Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
A coffee bar combined with a garden-themed concept store in Schillerkiez, selling plant pots, organic seeds and gardening books. The café serves espresso, brunch, lunch and cake, with vegan and vegetarian options and seating on the pavement.
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An art space where you make things by hand, often from recycled materials like cardboard, fabric scraps and wood. Courses cover painting, sewing, printing and moulding, and adults can join in too.
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A puppetry museum with exhibitions of puppet theatre art, commedia dell'arte masks and old instruments, plus a puppetry library and a few evening concerts.
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A venue whose listed event is an acrylic painting session with drinks, so you make a painting yourselves rather than watch one.
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A creative workshop in Friedenau that pairs Turkish coffee with paper marbling, so you both make something by hand.
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Candle studio in Schöneberg where you pour soy candles with dried flowers; children's candle workshops are also listed.
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Ceramic studio in Neukölln running wheel-throwing courses where you shape clay yourself with guidance.
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Hands-on Christmas workshop in Kreuzberg where you make an Advent wreath side by side.
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A Moabit studio running hands-on wreath and jewellery-style making sessions, including advent wreaths with dried flowers and fir and a terrazzo DIY piece.
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Friedrichshain gallery that runs a ceramic open studio on Wednesday evenings.
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Friedrichshain florist that runs sessions where you tie your own bouquet, with the flowers in the shop.
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An art school in Halensee running painting, drawing, watercolour and pen-and-ink courses, with adult classes open to beginners without prior training.
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Small café in Kreuzberg with vegan and vegetarian options, open only a few afternoons a week, and advent wreath-making courses.
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Exhibition space in Mitte for contemporary art, design and craft, with rotating shows on ceramics and materials, plus research projects and a fellows programme. It also hosts hands-on sessions such as candle making.
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An artistic screen-printing studio in Wedding that runs workshops and takes commissions, with opening by arrangement only.
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A Spandau artists' association gallery with painting and pottery courses, and work by members since 1978; the page is in German.
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A ceramics gallery beside the Keramik-Museum Berlin, focused on classic vessels with fine glazes, plus a shop of HB-Werkstätten pieces at manufacturer prices.
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A social-ecological community garden in Wedding with rentable raised beds and a teaching garden on a former cemetery. Workshops on vegetable fermentation and growing are offered alongside free community work days.
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Floral and macramé studio in Kaulsdorf where you tie an Advent wreath from dried flowers yourselves.
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Arts centre in Friedrichshain offering Malspiel, a painting-based play activity, and clay work. Registration is needed, and the website is in German.
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A bicycle workshop in Pankow that builds custom bikes, with a café and organised group rides.
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A Kreuzberg costume collective running a costume store and an open textile workshop on weekday evenings. Store visits need an appointment, so plan ahead for a browse through the costume stock.
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Candle-making studio in Hermsdorf running hands-on sessions, including crystal-scented candles and a Christmas candle you pour yourselves.
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A cultural education centre of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, mainly running family workshops, school days and kindergarten programmes, with adult creative activities and discussion series on provenance and mediation.
Matches: Making things