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October 2026 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

Hands view of young people eating brunch and drinking smoothies bowl with ecological straws in plastic free restaurant - Healthy lifestyle, food trends concept - Focus on top fork dish — © GettyImages, Foto: DisobeyArt

Berlin’s Top 11 Food Festivals

The way to the heart is through the stomach – and Berlin’s food festivals know it too. Here are the top 11 food festivals this autumn.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Café Lenné in the Königlichen Gartenakademie in Berlin — © Foto: Wilfried Gerstel

11 Cafés in the sunshine

It's Summer time and we want to drink our coffee outside. We have put together 11 particularly beautiful cafés with sunshine for you.

Written for you by: Catrin

Two dancers of the club in Berlin: people on the dance floor — © GettyImages, Foto: mediaphotos

11 tips for sing-along concerts in Berlin

Whether you know all the words by heart or just fancy a bit of a thrill: these sing-along concerts bring Berlin to life. Pick your favourite…

Written for you by: Catrin

Kiezkampagne 2024, Landing Page — © visitBerlin

11 Tips for a Day Out in Lichtenberg

11 tips for East Berlin. We’ll take you on a tour of theatres, museums and lively neighbourhoods.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Pankow, Kollwitzkiez — © visitBerlin, Foto: Dagmar Schwelle

Top 11 places to play table tennis in Berlin

As soon as the sun comes out, people in Berlin are back playing table tennis outdoors. Discover 11 table tennis spots in parks, along canals…

Open-air cinema Sommerkino Kulturforum in Berlin — © visitBerlin, Foto: Pierre Adenis

11 tips for open air cinemas in Berlin

Whether it’s arthouse films at Bethanien-Hof, blockbusters at Volkspark or classics with a view of the skyline: Berlin’s open-air cinemas…

Written for you by: Catrin

Lesend auf dem Balkon — © GettyImages: Guido Mieth

11 tips for book fairs and literary festivals in Berlin

Whether at Bebelplatz, in the Secret Forest, or aboard a historic S-Bahn train, discover the city’s most beautiful book fairs and literary…

Written for you by: Josefine

11 particularly beautiful restaurants in Berlin

It's not just the menu that impresses here, the view is also impressive: We show you Berlin's most beautiful restaurants!

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Kiezkampagne Neukölln 2025 — © visitBerlin

Top 11 new openings in Berlin in June

Discover art at Bellevue Palace, enjoy brunch in a hidden garden, or step in front of the camera in your own private photo studio, these are…

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.

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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