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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

Berlin Airlift 1948 — © Landesarchiv Berlin

Berlin Airlift - Chocolate on parachutes

Via the Berlin Airlift, the socalled "Rosinenbomber" supply the enclosed city - also with chocolate.

Written for you by: Josefine

Industrial heritage in Oberschöneweide_Berlin — © visitBerlin, Foto: Nele Niederstadt

Rathenau Halls: Visions of a Berlin Engineer

Powerful stories from Berlin: This is how the Berlin engineer Emil Rathenau electrified the entire city.

Written for you by: Josefine

E-Werk Berlin - powering up the clubszene

Stories that encourage: Germany's oldest preserved power station electrified Berlin's techno scene in the 90s.

Written for you by: Josefine

Gedenkfeier 8. Mai in der Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche — © Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, Foto: Gerald Zabel

The Madonna of Stalingrad: Icon of Hope

Powerful stories from Berlin: The Madonna of Stalingrad, which can be seen today in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, is in many ways a…

Written for you by: Josefine

Humboldt Forum Berlin - Eastern facade — © Foto: Sönke Schneidewind

The Humboldt Forum 572 years ago: A palace under water

Fascinating stories and personalities from Berlin that will embolden you. In the fourth part of our new series, we delve into the history of…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

City Circle - Berlin Wall Tour - — © City Circle Sightseeing

Radio Glasnost - out of control

Strong personalities and stories that encourage. This time we introduce you to Radio Glasnost - and explain what it has to do with the…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic — © Foto: Monika Rittershaus

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra: We decide for ourselves!

Powerful stories and personalities from Berlin that will embolden you. In the second part of our new series, we introduce you to the Berlin…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Marlene Dietrich telefoniert mit ihrer Tochter — © Erich Salomon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marlene Dietrich: Style Icon and Freedom Fighter

Strong personalities and stories that encourage: In the first part of our new series we introduce Marlene Dietrich.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

C/O Berlin - Photographies — © C/O Berlin, Foto: David von Becker

11 insider tips from Berlin's galleries

Berlin's art and cultural scene is as diverse as the city itself. Come along on a discovery tour and find the artist in 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.

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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