This Year's Highlights

Making a trip to Berlin is always worthwhile. And oftentimes, the trip can be especially rewarding –on New Year’s Eve, for example, when hundreds of thousands of visitors welcome the new year at the Brandenburg Gate. And February, too, is especially notable, as this is when famous movie stars make their way down the red carpet for the international film festival Berlinale. And the Easter holidays traditionally see famous opera soloists coming to Berlin for the Festive Days of the Staatsoper. Please find these and other highlights from Berlin’s event calendar in the list below and as a printable version.

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Festival & set of events

Berlin is characterised by a wide-ranging diversity of different ways of living. This environment creates fertile ground for ideas and projects not only in art and on...

Verschiedene Orte
01/30/2013 - 11/09/2013
Concert

With its unique flair the Citadel Spandau, located directly at the river Havel, is one of Berlin's most beautiful open-air locations. This year, there will be...

Zitadelle Spandau
06/05/2013 - 08/30/2013
Fair, procession & parade

The 19th Fête de la Musique will kick off on 105 Stages! Every year on the 21st of June, the imported French festival inspires both amateur and professional...

Verschiedene Orte
06/21/2013 - 4p.m.-1a.m.
Fair, procession & parade

The Christopher Street Day is an annual celebration and demonstration for the rights of lesbian, gay, inter- and bisexual people against discrimination.

06/22/2013
Festival & set of events

Foreign Affairs is an international festival of contemporary performing arts in Berlin, where in recent years ‘international’ has become a local phenomenon.

Haus der Berliner Festspiele
06/27/2013 - 07/14/2013
Fair, procession & parade

Every year Kreuzberg's Bergmannstrasse, one of the most attractive and diverse areas in Berlin's old city centre, transforms into a must-see scene for jazz and music...

Bergmannstraße
06/28/2013 - 06/30/2013
Festival & set of events

True to the motto "Jazz in Town" the atrium of Köpenick's 100-year-old city hall is transformed into the scenery of the 18th Köpenicker Blues & Jazz Festival.

Rathaus Köpenick(historischer Rathaushof/ Ratskeller)
06/29/2013 - 08/24/2013
Trade fair & congress
verschiedene Veranstaltungsorte
07/02/2013 - 07/07/2013
Trade fair & congress

Leading International Fair for Street and Urban Wear; information: tel. +49 (30) 2000-370 / contact...

Tempelhofer Freiheit - Eventlocation Flughafen Tempelhof
07/02/2013 - 07/04/2013
Festival & set of events

The Gendarmenmarkt, one of Berlin' most beautiful squares in the historical centre, composes the grand scenery for the Classic Open Air Festival. On five evenings...

Gendarmenmarkt
07/04/2013 - 07/08/2013
Fair, procession & parade

This summer, the 11th Open Air Gallery 2013 on the Oberbaumbrücke Oberbaum Bridge) will become a lively place of encounter on Sunday, 7 July, from 10 am to 10 pm....

Oberbaumbrücke
07/07/2013 - 10a.m.-10p.m.
Other

The Botanic Garden and the Botanic Museum in Berlin-Dahlem open their doors for this special summer night event.

Botanischer Garten / Botanisches Museum Berlin
07/13/2013 - 5p.m.-2a.m.
Festival & set of events

Every year in August, youth symphony orchestras from all over the world enrich the classic summer in Berlin with concerts at the Konzerthaus at Gendarmenmarkt. The...

Konzerthaus Berlin
07/26/2013 - 08/11/2013
Fair, procession & parade

At the Berlin Beer Festival about 2000 types of beer from around the whole world are on offer. From A like “Adelscott“, past K like „Kilkenny“ till Z like „Zunft-...

Karl-Marx-Allee
08/02/2013 - 08/04/2013
Sports

5 km for runners and walkers or 10 km for skaters, runners and walkers, plus SCC-Skating KidsCup

Kurfürstendamm
08/03/2013
Sports

World championship for Icelandic horses in Berlin; alongside the tournament there will be entertainment programme for the whole family.

Pferdesportpark Berlin-Karlshorst
08/04/2013 - 08/11/2013
Classical concert

Open-air classic concert against the backdrop of the romantically illuminated Italian renaissance garden "Giardino della Bobolina", with fire works show

This...

Gärten der Welt
08/10/2013 - 07.30p.m.
Festival & set of events

The popular classic festival presents renown orchestras, conductors and soloists against the pittoresque backdrop of the Kulturbrauerei. Every concert ends with a...

Kulturbrauerei(Innenhof)
08/14/2013 - 08/18/2013
Festival & set of events

From old to new, from East and West: With music and literature, speeches and children's tours, an exhibition as well as public synagogue services, a large street...

Synagoge Rykestraße u.a.
08/15/2013 - 08/25/2013
Festival & set of events

International Dance Festival Berlin

Verschiedene Orte
08/16/2013 - 08/31/2013
Opera, ballet, dance

The open-air staging of Emmerich Kálmáns popular operetta "Gipsy Princess" features the Budapest Operettentheater as well as Anna Maria Kaufmann and Ralph Morgenstern...

Waldbühne Berlin
08/17/2013 - 7.30p.m.
Festival & set of events

Concerts, dance, drama, readings and romantic illuminations – a unique experience in Sanssouci park, once home to the Prussian kings.

Park Sanssouci
08/17/2013 - 5p.m.
Classical concert

Every year Britzer Garten invites to "Feuerblumen und Klassik Open Air". For the 15th time a programme of classical music, garden art and fireworks display is...

Britzer Garten
08/24/2013 - 07.30p.m.
Other

Berlin’s Long Night of Museums takes place twice a year. Since starting out in 1997 almost all of the city’s 180 museums and memorials have taken part in the Long...

Diverse Veranstaltungsorte/ miscellaneous venues in Berlin
08/31/2013 - 6p.m.-2a.m.
Sports

The International Stadionfest ISTAF Berlin is one of the most popular athletic festivals in Germany.

Olympiastadion
09/01/2013 - 12(noon)
Festival & set of events

Experience a literary state of emergency this autumn! Arabic poets and American short story writers, South Korean poets and their Russian colleagues, South African...

Haus der Berliner Festspiele u.a.
09/04/2013 - 09/16/2013
Festival & set of events

The Berlin Music Week, founded in 2010, offers a vibrant programme of international trade fairs, clubbing events and live concerts for fans and music professionals...

Berlin Music Week - diverse Orte
09/04/2013 - 09/08/2013
Festival & set of events

The Berlin Festival is part of the Berlin Music Week. It combines Pop, Techno and Indie, Art Village, Poetry Slams and Spoken Word, a mix of underground und...

Flughafen Tempelhof - Berlin Festival
09/06/2013 - 09/07/2013
Trade fair & congress
Berlin ExpoCenter City (Messegelände Berlin)
09/06/2013 - 09/11/2013
Other

The stunning Pyronale World Fireworks Championship takes place against the imposing backdrop of the Olympic Stadium and historic Maifeld bell tower. Six international...

Olympiastadion / Maifeld
09/06/2013 - 09/07/2013

Freischwimmer (EN)

Chill out in a restaurant along the water

Located directly on the water, this romantic, relaxed and comfortable restaurant is decorated with wooden furniture, old lamps and ornate picture frames. Simply put, Freischwimmer is a cool location in Kreuzberg’s Flutgraben area. The restaurant is in a very old building that was once used for renting and repairing boats. The entrance is directly next to Berlin’s oldest gas station. You can sit outdoors during the summer and indoors during the winter.