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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.

May 2026 in Berlin

Carnival of Cultures — © iStock.com/miss pj

re:publica, Gallery Weekend, Theatertreffen & more

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

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

Winter am Jagdschloss Grunewald — © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien

11 Tips for a Day Out in Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Only in Berlin's southwest can you swim in the morning, visit a royal palace and art gallery in the afternoon, then shop 'til you drop in…

Written for you by: Kristin

Zitadelle — © visitSpandau, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle

11 tips for a day out in Spandau

Spandau is nature, culture and history. Come with us on an excursion of superlatives.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

11 tips for transmedia and CTM

Question your role in the reality show of information overload on your mobile phone screen. 11 events for which you don't need a festival…

Written for you by: Josefine

Karl-Marx-Straße in Abendstimmung — © visitBerlin, Foto: Hannes Wiedemann

11 Tips for a Day Out in Neukölln

Celebrate, dine or experience jazz: Neukölln has so much to offer. Our 11 tips for you.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Elevated railway on Schönhauser Allee, corner of Eberswalder Straße with a view of the television tower in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg — © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle

11 Tip for a Day out in Pankow

There's so much to see and experience in Berlin's north – from busy neighbourhood restaurants and theatres to tranquil parks and historical…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Junges, glückliches Paar hält sich vor dem Berliner Dom im Arm — © iStock.com/princigalli

11 Tips for a Day Out in Mitte

The heart of the capital has it all: art, culture, coffee and chocolate, music and more. Here are our 11 tips for a memorable day out in…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Murals von "Adry del Rocio" und "Akut" in Marzahn-Hellersdorf — © visitBerlin, Foto: Maxi-Lena Schuleit

11 Tips for a Day Out in Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Once serene green fields have given way to a thriving community: Modern-day Marzahn-Hellersdorf is a district with a captivating history…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Germany, Berlin, View of Oberbaum bridge at Spree river — © Getty Images, Foto: Westend61

11 Tips for a Day Out in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Art, culture and cuisine: Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg has a lot to offer. 11 tips for you that have it all.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Outside view of Bröhan-Museum — © Bröhan-Museum, Berlin, Foto: Martin Adam

11 Tips for a Day Out in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf attracts shoppers, museumgoers and art enthusiasts to Berlin's west. Discover all the excitement this borough has…

Written for you by: Kristin

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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