Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, April 20- 22nd

Bomb Disposal in the Central Train Station

No, not a fun public event, but an important one to know of: on Friday, April 20th, the whole area around the Hauptbahnhof would be cleared (including no train / bus transport) due to the discovery of a WW2 bomb in the area. Transport on the day is going to be messy. 

Furthermore... 

• Sport: The Airfield Run in the Tempelhofer Feld on Sunday (late registration from 9:30) features fun runs for adults, youth and for children

• Camping company Camp4 organises an event on Saturday in Orankesee in Hohenschönhausen: it will include a bonfire, a cardboard boat competition, a bouldering wall and much more - just come, Sat. from 11:00, free admission

Family Activities in the Camp Oranke

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00 

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

• Saturday is "Record Store Day" in Berlin, with record stores opening with special concerts and events. We're talking vinyl...

• Cooking from around the world in the FEZ in their family weekend, including workshops for children etc. 

• Food and Markets: 
• Designer stuff in the Flowmarkt im Prinzessinnengarten on Sunday, from 10:00

•  A children market full of music and Afrocaribbean food in Yaam, Sunday from 2 pm 

• Bread market in Markthalle IX on Sunday

• Flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

Jewish Traditions

Later in the week...

About Me

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About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads. 

Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, April 13- 15th

Cherry Blossom Festival 

The Gardens of the World in Marzahn have reopened and now feature parts of last year's International Gardening Exhibition. Now there is also an entrance from the Kienberg U5 Station, which makes it much easier to get there. 

The Cherry Blossom Festival ( Kirschblütenfest ) celebrates the blossom in the Chinese, Japanese and Korean gardens. Obviously, fans of those cultures will especially enjoy (those who come in Cosplay pay reduced admission), but the beautiful gardens with their new and old attractions certainly speak volumes. 

Cherry Blossom Festival 

Sunday, April 15th, 12:00 - 5:00 

Gardens of the World 

Cherry Blossom Girl (source: the organisers)

VELOBerlin Bike Festival

This biking festival features testing opportunities, new products, bike races, shows, group rides and a stage program with experts. 

VeloBerlin

Sat/Sun in Tempelhofer Feld and in the former airport halls

Admission fees apply - chlidren under 14 with an adult enter for free

Furthermore... 

• Last week to visit the Britzer Baumblüte funfair. It will continue till April 15th and will feature rides, food stalls and the regular funfair setting. Free admission, the rides are for a fee. In the Parchimer/Fulhamer Allee intersection (near the U7 Parchimer Allee). 







• And also: Spring Fair in the Zentraler Festplatz in Kurt Schumacher Damm, with many rides, stands, etc. Until April 22nd 

• Cooking from around the world in the FEZ in their family weekend, including workshops for children etc. 

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00 

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

• Rock concert for children at SO36, on Sunday, 3 pm 

• Peter and the Wolf concert in the Philharmonie, Sunday 3:30 

• The children opera, "Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs" in the Komische Oper, Sunday 4 pm 

Snow White and the 77 Dwarfs

• Food and Markets: 

• An Italian spring market in Markthalle IX, on Friday and Saturday; and on Sunday you will find the Breakfast Market there... 

• Sat + Sun: a small designer market in Holzmarkt25 

• Flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

Jewish Traditions

Hashomer Hatzair will meet for a picnic on Sunday afternoon. Registration and details: dikla@hashomer.de 

Later in the week...

About Me

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About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads. 

Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, April 6- 8th

Easter Leftover

Several Easter themed street fairs and funfairs continue throughout this weekend. 

• The Easter Fair in Alexanderplatz continues until April 8th, with a few small rides, stalls and a bit of musical entertainment





• Another fair will take place until Saturday in Breitscheidplatz (Europe Centre) 

• In Britz, the Britzer Baumblüte funfair opens on March 28th. It will continue till April 15th and will feature rides, food stalls and the regular funfair setting. Free admission, the rides are for a fee. In the Parchimer/Fulhamer Allee intersection (near the U7 Parchimer Allee). 

Herzgrün, Music Festival in Sony Centre

The Herzgrün is a free music festival, throughout the weekend, at the Sony Centre. While most "tickets" have been already reserved, it is possible to come to the place and hope for a free space - from my experience, you have a chance. There is also a "family concert" . 

