Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Dec 2nd - 4th

Second Advent - Selected Christmas Markets

Only at this Weekend

• Traditional market in Roxdorf, Richardplatz, Friday through Sunday 

• Medieval Market in Karlshorst, near the station, Sat /Sun from 1pm 

• Market in Kladow near the ferry to Wannsee (Sat/Sun)

• Christmas Market in the Jagdschloss Grunewald (Sat/Sun)

• Sat/Sun in the Arena/Treptow: Japanese Christmas Market, not so clear if it is part of the Winterdorf they also have at the Arena

• Sat/Sun in Samariterplatz in Friedrichshain

• Saturday evening/night: "Nachtflohmarkt" for Christmas, in the Spreewerkstaetten (details)

• Naschmarkt, special Christmas edition, in Markthalle IX on Sunday

•  Sunday, an "English" Christmas Market at the Anglican Church, Preußenallee 17 14052 Berlin 

• Sunday: in the Lokhalle of the Naturpark Suedgelaende 

• Not only Christmas is celebrated, also Hanukkah, so the Pestalozzistr Synagogue is organising its annula Chanukkah Bazar , on Sunday (details in the image below)

Also After this Weekend

• Till January 1st: Christmas Garden in the Botanical Gardens

• Until December 22nd : Historical Fair in the RAW Tempel, with Renaissance Fair artisans and entertainers. Weekdays 2 - 9pm; Fri/Sat 12am - 10pm ; Sundays 12am - 7pm 

• Until December 22nd: A historical market in the Mariannenplatz in Kreuzberg 

• Until December 23rd : The Lucia Market at the Kulturbrauerei

• Until January 1st: Winter World in Potsdamer Platz

• Every Friday through Sunday: at the Arena in Treptow 

• All Advent weekends: 
• Christmas Fair for kids at the FEZ
• At the Domaene Dahlem 
• At the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem 
• At the Späth’schen Baumschulen Nurseries 

• Every Sunday: 
• Oeko-Markt for Christmas in Kollwitzplatz; 
• In the Strandbad Weissensee 
• In Unicorn, Brunnenstr 64 

Furthermore

• Music: 
• Christmas spirit in a children concert at the Philharmonie, Saturday at 3pm and Sunday at 11:00 (info)

• Museums and Palaces:  
• Guided tour (in German) in the Pina Bausch Exhibition in the Martin Gropius, Saturday 11 and 2pm (info) 
• Sunday for the whole family, in the Natural History Museum 
• Porcelain workshop for children at the Oranienburg Palace, Sunday at 3pm
• Guided tour for children at the Marble Palace in Potsdam, Sunday at 3pm 
• Guided tour in English for the whole family in the Technical Museum (info)
• Making an "interactive" comics, Sunday, 2pm in the Martin Gropius Bau (info)

Jewish Heritage

• A guided tour for children (in German) titled "Plätzchen, Latkes, Kerzenschein", on the similarity between Hanukkah and Christmas, Saturday at 2pm (details)

• Movie night in Hashomer Hatzair! Details/registration: dikla@hashomer.de 

Meanwhile in Brandenburg

• Christmas Market in the Slawendorf, a historical Museum-Village near Brandenburg an der Havel

• Also at the weekend: A "Polish" Christmas Market, in Haus der Brandenburgische Geschichte, Am Neuen Markt, 14467 Potsdam 

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 25th - 27th

First Advent - Selected Christmas Markets

Only at this Weekend

• Sunday: at the "Lokhalle" of Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände 

Also After this Weekend

• Till January 1st: Christmas Garden in the Botanical Gardens

• Until December 22nd : Historical Fair in the RAW Tempel, with Renaissance Fair artisans and entertainers. Weekdays 2 - 9pm; Fri/Sat 12am - 10pm ; Sundays 12am - 7pm 

• Until December 22nd: A historical market in the Mariannenplatz in Kreuzberg 

• Until December 23rd : The Lucia Market at the Kulturbrauerei

• Until January 1st: Winter World in Potsdamer Platz

• Every Friday through Sunday: at the Arena in Treptow 

• All Advent weekends: 
• Christmas Fair for kids at the FEZ
• At the Domaene Dahlem 
• At the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem 
• At the Späth’schen Baumschulen Nurseries 

• Every Sunday: 
• Oeko-Markt for Christmas in Kollwitzplatz; 
• In the Strandbad Weissensee 
• In Unicorn, Brunnenstr 64 

Furthermore

• Friday at 6pm: torchlight tour in the Zoo Aquarium 

• Music: 
• Puppet theatre with Baroque Music, at the Musical Instruments Museum, Saturday 3pm (details)
• The Magic Flute for children at the Philharmonie, Sunday 3:30 

puppet theatre with baroque music

• Palaces, Castles and Museums:
• Torchlight tour in the Museum of Communication, Saturday at 6:30 (details) 
• Torchlight tour for children in the Oranienburg Castle, Sunday 5pm (details)
• Re-Opening of the Koenigs-Wusterhausen Castle, with activities, on Sunday

Jewish Heritage

• Friday at 4pm: Children Kabbalath Shabbath in Fraenkelufer 

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 18th - 20th

Almost Advent...

And some attractions are altready open: 

• Winter World in Potsdamer Platz: All week long (except this week on Sunday, due to the Totensonntag) 

• Another early Christmas event: the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Gardens. Quite an entry fee, but seems amazing: light shows, skating rink and more. 

