Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Dec 9th - 11th

Third Advent - Selected Christmas Markets

Only at this Weekend

• Fri/Sat/Sun at the DHM's courtyard

• Fri/Sat/Sun in the Gutshof Britz, with "Nordic" theme and lots of children theatre and folklore (details)

• Fri/Sat/Sun in Mutter Lustig in Koepenick (details)

• Sat/Sun in Samariterplatz in Friedrichshain

• Sat/Sun in the Dueppel Museum 

• Sat/Sun in the Postbahnhof: the "Weihnachtsrodeo" designer market 

Weihnachtsrodeo

• Saturday/Sunday: Designer Market at Kaos, Wilhelminenhofstr. 92, 12459 Berlin in Schoeneweide

• Sunday: In the Brunnenmarkt, Brunnenstr. 55 (Brunnen/Bernauer)

• Sunday: A Tierheim Christmas, at the Berlin Animal Shelter (details)

• Another Sunday bazaar for the benefit of non-profits: in the Regenbogenfabrik in Kreuzberg (details)

• Sunday: An "Anti-Christmas" Market, in  ESDIP in Friedrichshain (details)

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 

Hanukkah and other Jewish Heritage Events

Yes, Hanukkah is also around the corner, this year in fact, first candle will be on December 24th. 

• Friday, 4pm : Chanukkah and Shabbath activities for kids in the Rykestr Synagogue

• Sunday, 11:00 in the Jewish Museum - "Ein Pferd zu Chanukka!" (in German), children programme , following the German-language book (that has been translated into English)

• Sunday in Karlshorst, at 11:00, the musical show Die Ziege Zlateh for children aged 6 and up, based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer and with a Chanukkah theme.

• If you don't know where to get Chanukkia and candles, Chabad are giving away

•  Also, in the Werkstatt der Kulturen in Neukoelln, a Klezmer Festival, throughout the weekend

Furthermore

• Museums: 
• Torchlight tour for children in the Museum of Communication, Sat 6:30pm 

• Guided tour about spices, in the Neue Palais, Sun 11:00 

• Workshop about the Fall of the Wall, in Martin Gropius Bau, Sunday 1pm 

• Music: 
• Saturday, 4pm, children concert by Prelude, Prenzlauer Berg 
• Sunday, 2pm : Peter Pan, opera for children, at the Komische Oper
• Sunday, 4pm : The children band "Rumpelstil" in the Mercedes Welt

• A real steam engine will leave on Sunday at 9:00 from the Gesundbrunnen Station, decorated for Christmas and with St. Nicholas on board. According to the website, all tickets are sold out, but perhaps you'll get lucky because someone hasn't shown up and either way, you can see the train leaving or coming back, at 11:00 

• And another Christmas activity: crafts from natural materials in the Waldschule Plaenterwald, Sunday 2 pm (details)

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