Berlin's Half Marathon

The first major race of the season will take place on Sunday, with just over 36,000 people from 112 different countries taking place (including wheelchair racers and skaters). Some are "serious" runners, many are doing it just for fun, and you're obviously welcome to watch. The course starts and ends in Karl-Marx-Allee, near Kino International: 

Obviously, there will be changes to public transport and private car transportation on this day - follow up if you have to get somewhere. 

On Saturday, there will be a Bambini Run, both for runners (11:00) and skaters (2pm); for children up to age 13. This will be on Tempelhofer Feld, and the registration is available as part of the Berlin Vital fair taking place in the former Airport Terminal 

Furthermore... 

• Spring Fair in the Zentraler Festplatz in Kurt Schumacher Damm, with many rides, stands, etc. Until April 22nd 

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00 

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

• Food and Markets: 
• The Flowmarkt in Prinzessinnengärten will be back on Sunday (from 10:00) after its winter break

• Another "sport" event for the weekend: Berlin's Bratwurst Championship, in Domäne Dahlem , on Sunday between 10am and 6pm 

• The Botanical Garden will hold their "Staudenmarkt" on Saturday and Sunday, featuring mostly (but not only) gardening products, seeds, etc.

• Sunday afternoon will see the Sage designer market, including all kinds of activities, at Sage Beach, Köpenicker Str. 18, from 3pm (admission fees go to charity) 

• And on the opposite bank of the Spree, another market/party, at Yaam, from 2pm 

• Flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

Jewish Traditions

There will be Mimouna celebrations this week, e.g. at Chabad Alexanderplatz, on Saturday night (see image); or in Fraenkelufer 

Later in the week...

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. 

About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads. 

Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, March 30 - April 2 (including Easter and Passover)

Easter

The Easter weekend has countless events , more and less traditional. 

• In Britz, the Britzer Baumblüte funfair opens on March 28th. It will continue till April 15th and will feature rides, food stalls and the regular funfair setting. Free admission, the rides are for a fee. In the Parchimer/Fulhamer Allee intersection (near the U7 Parchimer Allee). 

• The Easter Fair in Alexanderplatz continues until April 8th, with a few small rides, stalls and a bit of musical entertainment

• Another central Easter Fair will take place in Breitscheidplatz (Europa Centre), usually there is a huge Easter Egg on the premises. 

• The Späth'schen Nurseries will celebrate the opening of the season with a small fair, and with an option to dye eggs the way the Sorbs do it (which is beautiful). 

Späth'schen Baumschulen , Späthstraße 80/81, 12437 Berlin ; Transport:  S Baumschulenweg and then buses 170 or 265; or U7 Blaschkoallee/ and then bus 170  

Easter Bonfire

This is one of the holiday traditions and there are many bonfires around Berlin. 

• In Späth Nursery (see above), Saturday from 4pm 

• In the Frohnau Zenltinger Platz, Saturday from 4pm 

• Saturday, from 5pm at the Stadtgut Berlin Buch 

• Saturday, from 6pm, in the Britzer Garten

• In the Mendler Farm, Lettberger Straße 94, 12355 Rudow, Berlin , on Sunday from 10:00 

• Yaam, Sunday from 10:00 

And in Brandenburg: 

• The Easter Bonfire in Basdorf is "The largest one in Brandendenburg", according to the organisers. Saturday, from 2 pm, including a funfair and much more 

The Basdorf Bonfire

Renaissance Fairs / Knights Festivals

One unofficial Easter tradition is many Renaissance Fairs / Knights Festivals. 

The most prominent one in the city itself is the 12th Easter Knights Festival in the Spandau Citadel. The event features knights on horses, stalls, medieval entertainment and much more. Sat through Monday. 

The Knights who say Nöööö 

Another large festival takes place outside the city, in Kloster Chorin, Thu through Monday

Smaller events: 

• In the Museumsford Düppel, from Friday through Monday (info)

• In the Slawendorf in Brandenburg an der Havel 

Furthermore... 

• Spring Fair in the Zentraler Festplatz in Kurt Schumacher Damm, with many rides, stands, etc. Until April 22nd 

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00 

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

• Food and Markets: 
• The Easter weekend has so many events that it is easy to forget that you still have the regular flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

• The Flowmarkt opens in the Maybachufer, for the first time in the season, on Sunday 

• And if we're talking Easter and food, almost every restaurant will hold a special Easter Brunch on Sunday or Monday (or both) 

Jewish Traditions

Later in the week...

