Wednesday 9 December 2015

Activities for Families in Berlin, December 11 - 13

Hanukkah

The last days of Hanukkah in Berlin are also full of interesting activities.

6th Night: Friday, December 11th

  • Bambinim East celebrate with lighting the candles, at 4 pm 

7th Night: Saturday, December 12th 
  • Hanukkah Party at the Kibbutz in Friedrichshain, from 7 pm (Event on FB

  • Chabad are lighting the candles on Karl-Liebknecht-Str., near Galeria Kaufhof , 8 pm
  • Hanukkah at the Milo Restaurant: an 80s party from 8pm (in Muenstersche Str 6) 




  • Also a party at the Lavi House, at 9 pm 



8th Night, Sunday, Dec 13th


  • A Hanukkah Party for kids, at Bambinim West, from 3 pm 
  • A multicultural party initiated by Salaam/Schalom in Neukoelln at 6pm (at Emser Str. 117, 12051 Berlin, FB Event
  • Also from 6 pm: Hanukkah on Ice in the Wilmersdorf Ice Skating Rink. 




Afterparty... on the 14th

Rabbi Walther Rothchild and the Minyan Boys in the Mendelssohn Remise (info)


Christmas Markets

It's Third Advent and of course, many markets! 

Only at this weekend: 
  • This is the last weekend of the Market of the Continents in the Dahlem Museums
  • Kiezmarkt in Samariterplatz (Sa/Su) 
  • "Green" Market, at the Neue Heimat (RAW) 


  • A designer market with food trucks at the Hallesches Haus (info
  • A very alternative market at ZKU ( Siemensstraße 27 10551 Berlin ) - Fri from 5pm, Sat 3-10pm
  • Sat from 12:00 - at the multicultural house on Schönfließer Straße 7, 10439 Berlin
  • Sunday from 2pm - at the Regenbogenfabrik at Lausitzer Straße 22 10999 Berlin
  • Sat/Sun: Designer Market in Oberschoeneweide, info
  • Sat at Kranoldplatz in Neukoelln info
  • In Brandenburg: Sat/Sun in the Dutch Quarter (Potsdam) and Sunday the Koenigswusterhausen Castle

Sunday Market in Koenigs Wusterhausen

Open Beyond this weekend

  • Until Dec 20th : "Designer Market" between Hauptbahnhof and the Kanzleramt , daily 
  • Until Dec 20th, Domaene Dahlem Advent Market (Sat/Sun only) 
  • Until Dec 20th,, in Klunkerkranich, Sat/Sun only 
  • Until Dec 20th, An "Eco" Market on Sophienstrasse, Sat/Sun only 
  • Until Dec 20th, "Traditional" Market in Winterfeldplatz, Sun only 
  • Until Dec 20th, Ecological market in Kollwitzplatz, Sundays only 
  • Until Dec 20th, The Luciamarkt in the Kulturbrauerei, daily 
  • Until Dec 23rd, in the Old City of Spandau, daily 
  • Until Dec 23rd, Winterdorf, in Arena Treptow, Thu through Sun 
  • Until Dec 26th (closed on the 24th), Rotes Rathaus, with an ice skating rink, daily 
  • Until Dec 26th (closed on the 24th), Charlottenburg Palace , daily 
  • Until Dec 27th (closed on the 24th), behind the Staatsoper on Unter den Linden, daily 
  • Until Dec 27th (closed on the 24th), near the Spandau City Hall , daily 
  • Until Dec 30h, near Zehlendorf City Hall, daily 
  • Until Dec 31st, even on the 24th and 31st, "Christmas Magic" in Gendarmenmarkt (admission fees) 
  • Until January 3rd, Breitscheidplatz (Memorial Church), daily 
  • Until January 3rd, Winterworld Potsdamer Platz, daily





Winterworld Potsdamer Platz



Furthermore

Yes, there is more!

  • Family Concert at the Philharmonie, Sat 10:00 and 11:30 
  • Kids Flea-Markets (where kids sell their old stuff, not adults sell kids' stuff) at Markthalle IX on Sunday from 12:00 . Whatever goods that will left unsold will be donated to a nearby asylum seeker centre. 

Meanwhile in Brandenburg...

The Klaistow Farm has a straw labyrinth. Daily until December 20th.





Spargelhof KlaistowGlindower Straße 28 14547 Beelitz GT Klaistow, Take Regional RE7 to Beelitz Heilstätten and then bus 643 to Klaistow, Spargelhof. If you've missed to Regional (or took the S7 because of the works on the line right now), you can also take bus 643 from the Potsdam Hauptbahnhof. 

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