With virtual reality, you can travel through space, time, history and immersive fantasy worlds. From VR game arcades, art projects and immersive exhibitions to virtual extensions of historical sites, you will find numerous exciting offers in Berlin.
Tip 1: Travel to the beginnings of life at Origins
"Origins - Life's Epic Journey" takes you back to the beginnings of life. The immersive exhibition experience in the historic industrial halls in Oberschöneweide takes you on an audiovisual journey from the Big Bang to the first living creatures.
In addition to 3D design, AI-generated art and spectacular macro photography, the VR experience "First Life" brings scientific findings to life. Immerse yourself in the primordial oceans and travel 360 million years back with naturalist and animal filmmaker Sir David Attenborough to where life on earth began.
When: Tuesday to Thursday 10am - 7.30pm, Friday to Sunday & public holidays 10am - 8.30pm (last admission each day), the tour lasts around 90 to 120 minutes.
Where: Reinbeckhalle, Reinbeckstraße 8 - 49, Schöneweide
Tip 2: Go on a virtual journey through Berlin (from spring 2026)
Experience history up close - or rather: immerse yourself in it. With TIMERIDE GO! Berlin , you travel right into the heart of Berlin in times gone by with the help of virtual reality. Suddenly you are standing on the streets of the 1920s, experiencing the divided city of the Cold War and experiencing the transformation of a metropolis in the 20th century at first hand.
With this combination of city walk and virtual reality experience, you can discover the city in a whole new way. Immerse yourself in Berlin's eventful history and experience first-hand how the city has changed over the years.
When: from spring 2026
Where: Zimmerstraße 91, Kreuzberg
Tip 3: Enjoy historical views with the TV tower's VR Odyssey
From the TV tower, you can look out over Berlin from a height of 203 metres! You can discover exactly what you can see with the new Virtual Reality Odyssey. Go on a sightseeing flight over the capital and experience how Berlin has developed from the Middle Ages through the Empire and divided Berlin to the present day.
Through the VR glasses, you are right in the middle of the action as the small towns of Berlin and Cölln grow into a large city over the centuries. 15 minutes of time travel include many historical reconstructions and exciting animations from nine centuries of German history.
Tip: A combined ticket for a visit to the TV tower and the VR Odyssey is available especially for school classes .
When: daily 10 a.m. - 11 p.m
Where: Panoramastraße 1 A, Mitte
Discover the most thrilling escape room adventures at EXIT® Berlin! With 12 unique missions over 1,000 m², we offer excitement and fun for teams, families, and friends. Secure your tickets now and experience the ultimate adventure!
Tip 4: Discover virtual worlds - learning at the Berlin School of VR
If you've always wanted to know what virtual worlds feel like, the Berlin School of VR is the right place for you. Curious minds can learn how to use VR headsets in small groups. You will gain an insight into the concept of virtual worlds, learn how to set up your headset correctly and then try out what it's like to move around as an avatar. In more advanced courses, you will also try your hand at artistic projects in the metaverse.
A team of artists, scientists and VR producers will provide you with the relevant knowledge - and take you by the hand on your journeys into virtual worlds.
When: Thursday to Sunday 11 am - 6 pm (please book a course in advance)
Where: Allerstraße 15, Neukölln
Tip 5: Take off with the VR simulation from Bubble Planet
Float with oversized soap bubbles, swim through the bubble ball pool and venture to lofty heights in the hot air balloon flight simulator: In addition to the twelve fantastic themed rooms, Bubble Planet also offers a VR simulation for an immersive experience. Explore fantastic landscapes and be enchanted. The exhibition, which has already wowed visitors in London, Paris and Los Angeles, will be coming to Arena Berlin from 12 December.
When: from 12 December 2025 to 29 March 2026
Where: Arena Berlin, Eichenstraße 4, Kreuzberg
Tip 6: Fight dragons & zombies at Sandbox VR
100 per cent immersion: Sandbox VR immerses you in a virtual adventure world that feels almost real. The VR setup, consisting of VR goggles, headphones and 3D tracker, allows you to immerse yourself completely in the virtual worlds. Every experience is a real thrill. Together with your team-mates, you can fight dragons, escape a zombie apocalypse or face deadly competition in the Squid Games Virtual Arena. Let's go on an adventure!
When: Monday to Thursday 11am - 9pm, Friday & Saturday 10am - 11pm, Sunday 10am - 9.30pm
Where: East Side Mall, Tamara-Danz-Straße 11, Friedrichshain
Discover the most thrilling escape room adventures at EXIT® Berlin! With 12 unique missions over 1,000 m², we offer excitement and fun for teams, families, and friends. Secure your tickets now and experience the ultimate adventure!
Tip 7: Composed with the AR app "ˈʊmˌvɛltn̩" of the Konzerthaus Berlin
With the interactive composition "ˈʊmˌvɛltn̩", the Konzerthaus Berlin invites you into the mysterious garden of a walk-in score. Composed by Mark Braden and visually realised by Julian Bonequi, "ˈʊmˌvɛltn̩" is an audiovisual experience that transcends the boundaries of perception. Sounds and tones are created depending on how you interact with the plants and creatures in the virtual space, so that every visit to "ˈʊmˌvɛltn̩" is individual and different.
