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Guided Tour © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Alexander Schippel Guided Tour 17/07/2025 + 17 additional dates One Hour Ethnologisches Museum. Guided Tour in German language One Hour Ethnologisches Museum. Guided Tour in German language Guided Tour 17/07/2025 + 17 additional dates One Hour Ethnologisches Museum. Guided Tour in German language The collection areas of West Africa, Oceania and ethnomusicology as well as contemporary art from the societies of origin will be presented. Read more Accessible Events Führung im Museum Location Humboldt Forum - Ethnologisches Museum Humboldt Forum - Ethnologisches Museum Time 16:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/dauerangebot/ausstellung/ethnologisches-museum-und-museum-fuer-asiatische-kunst-31113/ Buy tickets
Guided Tour © Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Foto: Frank Sperling Guided Tour 17/07/2025 + 19 additional dates Humboldt Forum for Newbies. Overview tour for adults in English Humboldt Forum for Newbies. Overview tour for adults in English Guided Tour 17/07/2025 + 19 additional dates Humboldt Forum for Newbies. Overview tour for adults in English What is the Humboldt Forum? What do the brothers Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt have to do with the building? What models inspired the architect Franco Stelle besides the Berlin Palace? What traces of the site's eventful history can still be found here… Read more History Location Humboldt Forum Humboldt Forum Time 17:00 pm – 18:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/ Buy tickets
Family © Andrei Palomäki Family 17/07/2025 – 05/10/2025 Klein, aber groß. Children's Book Illustrations from the Nordic countries Klein, aber groß. Children's Book Illustrations from the Nordic countries Family 17/07/2025 – 05/10/2025 Klein, aber groß. Children's Book Illustrations from the Nordic countries New Exhibition: Nordic Embassies in Berlin Showcase the Diversity of Children's Book Illustration Read more Free of charge Literature Children International Location Nordische Botschaften - Felleshus/Gemeinschaftshaus Nordische Botschaften - Felleshus/Gemeinschaftshaus Time 17:30 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.nordischebotschaften.org/ausstellungen/klein-aber-gross-kinderbuchillustrationen-aus-dem-norden/
Photography © Reinhard Münch Photography 18/07/2025 – 18/01/2026 Berlin courtyards Berlin courtyards Photography 18/07/2025 – 18/01/2026 Berlin courtyards Berlin is a city of courtyards: dense, diverse, lively. Who meets here? How are these spaces changing? And what's going on in the courtyards? Read more Urban development Location Museum Ephraim-Palais Museum Ephraim-Palais Time 18:00 pm https://www.stadtmuseum.de/ausstellung/berliner-hoefe
Concerts © Kulturprojekte Berlin, Foto: Alex Rentsch Concerts 13/06/2025 – 28/08/2025 Berlin Beats Berlin Beats Concerts 13/06/2025 – 28/08/2025 Berlin Beats From June 2025, the Hamburger Bahnhof will be celebrating Berlin's electronic music culture for the third time with the DJ series Berlin Beats. Read more City of music Free of charge Open Air Summer of Culture Location Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart Invalidenstraße 50/51 10557 Berlin Time 19:00 pm
Exhibitions © Form und Konzept Exhibitions 18/07/2025 – 24/08/2025 Breathing Matter(s) – Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor Breathing Matter(s) – Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor Exhibitions 18/07/2025 – 24/08/2025 Breathing Matter(s) – Véréna Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor This summer, silent green presents Breathing Matter(s), a major solo retrospective of the artists Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, tracing the duo's artistic development and presenting their most important works. Read more Summer of Culture Contemporary Art Free of charge Location silent green Kulturquartier - Betonhalle silent green Kulturquartier - Betonhalle Time 19:00 pm – 20:00 pm https://www.silent-green.net/programm/detail/2025/7/17/breathing-matters
Top Event Concerts © Marc van der Aa Top Event Concerts 17/07/2025 + 11 additional dates DURCHLÜFTEN - Open Air in the Schlüterhof DURCHLÜFTEN - Open Air in the Schlüterhof Top Event Concerts 17/07/2025 + 11 additional dates DURCHLÜFTEN - Open Air in the Schlüterhof For free, open air and under palm trees: This summer again, the DURCHLÜFTEN festival transforms the Humboldt Forum’s large courtyard into a vibrant meeting point of sound, rhythm, and culture. Read more City of music Accessible Events Open Air Free of charge Location Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin Time 19:00 pm – 23:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event/festival/durchlueften-2025-145657/
