Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, March 24th through 26th

The Sweet Spring

Spring has officially begun this week and even though it is a little chilly, there's no reason to stay indoors, there are springs festivals ! 

• First, you have to chase the winter away! The reconstructed medieval village, Museumsdorf Düppel (Clauertstraße 11 14163 Berlin) is doing it throughout the weekend, with ceremonies, pageants and events that are supposed to be traditional (details)

• Springs Festival at the Domaene Dahlem. The museum-farm will include stands with goodies, activities for the whole family, and more (Sat/Sun, details)

• The Spring Funfair begins this Friday in the Zentralen Festplatz ( Kurt-Schumacher-Damm) , will continue throughout until April 17th; fireworks on Saturday (March 25th) and on April 15th, at 10 pm . Closed only on Good Friday (April 14th). Arrival: U7 Jakob-Kaiser-Platz and from there, busses  X21 , M21 ; or U6 Kurt-Schumacher-Platz and from there, busses M21, X21 or 128

• Another funfair , near the Spandau Zitadelle, ending this weekend 

• Opening of the windmill in Britz for the whole family, on Saturday (details) 

• And another spring event at the Alte Fasanerie in Lubars, Sunday (details)

Nosh: Jewish Food Festival

Berlin's very first Jewish Food Festival is coming to an end this weekend. There are several events you might be still able to catch on, requiring pre-registration (details / tickets here), Friday, 7pm : 

• A Yemenite Feast with Israeli chef Gil Hovav,

• An Eastern European Friday meal with Itay Novik and Elements of Food (this one is already sold out, but you might be able to get on a waiting list) 

• A Jewish-Italian meal at Botanico,

• Persian Jewish feast from Fortuna's 

• Here comes my shameless self-promotion : We run culinary tours in Hebrew in Berlin, including in the upcoming Saturday, March 18th. The tours are not part of the festival, but we do include (regularly) explanations about the links between the Jewish and the Berliner cuisine. If you have a Hebrew speaking friend, please send them over, no pre-registration required (tour is of course available in English as a private tour, and here we can also focus only on Jewish food and influences in Berlin...).

Further food events at the weekend

• RohVolution is a fair on Raw Food, at the FEZ throughout the weekend 

• Green Market with vegan fare, at Agora, Rollbergstraße 26, 12053 Berlin , Sun/Sat

Furthermore

• Daylight saving time starts in the night between Saturday and Sunday. We "lose" one hour sleep. 

• Saturday is going to be a very political day and as usual in Berlin, demonstrations are a happening that includes concerts. At 11:45, "The March for Europe", a demonstration for European unity and against racism, will start in Bebelplatz and will convene in Brandenburg Gate ; in the evening, Earth Hour calls people to shut down the lights for an hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm - including several prominent public buildings 

• Museums and Casltes: 

• The Kunsthaus Dahlem offers guided tours for families followed by creative crafts/arts, Saturday 11:00 

• "Federal Astronomy Day" on Sunday is an opportunity for the Archenhold Planetarium to offer activities from 2pm for kids and from 7 pm, also actual exploration. 

• Workshop for children at Haus am Waldsee, Sat 2:30 

• Saturday afternoon: workshops for the whole family at the Museum of Technology, 3:30 

• Workshop for kids (aged 6 and up) around the Fredrick Kiesler exhibition in Martin Gripius, Sundat at 1 pm (details) 

• Guided tour for kids through the Marmorpalais in Potsdam, Sunday 2:30 

• Frog Prince in the Grunewald Estate, Sunday 3 pm (details)

• Throughout the week: The exhibition "Platz da! Kinder machen Stadt", at Labyrinth Museum ( Osloer Straße 12 13359 Berlin) ; Kaboom! Comics and Games, at the Computer Games Museum ( Karl-Marx Allee 93A 10243 Berlin ) 

• Concerts
• "Symphony with the whole family", at the Philharmonie, Sat 3:30 pm 

• How were Schumann's works composed? Shumann for kids in Karlshorst, Sunday 3 pm (details)

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