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Neue Nationalgalerie
Glass, steel and a serious afternoon with art. Let Mies van der Rohe’s building set the pace before choosing the exhibition.
The Berlin edit
A different shape to the day
Museums, open space and a river walk, connected through real places. Choose one anchor for the day and leave time for the journey. The linked places hold the addresses and visiting information.
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Hamburger Bahnhof
A former station that rewards a longer stop. Contemporary art, generous rooms and a reason to turn an arrival into an afternoon.
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Berlinische Galerie
Berlin looking at itself through art, photography and architecture. A strong first stop for a Kreuzberg day with room to wander.
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KW Institute for Contemporary Art
A courtyard address for contemporary art on Auguststraße. Save it for the next exhibition season: galleries are currently between programmes.
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C/O Berlin
Photography that earns more than a glance, inside Amerika Haus. Make this the centre of a City West afternoon.
Free entry
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Tempelhofer Feld
More sky than agenda. Former runways, wide grass and a Berlin afternoon that leaves room to do very little.
Free entry
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East Side Gallery
A walk where painting and Berlin’s divided history share the same wall. Slow down between the images, then find the river.
Free entry
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Markthalle Neun
Bread, produce and a reason to arrive hungry in Kreuzberg. Look at the counters before deciding what lunch should be.
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Berghain
An industrial-scale destination for a night chosen around the music. Read the programme, leave room for uncertainty at the door.
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Tresor / Globus
Techno below, another musical conversation in Globus. Choose the lineup and give the former power station a night of its own.
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OHM
A smaller room with a wide musical range, beside Tresor. Follow the selectors into bass, left turns and nights with their own identity.
On the house
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Free Thursdays at Neue Nationalgalerie
Three autumn evenings to put art before dinner. The museum’s first-Thursday programme opens the doors without an admission charge.
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Gropius Bau
Give a major exhibition a proper afternoon in Gropius Bau’s generous rooms. Leave the rest of Kreuzberg for after the galleries.
Free entry
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Futurium
A free museum stop for imagining how we might live. Come with questions about cities, technology or nature and leave room to disagree.
Free entry
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Viktoriapark
A short uphill walk gives Kreuzberg a different perspective. Bring time to sit above the neighbourhood rather than just collect the view.
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Holzmarkt 25
Bakery, bars and riverbank conversations on the Spree. Holzmarkt works as a place to linger before deciding what the evening becomes.
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Sisyphos
Give a Rummelsburg club outing room to unfold. Sisyphos belongs in a plan built around the music, with the return journey already considered.
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Der Traumzauberbaum: a planetarium music show
Reinhard Lakomy’s Der Traumzauberbaum becomes a dome-screen experience. This is a planetarium presentation based on the music, with projected imagery around the audience.
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Kintsugi
Machine de Cirque brings Kintsugi to the intimate stage at Chamäleon. Contemporary circus and ensemble performance make this a choice for an evening built around physical theatre.
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SingAlong - The Big Sing-Along Event
The audience supplies the voices at this Frannz sing-along. Come expecting shared participation rather than a conventional concert watched from a distance.
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The Epic Comedy Club Showcase: Stand-up Comedy in Berlin (English)
Epic Comedy Club presents a curated stand-up showcase in English. Check the announced line-up for the chosen date, since the performers can change between editions.
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Quiztape : the exciting music quiz with eavo
Eavo’s music quiz turns listening knowledge into a team evening. Gather people with different musical memories and check the booking arrangements before heading to Art Stalker.
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Margot Schlönzke: Cooking Talk
Margot Schlönzke combines cooking, conversation and performance on the BKA stage. It is a talk-show format with food in the mix, rather than a restaurant reservation.
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STADT LAND SockenSCHUSS
DISTEL turns tensions between city and country into a German-language satire programme. Language is central to the jokes, so this is best suited to an audience comfortable following German on stage.