Concerts © Alvaro Gumucio Li Concerts 17/07/2025 Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - MESTIZX Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - MESTIZX Concerts 17/07/2025 Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly - MESTIZX For free, open air and under palm trees: This summer again, the DURCHLÜFTEN festival transforms the Humboldt Forum’s large courtyard into a vibrant meeting point of sound, rhythm, and culture. Read more Open Air Free of charge City of music Location Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Time 19:00 pm – 20:15 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event/festival/durchlueften-2025-145657/
Show © Klischnigg Show 16/05/2025 – 20/07/2025 Circus of Horrors - experience Germany's most spectacular horror show live Circus of Horrors - experience Germany's most spectacular horror show live Show 16/05/2025 – 20/07/2025 Circus of Horrors - experience Germany's most spectacular horror show live The circus of horror is going on tour with its new production ‘MEMENTO MORI - Deine letzte Stunde’ from 2025 through Germany and Austria! From 16 May to 20 July 2025, the new show production will celebrate its world premiere at the at the Central Festival… Read more Gastspiel Ticket tips Location Zentraler Festplatz Berlin Zentraler Festplatz Berlin Kurt-Schumacher-Damm 207 13405 Berlin Time 19:30 pm Buy tickets
Festivals © DAVIDS Festivals 17/07/2025 – 21/07/2025 Classic Open Air at Gendarmenmarkt Classic Open Air at Gendarmenmarkt Festivals 17/07/2025 – 21/07/2025 Classic Open Air at Gendarmenmarkt The concerts of the Classic Open Air Festival Berlin will be performed in the midst of the classical backdrop of the Gendarmenmarkt, accompanied by fire and light displays. Read more Open Air Summer of Culture City of music Location Gendarmenmarkt Gendarmenmarkt Gendarmenmarkt 10117 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://classicopenair.de/?source=bde Buy tickets
Contemporary Dance © Maxim Gorki Theater - 2025, Foto: Esra Rotthoff Contemporary Dance 17/07/2025 Upside Down – Inside Out Upside Down – Inside Out Contemporary Dance 17/07/2025 Upside Down – Inside Out Resilience is the particular ability to withstand stress. One of these particular abilities is dance and its answers to the madness of this word are movement instead of stagnation, vision versus resignation, resistance against adaptation. Read more International Summer of Culture Location Maxim Gorki Theater Maxim Gorki Theater Time 19:30 pm https://www.gorki.de/de/upside-down-inside-out
Theatre © Thorsten Wulff Theatre 17/07/2025 + 4 additional dates War.Powers.Peace(?) War.Powers.Peace(?) Theatre 17/07/2025 + 4 additional dates War.Powers.Peace(?) What motivates a ruler to force people to hate, soldiers into battle and a people to fight? Is it within our power to end a war and bring about peace? Read more Uraufführung Summer of Culture Open Air Location Globe Berlin Globe Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://www.globe.berlin/ Buy tickets
Top Event Opera © Stan Hema Top Event Opera 17/07/2025 + 4 additional dates Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Top Event Opera 17/07/2025 + 4 additional dates Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Benedikt von Peter's production brings the RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY to life: not only the stage but also the foyer of the Deutsche Oper Berlin are used, the audience is part of a huge entertainment machine that inexorably tips over into an… Read more International Classic music in Berlin Summer of Culture Location Deutsche Oper Berlin Deutsche Oper Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://deutscheoperberlin.de/de_DE/production/aufstieg-und-fall-der-stadt-mahagonny.1355958 Buy tickets
Concerts © Yukitaka Amemiya Concerts 17/07/2025 Minyo Crusaders Minyo Crusaders Concerts 17/07/2025 Minyo Crusaders For free, open air and under palm trees: This summer again, the DURCHLÜFTEN festival transforms the Humboldt Forum’s large courtyard into a vibrant meeting point of sound, rhythm, and culture. Read more Open Air Free of charge City of music Location Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Time 20:45 pm – 22:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event/festival/durchlueften-2025-145657/
