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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 2025 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

Advent market at the Domäne Dahlem — © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien

11 Tips for Sustainable Christmas Markets in Berlin

Here, emphasis is placed on regionality and handmade products - get to know the sustainable side of Berlin's Christmas markets.

Written for you by: Maria

Berlin Panorama Prenzlauer berg — © GettyImages, Foto: spreephoto.de

Top 11 new openings in Berlin in December

There are currently many new things to discover in Berlin. Our top picks for December.

Written for you by: Josefine

Family visiting a Berlin Christmas market — © GettyImages, Bild: Oleksandra Korobova

Top 11 Tips For Christmas in Berlin

Look forward to digital concerts, church services and other tips for a reflective Christmas.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Christmas tree — © Getty Images, Foto: Jasmin Awad / EyeEm

11 atmospheric concerts to get into the Christmas spirit

For those who crave something different from all the common Christmas songs, we’ve got you sorted with this list of Christmas concerts in…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Südgelände Weihnachtsmarkt — © visitBerlin, Foto: Konstantin Boerner

Christmas market tips for 29 November to 1 December

On this first weekend of Advent, a whole host of pretty little Christmas markets officially herald the Christmas season. Look forward to…

Written for you by: Josefine

Weihnachten im Tierpark 2023 — © Weihnachten im Tierpark, Michael Clemens

Christmas market tips for 22 - 24 November

The big Christmas markets in Mitte and Spandau start at the weekend and the illuminated gardens in Tierpark and the Botanical Garden also…

Written for you by: Catrin

Smiling coffee — © Getty Images, Foto: a_crotty

11 Cosy Cafés in Berlin for a Winter Afternoon

Berlin is full of charming cafés that make winter a little more bearable. Enjoy a hot drink, indulge in homemade cakes or simply relax in a…

Written for you by: Catrin

visitBerlin, kulturellen Mitte Berlin — © visitBerlin, Foto: Mo Wüstenhagen

11 Reasons to look forward to winter in Berlin

Winter is in the air. Look forward to 11 ideas for winter in Berlin and let yourself be enchanted by Christmas markets, skating rinks and…

Written for you by: Catrin

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

11 tips for second hand shopping in Berlin

Here you can find unique items and do something for the environment at the same time!

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.

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.

Maria

studied art history in Berlin and is at home in the digital world. For her, things get interesting where technology and sustainability meet art and architecture. As a child, she wanted to become a writer or journalist. Today she writes about the Berlin of the future for you.

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