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 like the Island Festival on Museum Island . A perfect opportunity to experience the vibrant atmosphere of the capital to the full.
Ascension weekend in Berlin
Here are our tips for your Ascension weekend in Berlin:
- Discover Berlin's green side.
- Shift your sightseeing to the water with a boat tour.
- Celebrate the start of the big anniversary 200 years of Museum Island Berlin in the open air at the Island Festival.
- Enjoy Berliner Weisse in one of the cosy beer gardens.
- Stroll through Berlin's market halls and week markets.
- Visit the attractions 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
Enjoy your Ascension weekend in Berlin. There is so muchexciting to experience. Here is a small selection:
- Traditional African harp music awaits you at the Philharmonie on 29 May. May with Sona Jobarteh
- The Deutsche Oper has taken on one of the most successful operas of Puccini's time and is staging it from 30 May Andrea Chenier with its gripping plot and unmistakable musical tone.
- The Konzerthaus Berlin awaits you on 29 May. May for the Orgelstunde at 15.30 pm.
- St. Marienkirche in Mitte is offering a Concert for harp and organ.
- Enjoy a Benefizkonzert für SOS Kinderdorf at Apostel-Paulus-Kirche at Schöneberg.
- On 31 May, Ludovico Einaudi - with the summer event 2025 live on the Waldbühne with a unique mixture of classical, rock, electronic and world music. Let yourself be enchanted by soundscapes full of lyrical lightness.
- Yet until 1 June you can still admire the show Play Dead at Chamäleon Berlin die Show Play Dead: In a captivating mixture of acrobatics, dance and physical theatre, eight people explore the beauty and absurdity of life - sometimes gentle and poetic, sometimes intense and boundless.
- Until the 5th of July the Show at Friedrichstadtpalast "Falling in Love".
- In 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.
Fests and festivals
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.
- From 23 May to 1 June the Food Festival am Potsdamer Platz offers street food, delicacies and drinks.
- The Spandauer Havelfest starts on 29 May with numerous live acts and fun for young and old until 1 June.
- At the Trabrennbahn Karlshorst on 29 May and 1 June at the Bier Festival, over 100 different types of beer will be on offer.
Our Weekend tips reveal what else is going on in Berlin on Ascension Day.
Museums
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.
Museums in Berlin
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.
Open-air cinemas
The open-air cinema season has also already begun. Experience cinema under the sparkling Berlin starry sky on warm summer evenings: The open-air cinemas present a diverse selection - from current blockbusters and films in OmU to timeless classics. Enjoy unforgettable film nights at extraordinary locations in a unique atmosphere.
Palaces and gardens
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:
