2025 is drawing to a close. No sooner have the first doors on the Advent calendar been opened than the question of what's going on in Berlin at the turn of the year arises. We have the best tips for a successful New Year's Eve in the capital. Make sure you get your tickets for the coolest events quickly, as they will soon be sold out. And if you're looking for another sporting challenge at the end of the year, why not take part in the Berlin New Year's Eve run before the party and cultural programme starts in the evening?
Tip 1: Celebrate New Year's Eve at the Brandenburg Gate
At the Brandenburg Gate, you can dance into the new year to various DJ sets from 10 pm. The programme includes everything that's fun: pop, Afrobeats and 80s and 90s hits. At midnight, the Berlin landmark will shine in the splendour of a spectacular firework display . Tickets for the event will be limited and free of charge. Ticket sales will start in December. You can find all the latest information about the programme and ticket reservations on the website of organiser Kulturprojekte Berlin.
By the way: if you have already planned a party at home, you don't have to miss the big fireworks display at the Brandenburg Gate. It will be broadcast on ARD during the midnight countdown.
When: 31 December from 10 pm
Where: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, Mitte
Tip 2: Classical New Year's Eve concerts - a stylish start to the New Year!
For all lovers of classical music, the New Year's Eve concerts in Berlin are the perfect choice to end the year 2025 with sonorous elegance. Experience unforgettable musical fireworks when renowned orchestras and soloists take to the city's stages. The Berliner Philharmoniker in particular offer a highlight with their traditional New Year's Eve concert in the Philharmonie, where masterpieces from different eras are performed. Other venues such as the Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt or the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church also enchant with programmes ranging from lively waltzes to classical New Year's melodies.
- New Year's Eve concert inthe Berlin Philharmonie, on 31 December at 5.30 pm
- New Year's Eve concert at the Konzerthaus Berlin, on 31 December at 4 pm
- New Year's Eve concert inthe Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, on 31 December at 3.30 pm and 8 pm
Tip 3: Start the New Year under the Berlin TV Tower
Celebrate the New Year in style at one of Berlin's most iconic locations! With a view of the glowing panorama of Alexanderplatz, you can dance to the beats of first-class DJs at Haus Ungarn, who will create the perfect atmosphere with a mix of charts, house and classics.
At midnight on the dot, you can enjoy the fireworks that light up the sky over Berlin and be in the front row with a perfect view of the Berlin panorama with the TV tower.
When: 31 December, from 9 pm
Where: Haus Ungarn am Alexanderplatz, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 9, Mitte
New Year's Eve under the TV tower
Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Spindler & Klatt, right by the Spree river. Two dancefloors, a heated terrace with river view, and a soundtrack full of House, Pop, R’n’B & timeless classics.
Tip 4: Visit a performance of Dinner for One
Dinner for One is one of the classic New Year's Eve shows that you're sure to have seen many times. How about a live production of the hilarious sketch this year? The Pfefferberg Theatre is offering several performances on New Year's Eve.
The famous TV recording thrives on the authentic laughter of the live studio audience in front of whom the sketch was performed. High time for you to experience the sketch for yourself in a rousing live atmosphere.
When: Performances on 31 December at 3.30 pm, 5 pm, 6.30 pm, 8 pm and 11 pm
Where: Pfefferberg Theatre, Schönhauser Allee 176, Prenzlauer Berg
Tip 5: Experience the magic of New Year's Eve in the Spandau Citadel with your children
New Year's Eve is an exciting event for children. You will find a particularly child-friendly New Year's Eve party in Spandau at the Silvesterzauber in the citadel. Before the party for the adults starts at 7 pm, the little ones can let off steam at the children's disco. Radio Teddy will be on site, and there will also be a laser and firework show, great glitter tattoos and a live stage show for the little ones to discover.
When: 31 December, 3 to 7 pm, adult party from 7 pm
Where: Zitadelle Berlin, Am Juliusturm 64, Spandau
New Year's Eve magic in the citadel
Tip 6: Dance the night away at these New Year's Eve parties
In Berlin's clubs, big kids can turn New Year's Eve into day and welcome the year 2026 in style. It's best to decide early on which of Berlin's many clubs you'd like to celebrate New Year's Eve in. Because you often have to secure your tickets in advance. Here are our recommendations for the hottest parties:
- New Year's Eve at Spindler & Klatt, from 9 pm
- Rooftop party at the Weekend Club, from 9 pm
- The Art of NYE at "The Abandoned Factory", from 9.30 pm
Tip 7: Enjoy a Berlin show highlight
When better to visit one of Berlin's show highlights than on the last evening of the year? You'll start the new year exhilarated, amazed and weightless . The only problem: unfortunately, we can't help you decide which sensational show to attend.
- Cirque Du Soleil ALIZÉ at Potsdamer Platz, 5 pm
- BLINDED by DELIGHT at Friedrichstadt-Palast, 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm
- PALAZZO Berlin, dinner show in the Spiegelpalast, 7pm
Tip 8: Say goodbye to the year 2025 with a big gala
At the New Year's Eve Gala at the Estrel Berlin, you can look forward to an evening that you will remember for a long time to come. At the reception, you'll toast the New Year with a welcome drink. Afterwards, a festive gala buffet will spoil you with exquisite food and drinks.
The glamorous "Stars in Concert" show, live music from the band Nightshift and atmospheric beats from the DJ will get you going. At midnight, raise your glasses of sparkling wine while the fireworks light up the sky above you. If you're still hungry, you can look forward to a midnight snack and party on until two o'clock.
When: 31 December, 6.30 pm
Where: ESTREL Berlin, Sonnenallee 225, Neukölln
New Year's Eve Gala at the Estrel
Tip 9: Enjoy a culinary start to the new year
At the turn of the year, there are numerous dinner offers to tempt you. In a festive atmosphere, the last evening of 2025 will be a culinary highlight. After the fireworks in your mouth, there is usually the opportunity to marvel at real fireworks. Stylish musical accompaniment and a sparkling glass of champagne round off the experience. Our recommendations for a culinary New Year's Eve in Berlin:
- Festive cuisine at the Vox in Mitte
- New Year's Eve 5-course menu at Heritage in Mitte
- New Year's Eve menu at Hugo&Notte in the French Cathedral, Mitte
Tip 10: Slide into 2026 with a laugh
Switch off everyday life and start the new year with a humorous highlight, the play "Zu Risiken fragen Sie Ihre Nebenwirkungen". It gets to the bottom of the question of what happens when two Berlin biology students invent eternal life and the first people to benefit from it are, of all people, politicians.
The answer can be found on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Die Stachelschweine". If you want to spend New Year's Eve not only glamorously, but also wittily, then don't miss this tip.
When: 31 December, 8.30 pm
Where: Cabaret theatre Die Stachelschweine, Tauentzienstraße 9-12, Charlottenburg
Tip 11: We wish you a happy new year!
Whether you're celebrating at home or going out, we wish you a happy new year. If you haven't found the right tip for your perfect New Year's Eve yet, you can find many more events on 31 December 2025 in Berlin's largest calendar of events.
