Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, September 1st through 3rd

IFA

The International Communication Fair, IFA, features all kinds of new features, inventions and gadgets, from "Smart Homes" through wearables and new mobile devices, and of course - as it was originally meant as a radio fair: televisions. There is also a children area and lots of shows, demonstrations and concerts. 

IFA, Sept. 1 through 6th, Messegelände (admission fees apply) 

And - for the IFA:

•  BiteMojo, which I have mentioned in a previous note as a great way to get to know the city, is offering a deal on its Charlottenburg Tour. 

• Shops (big chains in shopping centres etc.) will be open on this Sunday, between 1 and 6 pm 

Fireworks fill the Sky

Berliners love fireworks and almost any event ends or starts with it, but at this weekend, you get a concentrated dosage with the Pyronale, calling itself "World's Championship in Fireworks". The event takes place on two consecutive evenings (Friday and Saturday) in the Maifeld of the Olympic Stadium area. While entry fees apply, many place a chair nearby or climb up the Teufelsberg for a free view. 

Pyronale

If this was not nice enough, there is another fireworks event at the weekend, the Feuerblume Klassik Open Air, on Saturday (from 7:30 pm) in the Britz Gardens

Furthermore

• More Funfairs and Street Parties: 

  
  

  • Street Party in the Altstadt Spandau , throughout the weekend (Fri/Sat/Sun) 

  
  

  • Water party, at the Water Authority, Judenstr in Mitte, Saturday from 12:00

  
  

  

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  • Also on Saturday: a festival at the Orankesee for the whole family, with acrobatics, music, and much more

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  • A summer party organised by the SPD in Einstein Park in Prenzlauer Berg (Muehlenviertel), Saturday afternoon

  
  

  • An Open Air Gallery and an arts event in the Oberbaumbruecke, Sunday

  
  

• One of Berlin's largest public housing companies, HOWOGE, is staging the HOWOGE Tierpark Festival on Sunday, with events at the Tierpark. HOWOGE tennants should have received coupons for discounted admission, the rest can also come, using Tierpark's regular admission fees. 

• A big pool party for children by the Baeder Betriebe, Sunday in the children pool in Monbijoupark 

• Museums and Casltes

• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology; Every Sunday, 11:00 and 3:00 - guided tour (in German) in the museum

• Guided tour for families in German in the Kafka Exhibition, Martin Gropius Bau, Sunday 1 pm 

• Summer festival by the AWO in the Dueppel Museum, Sunday all day 

• For aircraft fans: open days in the Gatow Military Aircraft Museum, Sat/Sun 

• Music: Music workshop for children, Saturday, 1 pm, Klingendes Museum 

• Sports: 
• The end of the ISTAF will be celebrated with public pole jumping, in Brandenburg Gate, Saturday, 6 pm 

• Inclusive fun run in the Tempelhofer Feld, Saturday

• Sport fest for the whole family in the Olympic Stadium, Sunday

• Markets and Food: 

• All over the weekend, Coffee Festival in Markthalle Neun 

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