Events this Weekend for Families and Kids

Friday Night is Alright

I am posting late today, so the Friday night events at both Bambinim (Fürstenwalder Str) and the Rykestraße Synagogue have taken place. Still, just a reminder - perhaps for next Friday, of a nice place to meet other families with some Jewish cultural background. You don't have to be excessively religious (Bambinim is non-religious; Rykestr. is a liberal synagogue) or even have both Jewish parents.


Funfair Season Continues 

We have many street parties this weekend as well. The Easter Markets in Alexanderplatz and in Breitscheidplatz continue, with the regular combination of food stalls, stands selling all kinds of bric a brac and small rides. There is also a small street party in the old city (Altstadt) of Spandau on Saturday.

Easter Market in breitscheidplatz

Nature Activities 

Spring is out there and it's an ideal time to get to Berlin's forests and parks.

On Saturday, the Waldschule (nature education centre) in Zehlendorf organises a bird watching walk, combined with a picnic, from 10:30 to 2 pm. For families and kids older than 5.
Starting Point: Stahnsdorfer Damm 3, 14109 Berlin
Getting There: Not far from the Wannsee Train Station
Website: http://www.jibw.de/veranstaltungen/familien
Further in this area: Ferry service F10, which is part of the BVG public transportation, provides a "cruise" on the Havel for a BVG (AB) ticket fare. If it's warm enough, you can also visit the Wannsee Beach, or the Loretta am Wannsee Biergarten.

On Sunday, a similar event will take place, this time in the Plänterwald not discussing birds, but crawly animals.
Where: Dammweg 1b 12437 Berlin
Getting There: S Plänterwald
Website: http://www.inu-berlin.de/inuws/wspl/aktuell.php
Further in this area: There isn't any special event at the Insel in Treptow this weekend, but the place is always worth a visit. This is also the last weekned of the Spreepark ruins. This place is surprisingly very interesting for kids to visit, you can read some more about it here.

Plaenterwald

Also in Treptower Park 

The Archenhold Observatory will offer lego building activity on Saturday


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Yom Hashoah in Berlin

Monday is Yom Hashoah, and there will be a ceremony, between 9 am and 7 pm, at the Fasanenstrasse JCC. Names of Berlin Jews murdered in the Holocaust will be read.