Concerts © Lidia Mirias Concerts 17/07/2025 DJ Radio Hobo DJ Radio Hobo Concerts 17/07/2025 DJ Radio Hobo For free, open air and under palm trees: This summer again, the DURCHLÜFTEN festival transforms the Humboldt Forum’s large courtyard into a vibrant meeting point of sound, rhythm, and culture. Read more Open Air Summer of Culture Location Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Time 22:15 pm – 23:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/event/festival/durchlueften-2025-145657/
Art © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, 1976 erworben durch das Land Berlin / Jörg P. Anders Art 18/07/2025 – 02/11/2025 In Sight! In Sight! Art 18/07/2025 – 02/11/2025 In Sight! To mark the 100th anniversary of Lovis Corinth's death, the Alte Nationalgalerie is holding a concentrated exhibition that examines the fate of the works of the artist and his wife, the painter Charlotte Berend-Corinth, in the Nationalgalerie's collection. Read more 200 years Museum Island Berlin Location Alte Nationalgalerie Alte Nationalgalerie Bodestraße 1 10178 Berlin Time 10:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=83278 Buy tickets
History © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Alexander Schippel History 18/07/2025 + 137 additional dates Videopanorama. History of the Site Videopanorama. History of the Site History 18/07/2025 + 137 additional dates Videopanorama. History of the Site Go on a visual time journey from the 12th century to the present day. A collage of still images and films shows not only the history and function of the buildings that once stood on this site, it also highlights the important events that took place here. It… Read more permanent exhibition Accessible Events Free of charge Location Humboldt Forum: Schlüterhof Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin Time 10:30 am https://www.humboldtforum.org/
Guided Tour © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Alexander Schippel Guided Tour 18/07/2025 + 6 additional dates Just a facade? Architecture tour in English Just a facade? Architecture tour in English Guided Tour 18/07/2025 + 6 additional dates Just a facade? Architecture tour in English The tour of the interior and exterior provides an insight into Franco Stella's architecture, his models and his combination of old and new. The contrasting formal language of baroque and contemporary architecture is just as much a topic as the eventful history… Read more Accessible Events Führung im Museum History Location Humboldt Forum Humboldt Forum Time 11:00 am – 12:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/fuehrung/just-a-facade-30165/ Buy tickets
Architecture & Design © Tierpark Berlin Architecture & Design 18/07/2025 + 3 additional dates Construction site tour - exploring the elephant house construction site at Tierpark Berlin Construction site tour - exploring the elephant house construction site at Tierpark Berlin Architecture & Design 18/07/2025 + 3 additional dates Construction site tour - exploring the elephant house construction site at Tierpark Berlin It is one of the biggest projects in the history of Tierpark Berlin: the remodelling of the elephant house! While excavators, cranes etc. are still at work, you will have the opportunity to take a first look at the future home of the elephants at Tierpark… Read more Location Tierpark-Eingang Bärenschaufenster Tierpark-Eingang Bärenschaufenster Time 14:00 pm https://shop.tierpark-berlin.de/de/article/467 Buy tickets
Guided Tour © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Foto: Alexander Schippel Guided Tour 18/07/2025 + 18 additional dates One Hour Museum für Asiatische Kunst. Guided Tour in German One Hour Museum für Asiatische Kunst. Guided Tour in German Guided Tour 18/07/2025 + 18 additional dates One Hour Museum für Asiatische Kunst. Guided Tour in German Visitors get a look at the new presentation of the outstanding art collections from South, East and Central Asia im Humboldt Forum in Berlin. Questions of provenance and restitution as well as colonial continuities are also discussed. Read more Führung im Museum Accessible Events Location Humboldt Forum - Museum für Asiatische Kunst Humboldt Forum - Museum für Asiatische Kunst Time 14:00 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/ Buy tickets
Workshop © Samurai Museum, Foto A. Schippe Workshop 18/07/2025 Tea Gathering: A special cooperation Tea Gathering: A special cooperation Workshop 18/07/2025 Tea Gathering: A special cooperation Since February 2025, the Samurai Museum Berlin has been hosting special monthly tea gatherings led by the renowned Japanese tea master Atsuko. Read more Events for foodies International Location SAMURAI Museum Berlin SAMURAI Museum Berlin Time 14:00 pm