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Berlin plans work better with the right day
Museum Mondays, a free Thursday and the long gap before the club. A little calendar sense makes a Berlin day much better.
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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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Future ideas, art rooms, an apothecary table
Futurium, Gropius Bau and dinner at ORA. Three very different interiors give Berlin a considered cultural day.
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A hill, the river, then Rummelsburg
Viktoriapark daylight, a proper meal, Holzmarkt by the Spree and an optional Sisyphos finish. Give the transitions time.
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RSO.BERLIN
A Schöneweide club on the former Bärenquell brewery site, with industrial halls and open-air spaces for techno, house and extended programmes.
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OXI
An industrial club and outdoor dance space on Wiesenweg, with electronic programmes that move between driving floors and more exploratory listening.
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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.
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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.
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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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Berlin in stills and moving pictures
Photography at C/O Berlin, a grand cinema in Charlottenburg, city-focused art at Berlinische Galerie and an independent screen in Neukölln. Two ways to build a cultural evening.
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Das Buddhistische Haus
A Buddhist temple complex brings a quieter destination to Frohnau.
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KitKatClub
A club night to choose with particular attention to the event's dress code and entry rules.
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Museum Europäischer Kulturen
Everyday life and cultural connections become the subject of a museum afternoon in Dahlem.
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Museum Berlin-Karlshorst
A historical site and museum that calls for a thoughtful, unhurried visit.
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Tränenpalast
The former border crossing gives personal histories of divided Berlin a physical setting.
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Neues Museum
Archaeology and the restored museum building make Museum Island worth a longer visit.
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Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg
Surrealist art offers a concentrated cultural stop opposite Charlottenburg Palace.
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Militärhistorisches Museum Berlin-Gatow
Aircraft and airfield history make Gatow a destination to plan as a substantial outing.
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Schloss Charlottenburg
Palace rooms and surrounding gardens offer two distinct ways to spend the afternoon.