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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.  

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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

pink pillow Berlin Collection 2023 — © visitBerlin, Foto: Fotoagentur Wolf, freiheitswerke

11 tips for FLINTA* in Berlin

Typically atypical: Find out more about the FLINTA* movement in Berlin and discover the best meeting places

Written for you by: Josefine

Christopher Street Day — © Fabian Böttcher

11 tips for queer places in Berlin

The queer scene in Berlin doesn't just come together for CSD. Here you will find LGBTQ+ diversity in action!

Written for you by: Josefine

View of the Wannsee with kayak on the beach on the Wannsee-Babelsberg route — © Wirtschaftsförderung Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Foto: Steven Ritzer

11 tips for discovering Berlin's waters

Take a boat along the Spree or relax at one of Berlin's many lakes. We show you where you can spend your time on the water in Berlin in any…

Relaxed atmosphere on deckchairs on Berlin\ — © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle

The 11 most beautiful places on the water

Simply sitting by the water and letting your gaze wander into the distance is something you can do particularly well in Berlin. Rivers such…

Written for you by: Kristin

Berlin barrierefrei — © visitBerlin, Foto: Jens Wegener

11 Secret Tips for Summer in Berlin

If you're looking for new places to discover in Berlin this summer, we've got the right tips for you: refreshing, inspiring and surprising.

Written for you by: Maria

Die Pfaueninsel an der Wannsee-Babelsberg Route — © Wirtschaftsförderung Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Foto: Steven Ritzer

11 tips to cool down for hot days

Spend the warm season in the German capital and let our tips on Berlin's top summer locations inspire you!

Written for you by: Kristin

Museumsbesuch — © visitBerlin, Foto: Fotoagentur Wolf, freiheitswerke

11 Exhibitions with Queer Perspectives

Art and exhibitions by, for and about the LGBTQ+ community and where to find them during Pride Month.

Written for you by: Josefine

Treptower Park in Berlin — © Tourismusverein Berlin Treptow-Köpenick e.V. (www.tkt-berlin.de)

11 tips for the summer in Berlin

Much too quickly, the summer is over again. But there is still so much to do and experience in the Berlin summer.

Written for you by: Catrin

Top 11 New Openings in July in Berlin

What's new in Berlin? A house for gamers, street art in a hotel, and a café full of cat love. The top 11 new openings in July.

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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