History & Archaeology © Pressefoto Museum in der KulturBrauerei, Foto: Petras History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Everyday life in the GDR History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Between idyllic country, VEB canteen and the prison in Bautzen: On 600m2, original objects, documents, film and sound recordings show the gap between aspiration and reality of the GDR. Read more Berlin wall History of the GDR Free of charge Politics & Society Location Museum in der KulturBrauerei Knaackstraße 97 10435 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://www.hdg.de/museum-in-der-kulturbrauerei/ausstellungen/alltag-in-der-ddr
History & Archaeology © visitBerlin, Foto: Hannes Wiedemann History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition A call from afar History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Lothar Prager was born in Prenzlauer Berg in 1938. His parents, Georg and Margarete (née Romm), grew up in the streets around the water tower—she on Weißenburger Straße (now Kollwitzstraße) and he on Straßburger Straße. Read more Free of charge History of National Socialism Location Museum Pankow Prenzlauer Allee Prenzlauer Allee 227/228 10405 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 16:00 pm https://www.berlin.de/museum-pankow/aktuelles/ausstellungen/dauerausstellungen/artikel.1336173.php
Top Event Film, theatre, literature & music Advertisement © Alexander Schippel Top Event Film, theatre, literature & music To 31/10/2026 Uma Thurman in Berlin Top Event Film, theatre, literature & music To 31/10/2026 Meet Uma Thurman as the legendary “Bride” from Kill Bill at Samurai Museum Berlin, exclusively until the end of October. Hollywood meets samurai culture among historic armor, katana and authentic Japanese treasures. Read more Accessible Events Film events in Berlin Ticket tips Location Samurai Museum Berlin Auguststraße 68 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am https://samuraimuseum.de/event/hollywood-meets-the-samurai-uma-thurman-berlin/?source=bde Tickets & Dates
History & Archaeology © Stiftung Garnisonkirche Foto: Cornelius Corbach History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition ‘Faith, power and the military’ exhibition History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Potsdam's newly opened attraction, the rebuilt tower of the Garrison Church, is hosting an exhibition on the history of the site. The exhibition ‘Faith, Power and the Military’ provides a critical examination of the history of the Garrison Church in the… Read more History Brandenburg: Nature & Culture close to Berlin Politics & Society Location Garnisonkirche in Potsdam Breite Straße 7 14467 Potsdam Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm https://garnisonkirche-potsdam.de/
Photography © ┬®The Anonymous Project, Lee Shulman. Courtesy of Galerie Clémentine de la Féronnière Photography To 01/11/2026 LEE SHULMAN ꟾ NO PLACE LIKE HOME Photography To 01/11/2026 The gray-blue Pontiac in the garage might be new. They may have saved for it a long time, or taken out a loan. The father may have been away on a business trip for a few days, coming home only the evening before. Or maybe they just wanted to take the family… Read more Location Fotografiska Berlin – Das zeitgenössische Museum für Fotografie, Kunst und Kultur Oranienburger Str. 60 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 23:00 pm https://www.visitberlin.de/de/tickets/fotografiska-berlin-ticket-fuer-alle-ausstellungen#/ Buy tickets
Top Event Festival Advertisement © Soda Club Top Event Festival 30/10/2026 – 31/10/2026 Berlin's biggest Halloween-Party at the Kulturbrauerei Top Event Festival 30/10/2026 – 31/10/2026 2 nights, 10 floors, 20 DJs & the Kulturbrauerei with the biggest and scariest Halloween-Party in Berlin. Look forward to a spectacular weekend full of parties, horror, and Halloween vibes. Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Ticket tips Location KulturBrauerei Schönhauser Allee 36 10435 Berlin Time 22:00 pm https://www.soda-berlin.de/events/halloween-in-der-kulturbrauerei-freitag-30-10-2026?source=bde Tickets & Dates
History & Archaeology © © Samurai Museum Berlin History & Archaeology To 31/10/2027 Red Samurai Armor of the Ii Clan (Okegawa Nimai Dō) History & Archaeology To 31/10/2027 Okegawa Nimai Dō - This complete samurai armor dates to the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603), an era of profound political change and military innovation in Japan. Read more History Location Samurai Museum Berlin Auguststraße 68 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 19:00 pm https://samuraimuseum.de/ Buy tickets
