Things to do in Berlin

115 activities, venues and outings in Berlin, from theatres and live music to parks and tours.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 115.

DoMitte
Adlon Day Spa
One of the best spas in town, next to the Brandenburg Gate in the Adlon Hotel.
DoCity West
Artemis
When the unpredictable weather in Berlin isn't favourable to explore the city's cultural gems, Artemis makes up for it with its wellness facilities. Aimed at relaxation, no children or electronic devices are allowed to make a full disconnection from real world worries possible. Amenities include indoor and outdoor (heated) swimming pools and saunas, whirlpools, cinemas, and so on. Lunch and dinner are included in the entrance fee. Bring €1 coins for the lockers. Open year round.
11:00-05:00 daily€90 for a day pass
DoMitte
Babylon
Great cinema with a large program of non-mainstream movies. They have a working cinema organ, which is also played every Saturday for free midnight screenings of silent movies.
Movies are around €7-9; some movies are free
DoEast Central
Babylon Kreuzberg
Also non-mainstream movies in this small cinema built in the 1950s.
DoTreptow-Köpenick
Badeschiff
An old cargo ship hull converted to a fresh-water swimming pool, anchored permanently on the river Spree. Provides a nice opportunity to swim on the Spree, without swimming in the river, which is far too polluted. There is a bar with disco DJ music next to the pool. In winter time, the pool is covered against the weather.
entrance free, charges for drinks
DoEast Central
Badeschiff
An old cargo ship hull converted to a fresh-water swimming pool, anchored permanently on the river Spree. Provides a nice opportunity to swim on the Spree, without actually swimming in the river itself, which is far too polluted. A bar with disco DJ music is situated just next to the pool. In winter time, the pool is covered against the weather.
entrance EUR 8, requires pre-booked time slot, charges for drinks
Do
Basketball
Alba Berlin, known as The Albatross are consistently among the best basketball teams in Germany, and one of the best in Europe. Their erstwhile dominance of the German league has been challenged by the upstart Bayern Munich basketball division flush with cash from the soccer division of the same club. Expect a fierce atmosphere and a packed hall for games against Munich or their traditional rival Bamberg. With fans crazier than most in the NBA, Albatross games at the o2 World arena are an exciting way to take in one of the world's greatest sports.
DoEast Central
Bearpit Karaoke
Karaoke Sundays
Open-air karaoke at the amphitheater in Mauerpark where the bravest can show off to the incidental audience.
Do
Berlin Tour by public bus line 100 and 200
The 100 and 200 bus lines are just ordinary bus lines, but they pass by many of Berlin's famous landmarks. Both run every 5–10 minutes between S+U-station Zoologischer Garten and S+U-station Alexanderplatz. All BVG tickets are accepted.
€4.00 single or €11.20 day ticket
DoMitte
Berliner Ensemble
Theater am Schiffbauer Damm
Contemporary theatre. The theater was founded by Bertolt Brecht after the war in what was then East Berlin.
DoMitte
Berliner Philharmonie
The Berliner Philharmonie is a concert hall with 2,440 seats in Berlin-Tiergarten (constructed from 1960 to 1963 and designed by Hans Scharoun) and the home of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. It is a famous building with outstanding musicians. Reservations are recommended, but cheaper tickets are usually available 2–4 hours before the concert if not sold out. Every Tuesday (September to June) at 13:00–14:00, there is a free lunch concert; come early. In the winter, late-night concerts (22:30 or 23:00) are a bargain and often have more avant-garde or unconventional formats. The Kammermusiksaal (Chamber Music Hall) was added later in 1984–1987 as a venue for smaller concerts with 1,180 seats. It is linked to the foyer of the Philharmonie. Both buildings are located in the Kulturforum area.
DoTempelhof and Neukölln
Britzer Garten
A 90-hectare garden and former national garden show place (1984); public park with great flora and big playgrounds for kids; popular amongst children and seniors on weekends.
DoEast
Brotfabrik
This institution, literally the "bread factory" has been converted into a cultural space hosting various theater, cinema and art events
DoMitte
Chamäleon Theater Berlin
Located in the stunning Hackesche Höfe in the Berlin-Mitte quarter, the Chamaeleon Theatre offers exciting cross genre variety and music shows.
DoMitte
CineStar Original
The "CineStar Original" cinema located inside the Sony Center at the Potsdamer-Platz shows only movies in original version (e.g. in English, without subtitles).
DoEast Central
Der Kegel
At this outdoor climbing area which is on the RAW Gelände you can do rope climbing at a cone-shaped high-rise bunker from World War II, called the Kegel (cone). The venue also offers an indoor and outdoor bouldering area. In the Kegel shop you can rent or buy climbing gear and book rope climbing or bouldering courses. In summer, there is also an open-air cinema and a beergarden right next to the Kegel.
Mon–Fri 09:00–23:00, Sat Sun 10:00–23:00Day ticket €7, rope climbing after 15:00 €5, kids €4
DoMitte
Deutsches Theater
German Theatre
Classical theater with impressive line up of actors and directors. Some events have English subtitles.
DoEast Central
East Side Gallery
The Wall
The longest stretch of the Berlin Wall that is still standing. It has been painted by street artists and has several famous art pieces. (If you want to see the wall in its original condition, see the Gedenkstatte Berliner Mauer in Wedding.)
