Aug 184 min read


Finding the photograph that makes 1780 visible
Most of what I describe on my walk isn't there anymore. The real craft of guiding is finding the one photograph that makes a vanished street visible again.

Yusuf Ucuz
Aug 174 min read
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