På gång i Berlin, Germany under året

Mest folk — Christmas markets and Silvester, Christmas holidays i Germany

• Stängt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas markets and Silvester (23 nov – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Berlinale, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Berlinale

  12–22 febFilmfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Easter holidays i Germany, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter holidays

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Easter holidays, May Day in Kreuzberg

• Risk

  Birch pollen season

  1 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  May Day in Kreuzberg

  30 apr – 1 majNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Easter holidays (3–6 apr)

Mest folk — May Day in Kreuzberg, Karneval der Kulturen

• Festival

  Karneval der Kulturen

  22–25 majKarnevalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Lake and Freibad season

  15 maj – 31 aug · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Birch pollen season (1 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis)), May Day in Kreuzberg (30 apr – 1 maj)

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Festival

  Fete de la Musique

  21 junMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Karneval der Kulturen (22–25 maj), Lake and Freibad season (15 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christopher Street Day, Summer holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Christopher Street Day

  15 jul – 2 aug · vanligtvisPrideTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Lake and Freibad season (15 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christopher Street Day, Long Night of the Museums

• Festival

  Long Night of the Museums

  20–31 aug · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Lake and Freibad season (15 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Christopher Street Day (15 jul – 2 aug (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Berlin Marathon, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Berlin Marathon

  27 sepSportevenemangStängningarTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mycket folk — Autumn holidays i Germany, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Festival of Lights

  3–15 okt · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Berlin Marathon (27 sep)

Mycket folk — Christmas markets and Silvester, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Christmas markets and Silvester

  23 nov – 1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec)

Mest folk — Christmas markets and Silvester, Christmas holidays i Germany

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Pergamonmuseum closed (1 jan – 31 dec), Christmas markets and Silvester (23 nov – 1 jan)