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This is where the editorial team of visitBerlin gives tips and personal recommendations from their city. Insider tips for events, discoveries from the neighbourhoods, news from Berlin: we have written down what we like.

October 2026 in Berlin

Festival of Lights — © GettyImages, Foto: Yannick Tylle

A month full of highlighs

Each year, October in Berlin puts us under its spell anew. In addition to the beginning of autumn, you can look forward to many major events this month.

Our series

Weekend tips in Berlin

TGIF! We have the best insider tips for city explorers, concert goers, exhibition visitors and sports fans on all 52 weekends.  

Preview

What happens this month? We have compiled the most important events for you.

New Openings

What's new in Berlin? New stores, restaurants, cafés and personal tips from the editorial team. There’s a lot to discover.

Our newest posts

Carnival of Cultures — © iStock.com/miss pj

May 2026 in Berlin

Sunshine, balmy nights and public holidays with great events. Berlin shows its best side in May.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Spargel im Restarurant — © Getty Images, Foto: AlonsoAguilar

11 tips for restaurants with delicious asparagus

The asparagus season has finally begun. We have selected 11 restaurants with delicious asparagus in Berlin and the surrounding area.

Written for you by: Kristin

Berlin Reinickendorf, Alten Fasanerie Lübars — © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle

Top 11 petting zoos and wildlife preserves in Berlin

Goats, sheep, ponies and plenty of feathered creatures: Meet a few new animal friends.

Written for you by: Josefine

Fahrradtour entlang der Dahlem-Route — © Wirtschaftsförderung Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Foto: Steven Ritzer

11 Bike Tours off the Beaten Track

Cycling through Berlin is always something special, here are our favorite routes.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

11 tips for free museums in Berlin

Internationally renowned museums, important memorials and exciting places that you can visit for free.

Written for you by: Dagmar

11 tips for photography fans in Berlin

From C/O and Fotografiska to the Museum of Photography: Berlin’s best addresses for photography fans.

Written for you by: Josefine

Kirschblüten — © visitBerlin, Foto: Janine Blechschmidt

Top 11 Audio walks through Berlin

Audio walks are perfect for discovering the city individually. The best audio walks for Berlin fans.

Written for you by: Josefine

11 tips for your Easter brunch in Berlin

From festive buffets to neighbourhood brunches: these eleven Berlin venues invite you to relax and enjoy a particularly delicious breakfast…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Second Hand Shopping: Pauls Boutique — © Foto: Nady El-Tounsy

11 tips for second hand shopping in Berlin

From iconic designer pieces and bold retro looks to hidden treasure troves, these Berlin shops are where you’ll find what truly suits you.

Written for you by: Josefine

Our authors

Berlin Blogger

Fans of fine dining, recreational sports nuts, dog lovers: our guest bloggers see Berlin from their own, completely different perspective. Read for yourself and see where they take us.

Catrin

lives in Berlin for over 20 years and loves to travel the city. Preferrably by bike, she discovers the most exciting and interesting sides of Berlin. Across the city, across country and also off the beaten track.

Person mit langem Haar lächelt in die Kamera. — © visit

Dagmar

is an archaeologist who has worked on Mayan sites in Central America. After ten years, she left the world of the Maya for a life in Berlin and found that the city a rich place for field research as well. She has fallen in love with cultural treasures of Berlin. Whether alone or with her children, she loves to be out and about in the city, taking the time to look deeper and turn over a stone here and there.

Josefine

is originally from Munich and started out her career at one of Germanys largest daily news papers. Before finding her home in Berlin, she also reported as a correspondent and trend scout from the US. Today she is cruising Berlin's neighbourhoods, always on the lookout for good stories - with a focus on culture, music and ideas for the future of an innovative Berlin.

Kristin

does not smile on fotos. But in real life she enjoys with a smile in her face the rich cultural life of Berlin - the metropolis both in front of and behind the scenes. Her favourite season is the Berlinale, then she spends 10 days watching movies and writing about them in the blog.

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