Art © visitBerlin, Foto: SPK, Eva Eckstein Art Permanent exhibition The Second Glance: All Forms of Love Art Permanent exhibition “Forms of Love,” the first installment of the series developed in collaboration with the Gay Museum, offers a fresh perspective on works from the collection that explore the diversity of sexual identities, their perception, evaluation, and artistic… Read more LGBTI Location Bode-Museum Am Kupfergruben 10117 Berlin Time 10:00 am – 18:00 pm http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=68698 Buy tickets
Top Event Films Advertisement © José Cortés Top Event Films 05/11/2026 + 5 additional dates Between Opera and the Abyss Top Event Films 05/11/2026 + 5 additional dates An extraordinary Berlin-made independent film between opera and psychological drama. Music, memory and reality merge as a young opera singer is drawn deeper into her inner labyrinth. Read more Accessible Events Film events in Berlin Berlin's neighbourhoods Politics & Society Urban Art Contemporary Art Location Babylon Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 10178 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://babylonberlin.eu/film/10650-the-answering-machine?source=bde Tickets & Dates
Exhibitions © © Hammanson Sule Exhibitions To 09/11/2026 Being related: shared language, shared knowledge? Exhibitions To 09/11/2026 The family is often seen as the smallest but most important building block of society, no matter where in the world you look. Family and kinship define social relationships and belonging through birth, marriage, or adoption, and set expectations regarding… Read more Politics & Society Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 10:30 am – 18:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/verwandt-sein-geteilte-sprache-geteiltes-wissen-152731/ Buy tickets
Exhibitions © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Thomas Arens Exhibitions To 31/12/2026 Family and Religion Exhibitions To 31/12/2026 Two newly exhibited silk paintings also illustrate references to the theme of “family”: one depicts the breastfeeding goddess Hariti, who is revered as the protector of children. The other is an exceptionally rare and newly restored silk painting showing… Read more Location Humboldt Forum - Museum für Asiatische Kunst Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 10:30 am – 18:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/beziehungsweise-familie-148458/ Buy tickets
Top Event Show Advertisement © Barbara Braun Top Event Show 11/11/2026 – 21/11/2026 Oh What A Night! – Pop Hits & Showbiz Glamour Top Event Show 11/11/2026 – 21/11/2026 As soon as the first chords ring out, there’s a real buzz in the air. Doo-wop, Motown, grand ballads – songs that stay with you forever. Taking centre stage: the legendary sound of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, with timeless classics such as ‘Grease’. Read more International City of music Location TIPI AM KANZLERAMT Große Querallee 10557 Berlin Time 20:00 pm https://www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de/de/programm/programmuebersicht/oh-what-a-night-frankie-valli-show.html?utm_source=visitberlin_topevent&utm_medium=native_teaser&utm_campaign=owan-11-2026 Tickets & Dates
Top Event Exhibitions © © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Foto: Berlin University Alliance, AI-enhanced Top Event Exhibitions Permanent exhibition On Water WasserWissen in Berlin Top Event Exhibitions Permanent exhibition Water is life, but it can also destroy. The exhibition “On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin” will show current research projects of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) on the topic of water from October 10, 2025 in the Humboldt Labor. These will be flanked by… Read more Accessible Events Free of charge Environment & Future science Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 10:30 am https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/on-water-wasserwissen-in-berlin-148667/
Exhibitions © © Stadtmuseum Berlin | Gestaltung: Groupe Dejour Exhibitions To 07/02/2027 If I Were King or Queen... Young Visions from Neukölln Exhibitions To 07/02/2027 What would Berlin and the world look like if young people from Neukölln could shape them? On the new Open Space by the Bürgerstiftung Neukölln in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition, eleven young people talk about the imbalances of the present and show their visions… Read more Politics & Society Location Humboldt Forum Schlossplatz 10178 Berlin Time 10:30 am – 18:30 pm https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/laufzeitangebot/ausstellung/wenn-ich-koenigin-waere-155672/ Buy tickets
