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Babylon Berlin
A historic cinema by Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz makes film programming and the room itself part of the evening.
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The Berlin address book
Art institutions, a market hall, open runways and rooms with a different rhythm.
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Moviemento
An independent Kreuzberg cinema offers a film-led evening close to the streets around Kottbusser Damm.
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Tilsiter Lichtspiele
A small cinema and pub combine a screening with a neighbourhood stop in Friedrichshain.
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Hackesche Höfe Kino
An upstairs cinema gives a walk through the courtyards of Mitte a reason to stay for a film.
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Wolf Kino
An independent Neukölln cinema combines a thoughtful film programme with a place to linger afterwards.
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fsk Kino am Oranienplatz
A compact independent cinema makes Oranienplatz a destination for films outside the multiplex programme.
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Delphi Lux
Colourful cinema interiors and a varied programme add a contemporary film stop to City West.
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Kant Kino
A neighbourhood cinema puts an evening screening within reach of Kantstraße's restaurants.
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City Kino Wedding
A cinema in the Centre Français brings film culture to a day spent exploring Wedding.
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Blauer Stern
A neighbourhood cinema offers a smaller film night in Pankow, away from the central entertainment districts.
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Neues Off
An ornate Neukölln cinema makes the screening room a reason to choose a film night here.
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Eva Lichtspiele
A small Wilmersdorf cinema gives a local evening a long-established film setting.
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Freiluftkino Hasenheide
An outdoor screening makes the park part of a summer film evening in Neukölln.
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Freiluftkino Friedrichshagen
An outdoor cinema offers a film-led reason to carry an eastern Berlin outing into the evening.
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Kunstfabrik Schlot
A cellar jazz stage in the Edison-Höfe, with a programme that rewards looking beyond the headline names.
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b-flat
Live jazz in Mitte, with the band close enough to make a concert feel like a conversation.
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Quasimodo
Descend below the Delphi cinema for jazz, soul and a long-running piece of West Berlin nightlife.
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Matrix Berlin
A large dance club beneath the railway at Warschauer Straße, best approached with a specific night in mind.
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ufaFabrik
A former film-factory site in Tempelhof where theatre, cabaret and community culture share the grounds.
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Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
A destination for contemporary theatre on the Ku’damm, with productions worth planning an evening around.
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Maxim Gorki Theater
A central Berlin stage for theatre that examines belonging, identity and the city around it.
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Ballhaus Naunynstraße
A Kreuzberg theatre focused on postmigrant perspectives, performance and stories often missing from larger stages.
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Renaissance-Theater
Art deco interiors and contemporary drama make this Charlottenburg theatre a reason to stay out west.
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Kabarett-Theater Distel
Political cabaret on Friedrichstraße, for an evening that treats current affairs as stage material.