• Sat/Sun : small Christmas bazaar in the Finland Cultural Institute (Schleiermacherstraße 24a 10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg , U Gneisenaustr)

•  Markt der Kontinente, the Market of the Continents : The Ethnological Museum in Dahlem offers visits to each continent during the next four weeks, starting with Europe, at the weekend. 

• Saturday: market in the Carmelite Monastry "Karmel Regina Martyrum" in Siemensstadt (details)

• Sunday, fairy tales in the Oekowerk and also a small Christmas Market there (details) 

Furthermore

• Puppet theatre festival in the FEZ (details)

• Musical workshop at the Klingendes Museum, Saturday

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• Totensonntag on Sunday; Flea markets are closed. In Markthalle IX, the organisers understood that different cultures commemorate the Sunday of the Dead differently, for example the Mexican and their Dia de los Muertos. So, there is a Mexican breakfast market for Dia de los Muertos, in Markthalle IX, on Sunday 10:00 - 5:00 

Dia de los Muertos in Markthalle IX 

• Also on Sunday: a market for postcards, coin and stamp collectors inside the Ostbahnhof

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 11th - 13th

St. Martin's Lantern Parades

St. Martin's parades, on November 11th 

• In the Berliner Dom , with a choir

• Britzer Garten, Friday (Nov. 11th) at 4:30 

• At 4:30 also in the Luebars Children Farm (details)

• Ufa Fabrik in Tempelhof, Friday at 5 pm (details)

• In Prenzlauer Berg: from several churches and from the Moritzhof at 5:30pm, with a big event in the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark 

On Novermber 12th

• Dueppel Museum start their activity at 2pm and the parade at 3:30 

• Domaene Dahlem have a Saturday with a textile market, and at 5:30, with a lantern parade

Furthermore

• Winter World in Potsdamer Platz: All week long (except this week on Sunday, due to the Volkstrauertag) 

• Friday evening: guided tour for children at the Zoo Aquarium

• Saturday in the Waldschule Spandau: fairy-tales by the fire (details)

• Saturday: Open Day at the International Montessori School in Wannsee (details)

• Sunday, 11:00, fairy tales in the Berlin Zoo ; and also - a guided tour and a workshop around the Golem exhibition at the Jewish Museum  

• Three times on Sunday (11, 1pm, 3pm) : Workshop on light with some crafts activity in the Neue Palais in Potsdam: 

• Sunday, 1pm: children concert with the Kulturradio (information) ; and a Felix Mendelssohn tribute for kids at the Philharmonie (information) 

• Sunday 3pm: guided tour for children in the Charlottenburg Palace 

• Adventure weekend at the FEZ (details) 

• Sunday is Volkstrauertag, so no flea markets, sorry! 

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 4th - 6th

Winter World in Potsdamer Platz

This weekend will see the opening of the first winter fair (not Christmas Market, because those are opening only after Totensonntag!). 

Winter World in Potsdamer Platz features many winter-sports related rides (e.g. snow slope, ice skating rink - for free if you bring the shoes! - and much more). It also features lots of decorations that are very typical of Christm... sorry of "The Season" and food that is related to the holiday that dares not be mentioned. 

Potsdamer Platz, daily till January 1st, except Totensonntag and Volkstrauertag

Free admission 

Winter World

Furthermore

• Throughout the weekend (Fri - Sun) : railway model fair in the FEZ

Railway models, FEZ (photo by grit-erlebach) 

• Lantern making workshop at the Klax Kreativwerkstatt, Schönhauser Allee 59, 10437 Berlin , Sat 2pm 

• Saturday: children concert at the Philharmonie (3:30pm), tickets

• Sunday: the Peter Pan opera for children, at the Komische Oper, 4pm 

• Museums: 
• Martin Gropius Bau offer guided tours for families (in German) on Saturday (11 and 3pm) and on Sunday (4pm). 

• Children event on Sunday at the Bode, from 11:00 (details) 

• Sunday at 11:00, Schloss Schoenhausen, guided tour for children 

• Also on Sunday: 1pm: a workshop (in German) in the Martin Gropius Bau, in the exhibition "Der Britische Blick: Deutschland – Erinnerungen einer Nation" 

• Sunday in Schloss Oranienburg, Workshop on textile pictures (details)

• Sunday, 2pm, in the Youth Museum: Activity around the "Express Yourself" exhibition ; also at 2pm: guided tour for children at the Maerkisches Museum

• Sunday: 3pm - A guided tour in English for the whole family in the Technische Museum (information) ; also on the same day, same time, a guided tour for families (this time in German...) in the Marble Palace (Marmorpalais) in Potsdam (details) ; and also in the Naturkundemuseum 

Shopping, Markets and Culinary Delights

• Shops will be open on Sunday from 1 pm

• Throughout the weekend: street food market in the Europe Centre (Fri. from 6pm; Sat. 10am-10pm; Son. 10am-6pm) 

• Also at the weekend (Friday through Sunday): The BabyWelt fair, dedicated to products for babies and their families. In the Arena Treptow

• Cheese Festival in Markthalle IX (details)

• Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, Sunday

About Me

I offer tours in Berlin as well as write about the city as well as published several books and articles in general. I am always free for writing gigs - travel writing or any other types of writing and research - or of course to show you the wonderful city I live in