Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Dec 2nd - 4th

Second Advent - Selected Christmas Markets

Only at this Weekend

• Traditional market in Roxdorf, Richardplatz, Friday through Sunday 

• Medieval Market in Karlshorst, near the station, Sat /Sun from 1pm 

• Market in Kladow near the ferry to Wannsee (Sat/Sun)

• Christmas Market in the Jagdschloss Grunewald (Sat/Sun)

• Sat/Sun in the Arena/Treptow: Japanese Christmas Market, not so clear if it is part of the Winterdorf they also have at the Arena

• Sat/Sun in Samariterplatz in Friedrichshain

• Saturday evening/night: "Nachtflohmarkt" for Christmas, in the Spreewerkstaetten (details)

• Naschmarkt, special Christmas edition, in Markthalle IX on Sunday

•  Sunday, an "English" Christmas Market at the Anglican Church, Preußenallee 17 14052 Berlin 

• Sunday: in the Lokhalle of the Naturpark Suedgelaende 

• Not only Christmas is celebrated, also Hanukkah, so the Pestalozzistr Synagogue is organising its annula Chanukkah Bazar , on Sunday (details in the image below)

Also After this Weekend

• Till January 1st: Christmas Garden in the Botanical Gardens

• Until December 22nd : Historical Fair in the RAW Tempel, with Renaissance Fair artisans and entertainers. Weekdays 2 - 9pm; Fri/Sat 12am - 10pm ; Sundays 12am - 7pm 

• Until December 22nd: A historical market in the Mariannenplatz in Kreuzberg 

• Until December 23rd : The Lucia Market at the Kulturbrauerei

• Until January 1st: Winter World in Potsdamer Platz

• Every Friday through Sunday: at the Arena in Treptow 

• All Advent weekends: 
• Christmas Fair for kids at the FEZ
• At the Domaene Dahlem 
• At the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem 
• At the Späth’schen Baumschulen Nurseries 

• Every Sunday: 
• Oeko-Markt for Christmas in Kollwitzplatz; 
• In the Strandbad Weissensee 
• In Unicorn, Brunnenstr 64 

Furthermore

• Music: 
• Christmas spirit in a children concert at the Philharmonie, Saturday at 3pm and Sunday at 11:00 (info)

• Museums and Palaces:  
• Guided tour (in German) in the Pina Bausch Exhibition in the Martin Gropius, Saturday 11 and 2pm (info) 
• Sunday for the whole family, in the Natural History Museum 
• Porcelain workshop for children at the Oranienburg Palace, Sunday at 3pm
• Guided tour for children at the Marble Palace in Potsdam, Sunday at 3pm 
• Guided tour in English for the whole family in the Technical Museum (info)
• Making an "interactive" comics, Sunday, 2pm in the Martin Gropius Bau (info)

Jewish Heritage

• A guided tour for children (in German) titled "Plätzchen, Latkes, Kerzenschein", on the similarity between Hanukkah and Christmas, Saturday at 2pm (details)

• Movie night in Hashomer Hatzair! Details/registration: dikla@hashomer.de 

Meanwhile in Brandenburg

• Christmas Market in the Slawendorf, a historical Museum-Village near Brandenburg an der Havel

• Also at the weekend: A "Polish" Christmas Market, in Haus der Brandenburgische Geschichte, Am Neuen Markt, 14467 Potsdam 

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 25th - 27th

First Advent - Selected Christmas Markets

Only at this Weekend

• Sunday: at the "Lokhalle" of Natur-Park Schöneberger Südgelände 

Also After this Weekend

• Till January 1st: Christmas Garden in the Botanical Gardens

• Until December 22nd : Historical Fair in the RAW Tempel, with Renaissance Fair artisans and entertainers. Weekdays 2 - 9pm; Fri/Sat 12am - 10pm ; Sundays 12am - 7pm 

• Until December 22nd: A historical market in the Mariannenplatz in Kreuzberg 

• Until December 23rd : The Lucia Market at the Kulturbrauerei

• Until January 1st: Winter World in Potsdamer Platz

• Every Friday through Sunday: at the Arena in Treptow 

• All Advent weekends: 
• Christmas Fair for kids at the FEZ
• At the Domaene Dahlem 
• At the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem 
• At the Späth’schen Baumschulen Nurseries 

• Every Sunday: 
• Oeko-Markt for Christmas in Kollwitzplatz; 
• In the Strandbad Weissensee 
• In Unicorn, Brunnenstr 64 

Furthermore

• Friday at 6pm: torchlight tour in the Zoo Aquarium 

• Music: 
• Puppet theatre with Baroque Music, at the Musical Instruments Museum, Saturday 3pm (details)
• The Magic Flute for children at the Philharmonie, Sunday 3:30 

puppet theatre with baroque music

• Palaces, Castles and Museums:
• Torchlight tour in the Museum of Communication, Saturday at 6:30 (details) 
• Torchlight tour for children in the Oranienburg Castle, Sunday 5pm (details)
• Re-Opening of the Koenigs-Wusterhausen Castle, with activities, on Sunday

Jewish Heritage

• Friday at 4pm: Children Kabbalath Shabbath in Fraenkelufer 

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 18th - 20th

Almost Advent...

