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Ascension Weekend in Berlin

All tips for a long weekend

This year, Ascension Day falls on 29 May 2025, making it the perfect time to spend a long weekend in Berlin. Ideal for discovering the city, relaxing and enjoying the many events on offer. Whether it's a walk through blooming parks and gardens, a relaxing boat trip on the Spree, a bike tour, a visit to one of the many beer gardens or a visit to exhibitions and museums in the city - Berlin invites you to enjoy nature and culture in equal measure. Those who like it livelier can look forward to concerts, open-air parties and special events. A perfect opportunity to experience the vibrant atmosphere of the capital to the full.

Ascension weekend in Berlin

Frühling am Tegeler See

Here are our tips for your Ascension weekend in Berlin:

Tip: With the Berlin WelcomeCard, you can travel free on buses and trains in Berlin and get discounts at over 180 attractions.
 

Events & concerts

Konzerthaus Berlin - Great Hall

Enjoy your Ascension weekend in Berlin. There is so muchexciting to experience. Here is a small selection:

  • On 31 May, Ludovico Einaudi - with the summer event 2025 live in Berlin at the Waldbühne mwill take you away with a unique blend of classical, rock, electronic and world music. Let yourself be enchanted by soundscapes full of lyrical lightness.
  • Until the 5th of July. July, the Show at Friedrichstadtpalast "Falling in Love".
  • Until June 1, you can still see the show. June you can still admire the show Play Dead at Chamäleon Berlin die Show Play Dead: In a captivating mix of acrobatics, dance and physical theatre, eight people explore the beauty and absurdity of life - sometimes gentle and poetic, sometimes intense and boundless.
  • The Wintergarten Varieté invites you to the Crazy Berlin Show: Varieté Gaga. As always, crazy acrobatics and rousing pop melodies await you at the Wintergarten at the highest level.
  • The Deutsche Oper has taken on one of the most successful operas of Puccini's time and will be performing from 30 May. From 30 May Andrea Chenier with its gripping plot and unmistakable musical tone. 
  • We have also Tips and recommendations for every day .
     

Fests and festivals

Jazz Saxophon

Fests and festivals are an integral part of the events calendar in Berlin, and this weekend is no exception:

  • On 29 May, the Soulfestival starts on the city's main square. May sees the start of the Soulfestival on Alexanderplatz. Experience the pulsating energy of soul music free of charge until 8 June.
  • The Environmental Festival invites you to join in this year's festival on 1 June. Under the motto "30 years of the UMWELTFESTIVAL - now more than ever", the Straße des 17. Juni between the Brandenburg Gate and the Victory Column will be transformed into an ecological and culinary experience mile for the 30th time.

Our Weekend tips reveal what else is going on in Berlin on Ascension Day.

Museums

Museum Island: View of the Berlin Cathedral from the colonnades

Use the long weekend over Ascension Day for a trip to the museum. Find your favourite among the top museums in Berlin. From the Museum Island Berlin to the Neue Nationalgalerie  to the Hamburger Bahnhof, unusual museums and children's museums, there is something for every taste in Berlin! Exciting exhibition concepts also offer variety.

  • As soon as the first events at Berlin's museums are announced, you will find individual ones listed here

Tip: Discover Berlin as a large open-air museum and take a walk through the Sculpture Capital Berlin.

Children and families

Berlin offers families with children a great deal all year round - whether they have small children, schoolchildren or teenagers. Attractions, theatres, cafés, museums, events, guided tours - and of course also on this long Ascension Day weekend.

  • Experience Mark Twain's children's story until 8 June. Mark Twain's children's classic Tom Sawyer about friendship, adventure and growing up. With music by Kurt Weill, the story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn is brought to life in the Comic Opera, who suddenly become embroiled in a dark secret in their idyllic hometown on the Mississippi that puts their courage and solidarity to the test.
  • Spend the day in the parks and gardens of Berlin and enjoy a delicious picnic.

 

Palaces and gardens

The park of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin in springtime

A veritable sea of flowers awaits you in the Castle gardens in Berlin and the surrounding area. The perfect background for a colourful family photo for Father's Day. Or how about a guided tour of the palace? Or use our day ticket sanssouci +, which connects most of the palaces and gardens, for your excursions to nearby Potsdam:

Day ticket sanssouci +

Find more event tips in our Events calendar.