Events for the weekend, November 11-13th

 Lantern Parades

You have probably received the memo from the Kita, but just in case: In this time of the year lanterns parades take place all over Berlin. The origin of the tradition is for Sy. Martin's Day on November 11th, but in secular Berlin, there are many non-religious parades. 

Most of the lantern parades take place on Friday: 

• Treptow-Köpenick: In Strandbad Wendeschloss (info / map) 

• Tempelhof-Schöneberg: In Café Eule in the Gleisdreieck Park (info / map) 

• Steglitz-Zehlendorf: In Domäne Dahlem (info/map) 

• Pankow: In the Heinrich Böll Library in Prenzlauer Berg (map), at 5pm, with a parade in the Mühlenviertel

• Potsdam: in the Volkspark, in the Remisepark (map/event) 

• Neukölln: In the Britz Gardens (info / map) and in the Wutzky Einkaufcenter (info/map) 

On Saturday: 

• In Medaillonplatz in Rummelsburg (info/ map)

• In the Schultheiss Quartier shopping centre in Moabit (info/map) 

• How to create light and fire like in the Middle Ages, on Saturday (2pm) in the Waldschule Zehlendorf (info / map) 

Diwali

I think it's the first time I see a public Diwali party in Berlin, so yippy-multikulti!  If you don't know it, some Wiki-Info. It is, Indeed, another light-oriented festival, because that's what we humans do when it's getting darker and colder. 

So, Diwali Berlin on the Sage Beach includes 12 stands with Indian food, DJs, comedy, dance, and lots of fun. 

Sat-Sun, from 2:30pm, on Sage Beach (website / address)

Meanwhile, in Wuhlheide...

The dead are walking around us! No, the Zombie Apocalypse is going to happen elsewhere (I suspect, in BER), it's just a Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) party.

On Saturday, in the FEZ (website / map) 

The Ghost of Christmas Future...

If the theme of the last item was zombies, here we have the good old starship invasion: The streets of Berlin are filling slowly with empty shells, reminding us that Christmas is near. And relatively, many events start way before the official starting time of the Christmas Markets in Berlin (which is the weekend of the 25th, so in two weeks). 

What do we have at the weekend?* 

• The market in Potsdamer Platz, already quite established in the past two weeks (Fr-Sa, Mo-Sa - might be closed on this Sunday due to the mourning day)

• The market in Frankfurter Allee, near the Magdalenenstr U-Bahn, with many rides and what promises to be the largest funfair/Christmas Market in Berlin (Fr-Sa, Mo-Sa - might be closed on this Sunday due to the mourning day)

• The Glühwald on Mercedes Benz Platz (Fr-Sa, Wed-Sa - might be closed on this Sunday due to the mourning day)

• The Vorglühmarkt in Holzmarkt-25 (map, also see the Christmas Market map below) , also on this Sunday (for sure) 

• The Christmas Avenue , aka the "Gay" Christmas Market on Nollendorfplatz, from Friday on 

No Flea Markets this Sunday

There is no shortage of events for this weekend (as usual...) but there is also one notable "regular" event missing: there are no flea markets on this Sunday, as it is the "National Mourning Day". Originally designed to commemorate the fallen of the First World War, it is a day dedicated to people who died in wars and violent incidents. There are usually several interesting ceremonies in cemeteries. 

While the official outdoor markets don't operate, there are several special markets and events. Small exchange (trade off) markets in Friedenau and Prenzlauer Berg are marked on the map at the bottom of the page, but there is also the Fashion Fleamarket in Ballhaus Berlin, on Sunday, which is dedicated only to women's fashion (info/map) 

• Also, a "Vintage and Art" in Brauhaus Neulich (map/FB event)

• A street food festival in Oranienburg (map/FB event) 

• A "Romantic Vintage Market" in Schloss Diedersdorf on Sat and Sun (map/FB event)

Pasta and other important things next week

Apparently, next week is True Italian Pasta Week. For EUR 15, you can get in selected Italian places a fancy pasta dish plus a drink. 

Monday - next Sunday 

In many Italian places around the city 

The event map