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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

11 tips for Japan fans in Berlin

Japanese cuisine and garden culture, tea ceremonies and festive kimonos, mangas and anime figures - you'll find it all in Berlin!

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

11 places in Berlin that are probably unknown

Want to bet that we can show you something new with these interesting places in Berlin?

Written for you by: Maria

Baden im Strandbad am Templiner See in Potsdam. — © TMB-Fotoarchiv/Steffen Lehmann

Top 11 Lakes for Swimming in Berlin

Whether you just want to freshen up after work or spend a whole day at the lake - we have put together the top 11 swimming lakes for you in…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Open-air concert in the Parkbühne Wuhlheide Berlin — © Tourismusverein Berlin Treptow-Köpenick e.V. (www.tkt-berlin.de)

Top 11 Open Air-Events in Berlin

This summer in Berlin will be very special. Look forward to concerts and festivals, art and culture under the open sky.

Written for you by: Josefine

Grimm',NULL,1920,1057 — © Grimm's Hotel am Potsdamer Platz

Top 11 Rooftop Bars in Berlin

Don't want to sit inside a bar on a nice summer evening? Then up to one of the cool roof terraces.

Written for you by: Kristin

SUP - eine beliebte Aktivität auf dem Wasser in Berlin — © visitBerlin

Top 11 summer activities in Berlin

From relaxed beach bar visits to stand-up paddle boarding on the Spree or beer gardens - the top summer activities in Berlin have numerous…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

German Cathedral at Gendarmenmarkt — © visitBerlin, Foto: Maxi-Lena Schuleit

11 tips for free and affordable museums in Berlin

Famous museums, important memorials and other interesting places you can visit for free - or with discounts. Our 11 tips.

Written for you by: Josefine

Heissa Wintermarkt — © enrico-verworner.de

These Christmas markets open first

When exactly do the first Berlin Christmas markets start? Find out here when the first markets open. A chronological Christmas market…

Written for you by: Josefine

Top 11 Outdoor Activities in Berlin

For all those who would like to enjoy the green side of Berlin, we have collected the best tips for relaxed and sporty hours outdoors!

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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