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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.
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Recently added recommendations, not a claim that every place just opened. Explore the latest additions to our address book and use their neighbourhoods and linked venues to build a fresh route.
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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.
RestaurantJapanese
House of Small Wonder
A Japanese-inflected brunch in an Auguststraße courtyard. An easy opening chapter before a day of art in Mitte.
RestaurantKreuzberg
ORA
Dinner in a former pharmacy on Oranienplatz. A room with enough character to make the table your evening’s main appointment.
RestaurantGerman
Konnopke’s Imbiß
Currywurst below the elevated railway. A quick, distinctly Berlin lunch before you head into Prenzlauer Berg.
RestaurantGerman
Clärchens Ballhaus: Luna D’Oro
German cooking in a ballroom address with a life of its own. Pair a restaurant table with the actual dance programme upstairs.
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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.
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Maurizio Cattelan: NIGHT
Cattelan meets the glass hall of the Neue Nationalgalerie. A major exhibition that gives the building itself a role in the encounter.
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Jeewi Lee: Residual Memories
Sand becomes a way of thinking about time and what remains. Jeewi Lee’s GASAG Art Prize exhibition is an invitation to look more closely.
On the house
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A Sunday rummage at Mauerpark
Browse the flea market before a walk through Prenzlauer Berg, with no need to turn the day into a checklist.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto: seeing sound, hearing time
An exhibition to leave room for listening. Sakamoto’s work gives a Hamburger Bahnhof visit a different sense of time.
EventConcerts
Tresor meets Non Series
Neel, Psyk, CONCEPTUAL and Toxido Mask in Tresor, with a separate Globus lineup. A Friday plan that runs into Saturday morning.
EventFood & drink
Street Food Spezial: Peru
Peruvian cooking takes the Thursday evening spotlight at Markthalle Neun. Come hungry and decide what to eat as you go.
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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Kreuzberg, from the gallery to the dance floor
Berlin art, dinner in an old pharmacy and a choice of two clubs. Let one proper night bring the day together.
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Mitte, art rooms and courtyard tables
Start at Hamburger Bahnhof, then move into Auguststraße for brunch, another art stop and dinner with a ballroom story.