Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Berlijn, Duitsland

Topdrukte — Christmas markets and Silvester, Christmas holidays in Duitsland

• Sluiting

  Pergamonmuseum closed

  1 jan – 31 dec

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Christmas markets and Silvester (23 nov – 1 jan)

Druk — Berlinale, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Berlinale

  12–22 febFilmfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Easter holidays in Duitsland, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Feestdag

  Easter holidays

  3–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Easter holidays, May Day in Kreuzberg

• Risico

  Birch pollen season

  1 apr – 20 mei · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  May Day in Kreuzberg

  30 apr – 1 meiNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter holidays (3–6 apr)

Topdrukte — May Day in Kreuzberg, Karneval der Kulturen

• Festival

  Karneval der Kulturen

  22–25 meiCarnavalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Lake and Freibad season

  15 mei – 31 aug · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Birch pollen season (1 apr – 20 mei (meestal)), May Day in Kreuzberg (30 apr – 1 mei)

Druk — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21 junMuziekfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Karneval der Kulturen (22–25 mei), Lake and Freibad season (15 mei – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christopher Street Day, Summer holidays in Duitsland

• Festival

  Christopher Street Day

  15 jul – 2 aug · meestalPrideDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Lake and Freibad season (15 mei – 31 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christopher Street Day, Long Night of the Museums

• Festival

  Long Night of the Museums

  20–31 aug · meestalKunstenfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Lake and Freibad season (15 mei – 31 aug (meestal)), Christopher Street Day (15 jul – 2 aug (meestal))

Druk — Berlin Marathon, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Berlin Marathon

  27 sepSportevenementSluitingenDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Druk — Autumn holidays in Duitsland, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Festival of Lights

  3–15 okt · meestalLicht & vuur

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Berlin Marathon (27 sep)

Druk — Christmas markets and Silvester, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Christmas markets and Silvester

  23 nov – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Topdrukte — Christmas markets and Silvester, Christmas holidays in Duitsland

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Christmas markets and Silvester (23 nov – 1 jan)