And some attractions are altready open: 

• Winter World in Potsdamer Platz: All week long (except this week on Sunday, due to the Totensonntag) 

• Another early Christmas event: the Christmas Garden in the Botanical Gardens. Quite an entry fee, but seems amazing: light shows, skating rink and more. 

• Sat/Sun : small Christmas bazaar in the Finland Cultural Institute (Schleiermacherstraße 24a 10961 Berlin-Kreuzberg , U Gneisenaustr)

•  Markt der Kontinente, the Market of the Continents : The Ethnological Museum in Dahlem offers visits to each continent during the next four weeks, starting with Europe, at the weekend. 

• Saturday: market in the Carmelite Monastry "Karmel Regina Martyrum" in Siemensstadt (details)

• Sunday, fairy tales in the Oekowerk and also a small Christmas Market there (details) 

Furthermore

• Puppet theatre festival in the FEZ (details)

• Musical workshop at the Klingendes Museum, Saturday

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• Totensonntag on Sunday; Flea markets are closed. In Markthalle IX, the organisers understood that different cultures commemorate the Sunday of the Dead differently, for example the Mexican and their Dia de los Muertos. So, there is a Mexican breakfast market for Dia de los Muertos, in Markthalle IX, on Sunday 10:00 - 5:00 

Dia de los Muertos in Markthalle IX 

• Also on Sunday: a market for postcards, coin and stamp collectors inside the Ostbahnhof

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 11th - 13th

St. Martin's Lantern Parades

St. Martin's parades, on November 11th 

• In the Berliner Dom , with a choir

• Britzer Garten, Friday (Nov. 11th) at 4:30 

• At 4:30 also in the Luebars Children Farm (details)

• Ufa Fabrik in Tempelhof, Friday at 5 pm (details)

• In Prenzlauer Berg: from several churches and from the Moritzhof at 5:30pm, with a big event in the Friedrich Ludwig Jahn Sportpark 

On Novermber 12th

• Dueppel Museum start their activity at 2pm and the parade at 3:30 

• Domaene Dahlem have a Saturday with a textile market, and at 5:30, with a lantern parade

Furthermore

• Winter World in Potsdamer Platz: All week long (except this week on Sunday, due to the Volkstrauertag) 

• Friday evening: guided tour for children at the Zoo Aquarium

• Saturday in the Waldschule Spandau: fairy-tales by the fire (details)

• Saturday: Open Day at the International Montessori School in Wannsee (details)

• Sunday, 11:00, fairy tales in the Berlin Zoo ; and also - a guided tour and a workshop around the Golem exhibition at the Jewish Museum  

• Three times on Sunday (11, 1pm, 3pm) : Workshop on light with some crafts activity in the Neue Palais in Potsdam: 

• Sunday, 1pm: children concert with the Kulturradio (information) ; and a Felix Mendelssohn tribute for kids at the Philharmonie (information) 

• Sunday 3pm: guided tour for children in the Charlottenburg Palace 

• Adventure weekend at the FEZ (details) 

• Sunday is Volkstrauertag, so no flea markets, sorry! 

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Nov 4th - 6th

Winter World in Potsdamer Platz

This weekend will see the opening of the first winter fair (not Christmas Market, because those are opening only after Totensonntag!). 

Winter World in Potsdamer Platz features many winter-sports related rides (e.g. snow slope, ice skating rink - for free if you bring the shoes! - and much more). It also features lots of decorations that are very typical of Christm... sorry of "The Season" and food that is related to the holiday that dares not be mentioned. 

Potsdamer Platz, daily till January 1st, except Totensonntag and Volkstrauertag

Free admission 

Winter World

Furthermore

• Throughout the weekend (Fri - Sun) : railway model fair in the FEZ

Railway models, FEZ (photo by grit-erlebach) 

• Lantern making workshop at the Klax Kreativwerkstatt, Schönhauser Allee 59, 10437 Berlin , Sat 2pm 

• Saturday: children concert at the Philharmonie (3:30pm), tickets

• Sunday: the Peter Pan opera for children, at the Komische Oper, 4pm 

• Museums: 
• Martin Gropius Bau offer guided tours for families (in German) on Saturday (11 and 3pm) and on Sunday (4pm). 

