Events in Berlin, January 21st - 23rd

 The boy who is also a magician

My friend Y. had once a blackout - he had forgotten the name of the most famous magician-boy in the world, and in his honour, some events (happening this week) and places (which are open most of the time) where Harry Potter fans can visit Berlin: 

• You can start off with a concert of music from "Harry Potter " in Potsdamer Platz , on Friday / Saturday at the Theater am Potsdamer Platz (details and tickets); by the way, if you will have missed it, there is also another concert with Harry Potter tunes in March in the "Mercedes Welt" , as well as a marathon of all movies in Babylon in two weeks

• Have you always dreamed of playing Quidditch in real life? Because the Quidditch Berlin team is holding an open day this coming Sunday (in the Eichkamp area of  Charlottenburg) and you can try your hand at the game. I have a feeling you will not be able to fly with a broom, but do enjoy 

• The Magic Museum in the Mitte area gives a bit of a tourist trap vibe, but that doesn’t stop it from being, well - a museum of magic themes. 

• The MitVergnügen website has 11 recommendations for places that, if you exercise your imagination well, are similar to places from the movies or books. To me, most similar is the Amtsgericht Mitte, but read the list and decide for yourself! 
• By the way, two places I would add to the list: Spandau's old town, which is quite similar in some of its alleys to Diagon Alley, and the castle's restaurant can in some of its corners definitely give the feeling that we're at the Leaky Cauldron. 

• And, admittedly not really in Berlin, but the Brieselang Forest is very, very "Harry Potter" in spirit 

• Whatever you do, don't go to Müggelsee (sorry, I had to. It is said that women become similar to their mothers as they get older, but at the level of jokes, I am definitely gender bending when it comes to dad-jokes) 

• And if you really need Harry Potter products, the " Sieben Königslande " store in Mitte (in the Hoffman courtyards on Oranienburger Str. 32, 10117 Berlin), specializes exclusively in everything you need, except a scar on your forehead 

In the meantime, with the Muggles 

• Flohmarkt @ Baergarten Market in Schoneweide  , Saturday from 12:00 (Schnellerstraße 137, 12439 Berlin) 

• Cleaning together in the Wuhlheide Park ( details ) and at Samariter Kiez in Friedrichshain  ( details ), both on Saturday

• Disco on Ice at Lankwitz on Saturday night ( details ); And if you're less into the ice skating, there's also a kids' disco in Sprungraum , the trampoline hall in Templehof 

• Sunday: The street food market of Kulturbrauerei ( Prenzlauer Berg)  and Winterzauber on the Wendeschloss beach in Koepenick ( details of the latter )

• I have no idea if this is really going to happen or is it some kind of comic event, but just in case it happens: The Pitcairn Islands (check the atlas) are celebrating "Bounty Rebellion Day" on Sunday, and will (reportedly) set a model ship on fire in James Simon Park in Mitte

Events for January 27th

And a somewhat sharp transition: January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day and ceremonies are expected all over Germany. 

This coming weekend: 

• On Sunday, an action by Hashomer Hatzair  Ken Berlin will take place. The little ones will take action online; Larger groups will hold a memorial service at one of Berlin's memorial sites (details: berlin@hashomerhatzair-eu.com) 

• Another ceremony will be held by the "Nevatim" organization that is somehow connected to the Jewish Agency, on Sunday afternoon ( details )

On Thursday: 

• At 12:00 you can hear an online lecture , by the Fritz Bauer Institute, entitled "Der kalte Blick. Letzte Bilder jüdischer Familien aus dem Ghetto von Tarnów" 

• At 15:00, a memorial service at Loeperplatz in Lichtenberg 

• At 19:30 at the Jewish Community House at Fasanenstr 78 ( details )

Activities, but under the duvet

Some more recommendations, for those who can not (or do not want to) leave the house, because of the weather / the corona / life-itself 

• A trip for children to South Africa courtesy of "SIVA", on Saturday at 11:00 

• How do you draw polar animals? It's a bit like a famous joke from art classes (a white horse drinking milk in the snow), but in an online SIVA course kids will be able to learn it (Sunday, 10:00) 

• Although already mentioned in the context of "International Holocaust Remembrance Day", Hashomer Hatzair's youth group meets online this week, and you can join by email berlin@hashomerhatzair-eu.com