Weekend and Easter Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, April 14th - 17th

International Garden Show (IGA), Marzahn

Marzahn is celebrating the opening of the IGA on Thursday. The International Garden Exhibition is a gardening show, taking place this year in Berlin. Past garden shows have left us with the Gardens of the World in Marzahn and the Britzer Gardens in Neukölln, as well as the wonderful BUGA Park in Potsdam. 

This year the show is huge and very international, in the sense that the Gardens of the World area in Marzahn has been extended (it is ca. 104 ha) and will include many new gardens from different corners of the globe or with other themes. The exhibition will also feature many cool attractions, such as a bob run and a funicular. There will be also playgrounds, with one central theme being the classic German children book "The 35th of May, or Conrad's Ride to the South Seas" (unfortunately Erich Kästner is not as popular in the English speaking world, but I recommend getting translations of his books or read them in the original German - despite being from the 1920s and 1930s - they are just as exciting today). 

The IGA funicular 

The admission prices are not exactly modest: an adult will pay €20, whereas a child will pay €5, which means a family of four will cough up €50 ... 

Having said that, there will be really many attractions. On Thursday, the IGA will offer many activities including shows ; and at 8 PM, there will be fireworks. The show will be open daily until mid October, and then will be transformed to a public park.  

The Bob Run

The first such events would be the Cherry Blossom Festival on Sunday/Monday, in the Gardens of the World section. The festival will also feature shows by East Asian artists, cosplay and more (details)

IGA 2017 

Open Daily from April 13th

Transport: U5 from Alexanderplatz to Kienberg (Gärten der Welt) or bus 195 to Gärten der Welt

Easter in Berlin

First of all, a kind reminder - shops will be closed on Good Friday, April 14th and on both Easter days (Sunday, April 16th and Monday, April 17th). Unless you have some emergency (in which case, you can always find the shops in the train stations), enjoy the many events at this long weekend.  

Easter Fire , Britzer Gardens

• Easter Fire events, among others: 

• The HOWOGE Easter Fire will start on Saturday in the Park am Fennpfuhl, Paul-Junius-Straße , at 3 pm

• Another fire will take place in Zeltinger Platz in Frohnau, Saturday from 4 pm 

• Britzer Gardens will offer a lakeside fire with musical entertainment on Saturday evening, from 6 pm 

• The programme in the Insel in Treptow starts already at 12:00 with Easter Egg Hunt, there will be also some Easter Fire, a live concert and if the weather is fine, even canoe rental.  

• On Sunday,  April 16th, from 4pm, in the Yaam , including reggae and grill. 

• Also on Sunday, at 6pm, in the Strandbar Weissensee 

Spandau Citadel - Renaissance Fair

• Renaissance Fair in the Spandau Zitadelle, Saturday through Monday (see details in the ad above) and in Chorin (Brandenburg), starting on Thu, April 13th and until Monday, 17th. 

Dragons Included, in Chorin

• Medieval Easter event will also take place at the Museumsdorf Düppel  on all days (Fri through Mon) 

• Easter Market in Breitscheidplatz (near the Europa Centre), from April 15th, every day until April 23rd 

• The Easter Funfair at Britz (Fullhamer / Parchimer Allee) , every day , with this huge Easter Bunny and many other rides and surprises 

Huge Easter Bunny in Britz

• The Spring Funfair in the Zentralen Festplatz ( Kurt-Schumacher-Damm) , will continue throughout until April 17th; fireworks on Saturday 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

Furthermore

• Museums and Casltes: 

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

• Heinrich von Schwann, the puppet, will guide the kids through the Oranienburg Castle, Monday 3 pm (details) ; at the same time in Jagdschloss Grunewald: children theatre followed by an Easter Egg Hunt (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 )

• Musical instruments workshop in the Klingendes Museum, Saturday 3 - 5 pm 

• Breakfast Market in Markthalle IX , Sunday 10:00 - 5:00 

• And a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

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