Cloudy skies? There's rain in the air? No need to despair, because in Berlin there is no bad weather, just unfortunate places to be caught without an umbrella. We present the most beautiful places for a rainy day in the capital - from Unusual Museums in Berlin to the Underground.
Tip 1: Put a spell on your rainy day in Berlin: Mysterious Museum Magicum
If you're looking for a spell of against rain, then you might be in luck at Große Hamburger Straße 17, home to Museum Magicum, This unusal Museum is covering pretty much everything between abracadabra and magic potions.
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Tip 2: Get to the bottom of things when the weather is bad: Visit Berliner Unterwelten
When it's too wet up above, then just head down under at Berliner Unterwelten. This museum is located in a historic air raid shelter from the Second World War near the Gesundbrunnen station. Here you can also book other underground tours: e.g. from the flak tower to the mountain of debris and through dark worlds. Just have a look at the website to see which tours are currently available.
Where: Brunnenstraße 105, Mitte
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Tip 3: Climb every mountain (but stay out of the rain): Magic Mountain
Rain storms can be dangerous for those hiking in the mountains, but there's no reason to worry about that here in flat Berlin: Magic Mountain in Wedding is worth a visit in any weather, provided you're not afraid of heights. This mountain is all about climbing with parcourses with different levels of difficulty for climbing, while newbies can practise scrambling and than you could go to the café and relax.
Where: Böttgerstraße 20-26, Wedding
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Tip 4: The classic: Stay dry with Nefertiti on a rainy day in Berlin
The likeness of Queen Nefertiti, the 3,000-year-old wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten, resides on Museum Island and she especially welcomes visitors on rainy days. The bust is in one of Berlin's most interesting museum buildings, the Neues Museum, the architecture of which is worth checking out on its merits.
Wo: Bodestraße 3, Mitte
Tip 5: When the weather looks bad, shopping at Bikini Berlin is always an option
Not that kind of bikini! Instead, the Bikini Berlin, a truly unique shopping experience offering an original shop concept, Berlin originals, and a gallery with rotating art exhibitions and installations. Then you can climb the Monkey Bar or go to Neni restaurant on the roof of the 25hours Hotel and watch the rain fall from the panoramic windows.
Where: Budapester Straße 42-50, Charlottenburg
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Tip 6: Lighten your spirit on a rainy day - Chocolate!
Weather got you down? Chocolate's guaranteed to help! Fans love checking out Rausch Schokoladenhaus on Gendarmenmarkt, where you can see the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate modelled in chocolate. The chocolate café needs to be experienced to be believed, with specialities including the almond nut caramel tarte to hot chocolate with chilli peppers and milk foam.
Where: Charlottenstraße 60, Mitte
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Tip 7: With the children to Anoha, the children's world of the Jewish Museum
Brand new in June, the Children's World of the Jewish Museum Berlin has opened. At the centre of the children's museum are over 150 different animal sculptures, a huge round wooden ark - and the children themselves. The exhibition offers you a creative stage for stories of creation, the Flood and new beginnings. In doing so, ANOHA challenges you to think about a respectful coexistence of humans, animals and nature and encourages you to create your own visions of a diverse and better world. Have fun playing and learning.
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Tip 8: Relax on a rainy day - Vabali
If you are looking for peace, relaxation and experience, Vabali is the right place for you. Here you can forget the dull rainy weather a little more. On 20,000 square metres in the middle of Berlin, you can immerse yourself in a Far Eastern world where exotic scents, tropical plants and noble architecture radiate a feeling of homely remoteness. In addition, there are numerous other hamams, saunas and day spas with various wellness offers.
Where: Seydlitzstraße 6, Mitte
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Tip 9: Try some real good coffee
Pure coffee, hand filtered, well-tried: In Berlin there are quite some cafés, which celebrate the art of making coffee, experimenting with flavours and beans to fulfill just one noble goal: Get all the flavours such as toffee or black fruits to unfold their power and richness so we can taste every nuance of it. Luckily rainy weather offers the perfect opportunity to test this Berlin Slow-Coffee-Trend.
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Tip 10: If it rains really hard in Berlin - visit an umbrella store
Surely there's no better time to buy a new umbrella than when it's raining. But why not get a proper one? One of the last umbrella shops in Berlin is located on Transvaalstraße in Wedding: Der Schirmmacher.
Where: Kieler Straße 6, Steglitz
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Tip 11: Closer to the clouds at the TV Tower
If you want to stay on top of things, set your sights high, in good weather and bad. The highest you can get in Berlin without flying is 207 metres above ground at the Sphere Restaurant atop Berlin's famous TV Tower on Alexanderplatz. There you can drink coffee, eat and see the city from a 360° perspective. Please book your ticket online.
Tip: With our Fast View tickets you don't have to queue for long, but can go straight to the top to enjoy the view over Berlin. And our restaurant tickets offer entry without waiting and a reservation at the window table in the revolving restaurant.
Where: Panoramastraße 1 a, Mitte
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Even more tips, of where to go in Berlin when it rains can be found under Museums in Berlin.
