As in every Friday afternoon, there are family Kabalat Shabbath activities in the Rykestrasse Synagogue (from 6 pm) and in Bambinim/East Fürstenwalder Str (from 4 pm).
Block Parties, Street Fairs and Festivities
There are many street parties and fairs this weekend.
The Spring Fair in the Zentraler Festplatz continues (until April 21st) and includes rides, food stalls, and general fair fares. Free entrance; Wednesday is family day (with half price on the rides).
Getting There U7 to Jakob-Kaiser-Platz and then X21, M21 or N21
Another spring fair will take place in Britz, not far from the beautiful Britzer Gardens. The fair is on the Fulhamer Allee and Parchimer Allee and includes "non-stop entertainment", rides and more. Also, a 8.5m high Easter Bunny will be there.
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| The mighty Easter Bunny |
Britzer Baumblüte (until April 21st),, Fulhamer/Parchimer Allee (Getting there: U7 Parchimer Allee)
Street Parties
There are also less "commercial" street parties. One will take place in Mehringplatz (Fri-Sat) and will include crafts activities and lots of plants; another will take place in the UFA Fabrik, and will be dedicated to sustainability, environment and spirituality.
UFA Fabrik - Zukunft Erde Festival 2014 (Sat/Sun)
Where Viktoriastraße 10-18 12105 Berlin
Getting There U6 Ullsteinstr
Saturday: Oh, the Horrors! Pillow Fight in Potsdamer Platz
On Saturday, between 2 and 5 pm, there is supposed to be a massive (?) pillow fight in Potsdamer Platz. This is in fact the 7th year of this bizarre event, and pictures from last year seem fun enough.
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| This year in Potsdamer Platz |
Sunday : Crafts for Passover and Easter
On Sunday, Bambinim will offer Passover-themed workshops and activities for children in their Fürstenwalder Str place. From 3 pm (fee based, EUR 10 per family)
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| Passover at Bambinim |
More Weekend Events
There are many other events at the weekend. You can also do treasure hunt with a GPS and a compass at the Ökowerk ; the Spuk im Hochhaus, in an abandoned Plattenbau in Pankow, continues (I have to make it to this one before it ends!) ; there are several baby/children flea markets, for example here and the blog Berlin for All the Family has many other ideas
Sidenote on Passover in Berlin
I have assembled a list of public Seders in Berlin for this year (it is in Hebrew, but then again, most of these Seders are in either Hebrew or German/Russian). I am not really sure what to recommend someone who feels lonely and would like to celebrate Passover with others. These public Seders are usually not a highly pleasant experience, being in the same room with 200 other people and paying outrageous amounts for kosher-for-Passover-hospital-cuisine. I am willing to play a matchmaker, being the busybody yente I am: if you want to invite another family over, feel free to use the comments section.
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