Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, November 24th - 26th

Sunday - Another Mourning Day

Flea markets will be closed on Sunday, due to "Totensonntag", Sunday of the Dead. 

Christmas Markets and other Seasonal Events

Officially Christmas Markets will only open from Monday, November 27th, and this is also due to the abovementioned day of mourning . But a few fairs and markets exist already. 

• 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 - closed on this Sunday 

• 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. 

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, it is a tiny thing featuring 5-6 stalls with mulled wine and of course - movie screening in the open air, including this Sunday 

• Domaene Dahlem also have a market at the weekend. 

There is a small traditional Finnish Bazaar in the Finnish Cultural Centre in Kreuzberg on Saturday/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 . 

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 

And if we're into American traditions, what about Black Friday? There are some sales (in most shopping centres and on Amazon), but basically, don't expect the level of hysteria or violence that this date is notorious for. Nobody cares, and das ist auch gut so. 

Furthermore

• Puppet Theatre Festival throughout the weekend at the FEZ

• 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 

• Workshop for children in the Werner Hablik exhibition in Martin-Gropius-Bau, Sunday, 3:00 

• Music: 

• Every Saturday , 12:00, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" in the Musical Instruments Museum

• Peter and the Wolf at the Philharmonie, Saturday, 3:30 

• The "Town Musicians of Bremen" is a children-opera, after the famous fairy-tale. At the Komische Oper, Sunday 11:00 and 4pm , libretto in German and Turkish 

A donkey, a dog, a cat and a chicken: Town Musicians of Bremen

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