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. 

About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads. 

Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, March 23 - 25

Easter is coming...

Easter is next week (Good Friday on March 30th; Easter Sunday/Monday on April 1st and 2nd), and in case you're a bit out of it, a few tips: 

• School is on a holiday from March 26th and if you don't have a Hort, no time is better than yesterday, to think how to deal with this surprise... If you're with a Kita, check - many Kitas only take time off during the holiday itself and not before/after that. 

• In Germany, shops will be closed on Good Friday, and Easter Sunday/Monday. I will publish the many events for Easter next week, but just a friendly reminder to remember to go to the shops on Thursday, March 29th... (shops are open on March 31st and are going to look like a battlefield). 

• Celebrating Passover? Good for you! There are a few places (namely Chabad) where you can celebrate publicly if you don't have the energy to do it yourself, but I would recommend to find a few friends and do it yourself... I am willing to play the matchmaker if you're looking for a placement. 

And as usual, there are Easter events even before Easter weekend: 

• The Easter Fair in Alexanderplatz starts at the weekend and continues until April 8th, with a few small rides, stalls and a bit of musical entertainment

• The Späth'schen Nurseries will celebrate the opening of the season with a small fair, and with an option to dye eggs the way the Sorbs do it (which is beautiful). 

Späth'schen Baumschulen , Späthstraße 80/81, 12437 Berlin ; Transport:  S Baumschulenweg and then buses 170 or 265; or U7 Blaschkoallee/ and then bus 170  

• The FEZ will also start the Easter festivities at the weekend, with "Easter Alarm in Bunnyville" (my translation, shoot me!) . It includes bunnies, shows, Easter Eggs, and a lot of hilarity. 

• Easter craft activities from natural materials, in Ökowerk in the Grunewald forest, Sunday 12:00 

• Easter crafts also in the Britzer Garten, Sunday, 11:00 

Furthermore... 

• Sport: 

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00

•  The German Historical Museum will be open for free on Sunday 

• Children fairy-tale theatre on Sunday (3pm) in Jagdschloss Grunewald

•  Guided tour for families in the Charlottenburg Castle on Sunday, 3pm

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

• Do you have a child over 12 who plays an instrument? There is an impro-concert in the Foyer of the Philharmonie, on Saturday, 2:30 , you have to register in advance to take part 

• And clubbing for children: Astra are organising a "Children Disco" on Saturday, with music and fun for kids, with some of the profits going to the Bjorn Schultz Stiftung, which operates Hospices for children and their families. 

• Food and Markets: 
• Springtime is being celebrated in Markthalle IX with a Naschmarkt, that is a markt of noshes , cool small munchies, on Sunday 

Naschmarkt in Markthalle IX

• A colourful market in Yaam on Sunday 

• Flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

Jewish Traditions

Later in the week...

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. 

About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads. 

Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, March 16 - 18

Furthermore... 

• Sport: 

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00 

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

• Food and Markets: 
• Flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

Jewish Traditions

Later in the week...

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. 

About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads. 

Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, March 9 - 11

ITB

The ITB - one of the largest tourism fairs in the world - opens this week in Berlin. The events in the middle of the week (March 7-9th) are intended for the tourism business. The weekend is open for the general public and includes lots of attractions, including shows by different tourism boards, food tastings, children activities and much more. 

ITB - Messe Berlin

March 7 - 11 ( 10 - 11) 

Furthermore... 

• Sport: 

• Museums and Casltes
• Every Saturday: workshops for children (from 2:30 onwards) at the Museum of Technology

• Design your own exhibition (DE) in the Maerkisches Museum, Sat, 2 pm 

• Guided tour for families at the Natural History Museum, Sun from 11:00 

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

• Carnival of Animals, Saturday 4 pm, at the Philharmonie

• Food and Markets: 
• Flea markets and a street food market in the Kulturbrauerei 

Jewish Traditions

Later in the week...

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. 

About the Blog

I try to upload it regularly and aim for publishing on Wednesday evening, If you want me to include something (or think that I have forgotten), contact me; if you want to follow and plan to weekend, visit the blog on Wednesday nights or Thursday mornings... And finally, if you want to support me and the blog, you can do it in three ways: ordering tours in Berlin from me; Paypaling me or just removing the adblock and clicking one of the ads.