History & Archaeology Advertisement © Rory Grubb History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition The Century of Displacement History & Archaeology Permanent exhibition Why do people have to flee or are expelled? What do they experience? The Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation looks at politically, ethnically and religiously motivated forced migrations in the 20th century in Europe and beyond. Read more Accessible Events Free of charge Children Teenager Location Dokumentationszentrum Flucht, Vertreibung, Versöhnung Stresemannstraße 90 10963 Berlin https://www.flucht-vertreibung-versoehnung.de/de/besuchen/staendige-ausstellung/?source=bde More information
Art © Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / David von Becker Art 24/10/2026 + 1 additional date Fujiko Nakaya: Fog Sculpture in the Sculpture Garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie Art 24/10/2026 + 1 additional date Due to the great public interest, the Neue Nationalgalerie is once again presenting Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya's site-specific fog sculpture in its sculpture garden in 2026. Read more Contemporary Art Location Neue Nationalgalerie - Skulpturengarten - Berlin Potsdamer Straße 50 10785 Berlin Time 11:00 am http://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail.html?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=88813
Exhibitions © visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien Exhibitions To 07/11/2038 Life and Work Exhibitions To 07/11/2038 The ZiLLEMUSEUM is located in the arcades of Propststraße, in the heart of the historic Nikolaiviertel. It commemorates the life and work of the painter, draftsman, and photographer Heinrich Zille (1859–1929), Berlin’s 80th honorary citizen. Read more History Location Zille Museum - Berlin Propststraße 11 10178 Berlin Time 11:00 am – 18:00 pm https://zille-museum.de/
Top Event Play Advertisement © Dietrich Dettmann Top Event Play To 31/10/2026 HERR TEUFEL FAUST: A one-man play starring Dominique Horwitz Top Event Play To 31/10/2026 He is finally back on stage at the RT: Dominique Horwitz. Following his one-man show as Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and his electrifying portrayal of the artist Mark Rothko in *ROT*, he breathes new life into *DIE deutsche Tragödie* in an award-winning dramatic… Read more Berlin's neighbourhoods Literature Around Kurfürstendamm Urban Art Contemporary Art Location Renaissance-Theater Knesebeckstraße 100 10623 Berlin Time 19:30 pm https://renaissance-theater.de/produktion/herr-teufel-faust-nach-johann-wolfgang-von-goehte-faust-i/?source=bde Tickets & Dates
Architecture & Design © visitBerlin, Foto: Artfully Media, Sven Christian Schramm Architecture & Design 24/10/2026 + 1 additional date Chodowiecki300: Between Art and Congregation Architecture & Design 24/10/2026 + 1 additional date To mark the 300th anniversary of Daniel Chodowiecki’s (1726–1801) birth, the Huguenot Museum Berlin is presenting the special exhibition “Chodowiecki 300: Between Art and Faith” through October 25, 2026. Read more History Location Hugenottenmuseum im Französischen Dom Gendarmenmarkt 5 10117 Berlin Time 11:30 am – 16:30 pm https://www.hugenottenmuseum-berlin.de/museum/sonderausstellungen-im-hugenottenmuseum/chodowiecki300-zwischen-kunst-und-konfession
Architecture & Design © Archiv weißensee kunsthochschule berlin Architecture & Design To 22/02/2027 Design for Berlin Architecture & Design To 22/02/2027 The new special exhibition at the Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge, “Designing for Berlin,” explores a central aspect of design: the training of designers. Read more Urban development Location Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge Leipziger Straße 54 10117 Berlin Time 12:00 pm – 18:00 pm https://museumderdinge.de/
Top Event Christmas & Winter Markets Advertisement © Look Catering Top Event Christmas & Winter Markets 23/11/2026 – 03/01/2027 WinterCottage at the Red Town Hall Top Event Christmas & Winter Markets 23/11/2026 – 03/01/2027 Celebrate your Christmas party right in the heart of Berlin! At the WinterCottage at the Rotes Rathaus, you can look forward to a festive atmosphere, winter specialities, mulled wine and a cosy time with colleagues, friends or family. Read more Events for foodies Berlin's neighbourhoods Events in Berlin at Christmas Location Weihnachtsmarkt am Roten Rathaus Rathausstraße 15 10178 Berlin Time 12:00 pm https://wintercottage-berlin.de/wintercottage-am-roten-rathaus/?source=bde Tickets & Dates
