Was ist los in Berlin, Deutschland – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Christmas markets and Silvester, Christmas holidays in Deutschland

• Schließung

  Pergamonmuseum closed

  1. Jan. – 31. Dez.

  The building shut completely in October 2023 for structural work and the Pergamon Altar wing is not due back until 2027, the rest later still. The other four Museum Island houses are open as normal. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Christmas markets and Silvester (23. Nov. – 1. Jan.)

Viel los – Berlinale, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Berlinale

  12.–22. Feb.FilmfestivalVollFrüh buchen

  Ten days in February, and the one big festival whose audience is genuinely the public: half the seats go on open sale and Berliners queue for them at Potsdamer Platz in the cold. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.)

Viel los – Easter holidays in Deutschland, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Feiertag

  Easter holidays

  3.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheSchließungenVoll

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.)

Hochbetrieb – Easter holidays, May Day in Kreuzberg

• Risiko

  Birch pollen season

  1. Apr. – 20. Mai · meist

  Berlin's street trees are heavy on birch and the count spikes for about six weeks in spring, yellow film on the parked cars and all. Antihistamines are over the counter at any Apotheke. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  May Day in Kreuzberg

  30. Apr. – 1. MaiNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Walpurgis night runs into a public holiday of street parties and demonstrations around Oranienstrasse and Görlitzer Park. Mostly a block party; the evening occasionally is not, and the U-Bahn stations close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Easter holidays (3.–6. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – May Day in Kreuzberg, Karneval der Kulturen

• Festival

  Karneval der Kulturen

  22.–25. MaiKarnevalVoll

  Four days over the Whitsun weekend with the parade on the Sunday. In 2026 it moves from Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain, and whichever district has it loses its streets for the day. Quelle ↗

• Eröffnung

  Lake and Freibad season

  15. Mai – 31. Aug. · meistSommersaison beginnt

  The outdoor pools open around the middle of May and the city moves outdoors with them. Wannsee, Muggelsee and Plotzensee are reachable on a day ticket and are how Berliners actually spend a hot week. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Birch pollen season (1. Apr. – 20. Mai (meist)), May Day in Kreuzberg (30. Apr. – 1. Mai)

Viel los – Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, einer der Monate mit dem besten Wetter

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21. JuniMusikfestival

  Free stages on street corners, in courtyards and on balconies right across the city on 21 June, the longest evening of the year. By agreement everything stops at ten. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Karneval der Kulturen (22.–25. Mai), Lake and Freibad season (15. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christopher Street Day, Summer holidays in Deutschland

• Festival

  Christopher Street Day

  15. Juli – 2. Aug. · meistPrideVoll

  Berlin's Pride parade takes a long route through the west of the city on a Saturday in late July and finishes at the Siegessaule. Smaller marches fill the weeks either side of it. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Lake and Freibad season (15. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christopher Street Day, Long Night of the Museums

• Festival

  Long Night of the Museums

  20.–31. Aug. · meistKunstfestivalVoll

  One ticket, about eighty museums open until two in the morning, and shuttle buses between them. The big houses queue; the small ones are the reason to go. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Lake and Freibad season (15. Mai – 31. Aug. (meist)), Christopher Street Day (15. Juli – 2. Aug. (meist))

Viel los – Berlin Marathon, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Berlin Marathon

  27. Sep.SporteventSchließungenVollFrüh buchen

  The flattest of the big city courses, which is why the world record keeps being set on it. The centre closes to traffic all Sunday morning and the hotel stock goes months ahead. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.)

Viel los – Autumn holidays in Deutschland, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Festival of Lights

  3.–15. Okt. · meistLichter & Feuer

  Ten evenings in early October with projections on the Brandenburg Gate, the cathedral and the television tower. It is walked as a route rather than watched from one spot. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Berlin Marathon (27. Sep.)

Viel los – Christmas markets and Silvester, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Christmas markets and Silvester

  23. Nov. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  Around eighty markets open in the last week of November, from the ticketed one on Gendarmenmarkt to second-hand stalls in the back yards. Most shut on 24 December and the crowd moves to the Brandenburg Gate for New Year. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.)

Hochbetrieb – Christmas markets and Silvester, Christmas holidays in Deutschland

Im Dezember beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Pergamonmuseum closed (1. Jan. – 31. Dez.), Christmas markets and Silvester (23. Nov. – 1. Jan.)