Sunday - Memorial Day
German Memorial Day is on Sunday and is one of two days (the other one is next Sunday) that are declared "Days of Mourning", where public fests are not allowed (the exact term is Tanzverbot). The meaning for most Berliners or visitors is that flea markets are closed on Sunday. There are also no other public fairs, for example, the Winterworld in Potsdamer Platz.
If you're interested in official events, there will be ones in most military cemeteries.
Furthermore
- More Funfairs and Street Parties
- Christmas and "Seasonal Markets" - The Winter World is not a Christmas Market (at least officially, which, why it opens so early). Unofficially, it is exactly what it is - a Christmas Market without Christmas, but with winter sports, decorations, stands and typical seasonal food. Lots of fun, free admission. Potsdamer Platz, until Dec 31st . As mentioned before, not on this Sunday, though (Saturday - open)
- Another non-Christmas-Market event, is the Chrismas Garden in the Botanical Gardens. This is the second year of this special event, featuring special light installations and all kinds of attractions, in the Botanical Gardens. The admission is rather on the pricey side, but the event is so spectacular, that I would recommend it. Open also on Sunday.
- The Spaeth Nursery also opened a pre-Christmas event: The Christmas Village is open between Tuesday and Friday and features all kinds of activities for the whole family. The weekends will be enriched with a Christmas Market, but also from December 2nd.
- The Bakers Association of Berlin invites the public to a Stollen Fest on Friday in the Mall of Berlin. Leave some for me, will you?
- Another not-Christmas-Market-at-all is taking place in the Nikolai Quarter, under the name Die Feuerzangenbowle (after a classic German film, that will be also shown). Starting this Friday, expect the regular Christmas-Market fare as well as movie screening in the open air, including this Sunday
- Last but not least for the weekend Christmas Market list, is the market in the Holzmarkt 25, with plenty of cool stuff to do .
- Open Day at the Tempelhof Airport Building, including guided tours. Kids can enjoy the Cabuwazi Circus, Saturday, from 12:00
- 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. On this Sunday: also a tour in English, at 3:30
- A guided tour for families in the Königs Wusterhausen Castle, on Saturday, 5 pm
- Workshop for families, in the Bauhaus Archive, Sunday, 11:00 - 2:00
- Workshops for families in the Bröhan Museum, Sunday 11:00
- A guided tour through the German Historical Museum, for families with kids aged 8 and over, Sunday, 2:00
- A guied tour for children with the "Castle Dragon" in the Marmorpalais (Marmor Palace) in Potsdam, Sunday 2:30
- Music:
- Every Saturday , 12:00, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" in the Musical Instruments Museum
- Musical instruments workshop at the Klingeldes Museum, Saturday, 3 pm
- Prelude Concert, for the whole family, on Saturday, 4:30
- Peter and the Wolf, in Fontane-Haus Märkisches Viertel, Sunday 4 pm
- Markets and Food:
- Breakfast Market in Markthalle IX, with the theme of Dia de Muertos.
Hebrew / Israeli / Jewish Heritage
Later in the week...
Thanksgiving
American expats (and friends) may celebrate Thanksgiving this week
- at the Hard Rock Cafe , with a special menu
- In a private exclusive dinner in Schoenberg
- A Turkey buffet in the Wartenberger Hof near S-Wartenberg
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
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