Free
DoTreptow-Köpenick
FEZ Berlin
Pionierpalast Ernst Thälmann
While the former Palast der Republik in Berlin-Mitte has been demolished in favor of the reconstruction of the Berliner Schloss, its counterpart for kids, pupils and "young pioneers", the Pionierpalast Ernst Thälmann can still be seen at the Volkspark Wuhlheide. The large building complex which was built from 1976 to 1979 is a contemporary testimony for architecture in the socialist German Democratic Republic and of the 1970s. It included a cosmonaut training center, a large indoor swimming pool, a theater, restaurants, event locations, and a launch site for model rockets. Today it is called FEZ Berlin and the usage as a center for kids, the youth and families remains the same, with most of the original facilities such as the indoor swimming pool and the space flight training center still in place.
Mon-Fri 08:30-16:00, Sat Sun 12:00-17:00
DoEast Central
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark
A soccer and American Football stadium with track and field facilities which has been host to several important competitions in the past, including German Bowls (finals of the German American Football League) from 2012 to 2018.
DoMitte
Friedrichstadt-Palast
Europe's Show Palace
Berlin's biggest show with over 100 artists on the biggest theater stage in the world.
Tickets: €16.90-104.90
DoTreptow-Köpenick
Fähre F24
Paule III
Make a crossing with the only human-powered ferry run by Berlin's public transport company BVG. The F24 is operated with a rowing boat, and you can use your valid BVG ticket or buy a ticket on site. It needs 12 strokes of an oar to cross the Müggelspree river.
May-October 11:00-19:00, crosses the river as often as needed
DoReinickendorf and Spandau
Greenwich Promenade
Relaxing lake-side strolls on 'Greenwich Promenaid', a path named after Reinickendorf's twin town of Greenwich, London.
DoCity West
Grips Theater
Famous children's theatre with a light political touch, European recognition for the musical Linie 1.
DoMitte
Großer Tiergarten
Berlin's largest park. In the summer and on weekends you will see loads of families with their barbecues.
DoMitte
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler (HfM)
Berlin Academy of Music
The HfM offers many concerts by their students and other professional musicians. The concerts are held at various venues of the HfM, such as at Charlottenstr. 55, 10117 Berlin or at the address from this listing.
Many concerts are free
Do
Ice hockey
The Berlin Eisbären (Polar Bears) play this fast, exciting and very physical sport during the winter. The excitement is heightened by the singing and chanting of the crowds, who are fueled by the copious quantities of wurst and beer available.
DoMitte
Kabarett Theater Distel
Cabaret and comedy, political satire in German. Their home venue is in the Admiralspalast.
DoCity West
Kant Kino
One of the few old cinemas (founded 1912) left in Berlin's western city. Mostly non-mainstream European movies.
DoEast Central
Kastanienallee and Oderberger Straße
Nice streets with lots of little shops and cafes to sit outside in the summer and watch people pass by.
DoEast
Kienberg
Before or after visiting the "Gardens of the World", tourists might be interested in climbing on top of the Kienberg (a small hill nearby with a view on the surrounding suburbs) or to go for a walk in the valley of the Wuhle (a small river). More information on the area can be found on the district's official website (in German).
DoTreptow-Köpenick
Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
Wuhlheide Kindl Stage
The Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide is a cultural heritage site and of Berlin's largest and most popular open-air stages for rock, pop and electronic concerts in the shape of an ancient amphitheater.
DoEast Central
Kino Moviemento
Cinema showing independent and older movies, some in English. It is the oldest cinema in Germany (1907).
DoMitte
Komische Oper Berlin
Founded in 1947 and at the forefront of modern opera. Their orchestra also performs regular concerts. Guided tours behind the scenes are offered. Each seat has subtitles where you can choose your language.
DoEast Central
KulturBrauerei
Culture Brewery
A complex that was once a brewery. There you can find the Jazz Cafe, the SODA restaurant where you can enjoy a fine meal of insects, and some clubs: Club 23, nbi and frannz. The KulturBrauerei also has several cinemas showing alternative movies, the Kesselhaus concert house, and one of the best shops for instruments in Berlin, the "Sound and Drumland".
DoMitte
Kunsthaus ACUD
Free arts centre
The ACUD arts centre houses a theater, a gallery, two cinemas, a club, a concert venue, a bar and several artist's studios.
DoMitte
Legoland Discovery Centre
An educational attraction for children, featuring a LEGO replica of Berlin
Adult and children: €18
DoCity West
Lietzensee-Park
Lie in the grass and unwind at Lake Lietzensee, especially if you are with children - most of Charlottenburg children know and love the playground there.
DoEast Central
Mauerpark
At the end of the Eberswalder Straße, it was once a piece of the Berlin wall. Today in the summer it is a nice place to be, especially for young people. There's an interesting flea market going on every weekend. In the summer weekend afternoons, you can witness - or participate in - the Bearpit Karaoke.
DoEast Central
Max Schmeling Halle
Named after the 1930s boxing great and home of the Berlin Füchse (originally from Reinickendorf) the premier Handball team of Berlin

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