Originally created as a VR experience, "ˈʊmˌvɛltn̩" is now available as an augmented reality app for tablets and smartphones. In the AR version, which is designed as a game, you can discover sounding creatures in various portals. By tapping on them, you can hear the sounds, which can be freely combined. This creates your own composition that you can record and share.
Tip 8: Let off steam in the virtual reality arenas
Full-body VR experience at VR Nation
There's no turning back: find the Diamond Skull! Equipped with sensors on your hands, feet, upper body and head , you'll experience the dangers of the adventure as if they were real. Wind blows in your face and temperature changes contribute to the perfect illusion of this full-body VR experience. The VR Arena currently offers four games, and you can let off steam on over 100 square metres.
Where: Leipziger Straße 96, Mitte
When: Tuesday to Friday 2pm - 10pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am - 10pm
AR laser tag merges reality and virtual effects
Experience action on a whole new level! At AR Lasertag Berlin, reality and virtual effects mer ge into a unique adventure. Your surroundings remain real, but are enhanced by impressive virtual elements.
Unlike conventional laser tag, you no longer have to imagine the hits and effects. Every shot and every explosion can be experienced through spectacular visual representations. At the same time, you can see your friends in real time without being restricted by VR goggles and can move more safely and freely - without any motion sickness!
Where: Am Treptower Park 14, Treptow
When: please book in advance
"Another World" is Berlin's largest VR arena
A gateway to other worlds opens up for you in the centre of Kreuzberg. In the Another World Arena, you can experience virtual reality with full freedom of movement. Whether it's a zombie apocalypse, spaceship adventure or dance duel with ghosts, here you can become the hero of your own story. You can immerse yourself in your virtual adventure with up to ten friends.
When: daily 10 am - 10 pm
Where: Oranienstraße 183, Kreuzberg
Varpoint offers family-friendly action
At Varpoint, you are the hero of the game. The VR goggles put you right in the centre of the action. Choose your magical or action-packed adventure - and embark on a journey into virtual worlds. Race, play VR laser tag or go on fantastic journeys. There is an extra comic-style arcade action title for children. There's something for every taste and every age group!
When: Monday to Saturday 10am - 10pm, Sunday 11am - 10pm
Where: Tempelhofer Damm 227, Tempelhof
Tip 9: Games, escape rooms and virtual experiences
At Revity , you are not limited to just one attraction, but can experience an infinite number of different things in the unlimited virtual world. No matter whether you've ever wanted to fly while lying down, race in a racing car or experience an action-packed fight as the protagonist. Revity offers VR Experience Rides, VR Games, VR Escape Rooms and Free Roam Lastertag.
Where: Schloßstraße 34, 12163 Steglitz
When: Monday to Saturday 10am - 8pm
Puzzle or fight at EXIT Game Berlin
You can also embark on virtual adventures at EXIT Game in Berlin. Ten challenges of varying difficulty await you here, some of which take you to the future and others to Ancient Greece. The games are suitable for two to eight heroes, some of them in battle mode.
When: Monday to Thursday 2 pm - 10 pm, Friday to Sunday 12 pm - 11 pm
Where: Friedrichstraße 101, Mitte
More escape rooms
Virtual Escape - Berlin's Escape Room 2.0
At Virtual Escape you can choose from more than 19 different adventures. From games for newcomers, family adventures and interactive VR cinema experiences to classic puzzle games and horror escape games, everything is included. You can even play VR laser tag and dodgeball together in virtual space.
When: Monday to Thursday 2 pm - 10 pm, Saturday 9 am - 11 pm, Friday to Sunday 11.30 am - 10 pm
Where: Mauerstraße 77, Mitte
Tip 10: With HAU 4, Hebbel am Ufer takes you to a digital stage
HAU4 is the digital stage of HAU Hebbel am Ufer. On the one hand, projects are developed here for the digital space, and on the other, experiments are carried out with links between the digital world, online audiences and the real theatre stage.
With an extensive archive of projects, videos, texts and approaches that take a tech-positive but also critical look at the topic of digitalisation, HAU4 is a wonderful place to browse and exchange ideas.
Of course, current performances and dates are also teased.
Tip 11: VR and AR bring Berlin history to life
In the 360-degree VR video: "What did you want in Berlin?" you become a prisoner yourself
You should bring good nerves for this virtual reality journey. In the 360-degree video "What were you doing in Berlin?" , you become a prisoner of the Stasi. You are interrogated, monitored and put on trial. The short film, which won the German Reporter Award, is based on the "interrogation protocols" of GDR dissident and writer Jürgen Fuchs. You can watch the short film on YouTube. A project in cooperation with the Hohenschönhausen Memorial.
"What do you want in Berlin?" on YouTube
MauAR brings historical images on site to your screen
The downloadable MauAR app offers you augmented reality insights rather than a virtual reality experience. On the screen of your smartphone, you get an impression of what the border strip looked like at the time of the occupying powers. The three-metre-high grey concrete wall, topped with barbed wire, rises up before your eyes. Soldiers patrol along the wall.
Enter scenes from the past and experience how the German-German border was overshadowed by watchtowers back then. Immerse yourself in history, which is vividly conveyed using original photos, videos and sound recordings. The app can currently only be used with the iPhone.