• Children event on Sunday at the Bode, from 11:00 (details) 

• Sunday at 11:00, Schloss Schoenhausen, guided tour for children 

• Also on Sunday: 1pm: a workshop (in German) in the Martin Gropius Bau, in the exhibition "Der Britische Blick: Deutschland – Erinnerungen einer Nation" 

• Sunday in Schloss Oranienburg, Workshop on textile pictures (details)

• Sunday, 2pm, in the Youth Museum: Activity around the "Express Yourself" exhibition ; also at 2pm: guided tour for children at the Maerkisches Museum

• Sunday: 3pm - A guided tour in English for the whole family in the Technische Museum (information) ; also on the same day, same time, a guided tour for families (this time in German...) in the Marble Palace (Marmorpalais) in Potsdam (details) ; and also in the Naturkundemuseum 

Shopping, Markets and Culinary Delights

• Shops will be open on Sunday from 1 pm

• Throughout the weekend: street food market in the Europe Centre (Fri. from 6pm; Sat. 10am-10pm; Son. 10am-6pm) 

• Also at the weekend (Friday through Sunday): The BabyWelt fair, dedicated to products for babies and their families. In the Arena Treptow

• Cheese Festival in Markthalle IX (details)

• Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, Sunday

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Oct 28th - 30th 2016, including Halloween

Halloween in Berlin, 2016

Some major Halloween events: 

• All week long, pumpkin carving and other Halloween related events in Karl's Erdbeerdorf Karl's Erdbeerdorf, Zum Erlebnis-Dorf 1 14641 Wustermark

• The FEZ organises Halloween events the whole week, including a haunted house and plenty of activities for children of all ages
  FEZ, on Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin 

  Public Transport: take the S3 to Wuhlheide or trams 27, 63 or 67 to Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum. Admission fees apply (EUR 3/head or EUR 10/family) 

• Mixing traditions, the people from the Interkulturelle Garten in Lichtenberg (not far from the Frankfurter Allee Station) will run a lanterns parade on Friday evening, from 6:30 PM (see here) 

• Fri/Sat in the Kulturbrauerei from 10pm: two big parties (for adults) ; other parties for adults in Kino International (Fri/Sat) and in Puro 

• Fri/Sat in the Schoenhauser Allee Arkaden: All kinds of Halloween crafts and activities. On Monday, the big day; throughout the day, activities with Radio Teddy in the shopping centre, and at 6pm, a costume / lampions parade from the centre to Helmholzplatz. 

• Saturday, in the Forum Steglitz shopping centre, with activities for kids (crafts, Radio Teddy etc.) for Halloween Schlossstraße 1 12163 Berlin  

• Sunday in the Botanical Gardens, a central Halloween Party (information)

Halloween in the Botanical Gardens

• Sunday, from 4pm, at the Lindenpark Potsdam, for kids 

• Halloween Brunch at the Hard Rock Cafe in the KuDamm, Monday (details) 

• Monday, in the Filmpark Babelsberg 

• Monday, in the Tierpark, big event that is considered one of the highlights of Berlin's Halloween (so consider purchasing tickets in advance, details)

• Monday, in the Adventure Playground on Holsteinische Str. 45, 10717 Berlin (Wilmersdorf): party for kids aged 6 and up (details) 

• Monday: The Jewish Museum will open the Golem exhibition until midnight and will screen Frankenstein (information)

Furthermore

• Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, Sunday

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Weekend Events for the Whole Family in Berlin, Oct 21st - 23rd 2016

Halloween

Halloween is only next week, but there are already numerous activities at the weekend. If this is your first year in Berlin, don't expect anything that resembles North America or the UK. There is a little T&Teeing (to which many people are just baffled, since the holiday does not really register with Germans who don't have kids the right age). There are some parties for clubbers and some public events for kids. 

The FEZ organises Halloween events the whole week, including a haunted house and plenty of activities for children of all ages

FEZ, on Straße zum FEZ 2, 12459 Berlin 
Public Transport: take the S3 to Wuhlheide or trams 27, 63 or 67 to Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum. Admission fees apply (EUR 3/head or EUR 10/family) 

Another party will take place in Karl's Strawberry Village (Erdbeerdorf) in Elstal. It will include all kinds of seasonal activities (e.g. pumpkin carving) but also a scary evening on October 22nd, with shows, navigation through a corn-maze and much more! 
Karl's Erdbeerdorf, Zum Erlebnis-Dorf 1 14641 Wustermark, free admission 

Petrified in Elstal

And also: 

• Friday afternoon, Halloween Party for children in the Bahnhofspassagen in Potsdam 

• All week long: Halloween light show in the Schloss Shopping Centre in Steglitz (Schloßstraße 34, 12163 Berlin), including walking zombies, make up and more 

Scared in Steglitz

Jewish/Israeli Events: Sukkoth and ID Festival for Israeli/Deutsch Culture

The Jewish feast of Sukkoth is upon us and on Sunday, Hashomer Hatzair will celebrate (for kids aged 7 and older). Details: dikla@hashomer.de  

For adults, there is another important event at the weekend. 

Berlin has a vivid cultural scene, including quite a few Israelis involved in different artistic projects. The ID Festival offers a small selection of Israeli-German art, including music of all types (from Baroque through Yemenite all the way to Jazz and Tango), fine arts, installations, discussions and more. 

ID Festival - Friday/Saturday/Sunday

Radialsystem V 

Programme and Further Information

Furthermore

• Saturday at 2:30pm - Cocoa and its cultural connections, a guided tour for children in the Ethnological Museum in Dahlem ( Lansstraße 8 14195 Berlin ) 

• Sunday at 2:30 - guided tour for families in the Peackock Island Palace

• Street Food Market in the Kulturbrauerei, Sunday

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