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Monopol
A former Reinickendorf distillery being turned into an arts, food and digital campus, open now for exhibitions, performances and workshops during its planning phase.
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dohnadesign Berlin
Design studio in Schöneberg where you pour porcelain cups and bowls yourselves.
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Kulturforum
A cultural campus where museums, a concert hall, libraries and a church share one site. Member institutions include the Gemäldegalerie, the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Berliner Philharmoniker.
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21 gramm
A café and brunch restaurant in a restored former funeral viewing hall in Neukölln, also used for private events. The menu runs through the day, from healthy dishes to hearty ones.
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Aedes Gallery
An architecture gallery in Prenzlauer Berg showing exhibitions on landscape, circular building and young Chinese architects, with evening public debate talks.
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Akademie der Künste
Berlin arts academy with six sections, showing exhibitions such as Metaxy alongside lectures, film screenings and guided tours.
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Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung
A Mitte foundation showing photographs by Bauhaus-trained Alfred Ehrhardt, with a current exhibition on his tobacco series.
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Atelier Achim Kühn
The forge and studio of metal sculptor Achim Kühn in Bohnsdorf, with a permanent exhibition of forged steel works from about five decades. Some pieces are large outdoor sculptures.
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Braun-Sammlung Ettel Museum für Design
A design museum in Moabit devoted to the Braun collection of consumer products and their designers. It is small and quick to walk through.
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Bröhan-Museum
A Charlottenburg collection of Jugendstil and Deco decorative arts, with ceramics and furniture on show. Current displays include spray-decorated pottery, and a mosaic workshop runs on selected dates.
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C/O Berlin
Photography, film and design exhibitions in the former Amerika Haus near Zoologischer Garten. Public guided tours on weekends run in German and English.
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Chipperfield Kantine
A lunch counter and café in David Chipperfield Architects' Mitte campus, with a changing vegetable-focused lunch menu, coffee and cake. The concrete building, interior and tableware are his designs.
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Deutsches Architektur Zentrum
A Mitte centre run by the architects' association, with exhibitions, book presentations and debates on how cities are built; rooms can be rented for private events.
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Dix
A café inside the Berlinische Galerie, designed by Kinzo, with seasonal cooking and classics like risotto and Königsberger meatballs. The sunny terrace runs from April to October.
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Georg-Kolbe-Museum
Sculptor Georg Kolbe's work sits beside rotating contemporary art in a modernist monument, named Museum of the Year 2025 by German art critics.
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Kunstgewerbemuseum
Berlin museum of applied arts and design, with permanent displays of porcelain, fayence and fashion, plus a temporary show of Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich bedroom furnishings. A restaurant and bookshop are on site.
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Maxim
Café and bar at Potsdamer Platz with a classic, refined look and a design-focused setting, serving food and drinks through the day and into the night.
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Mies van der Rohe Haus
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's house in Alt-Hohenschönhausen, now a museum for architecture and temporary exhibitions. Guided tours run in German and English, with a free German-language walk-through of the current show.
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Museum Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf in der Villa Oppenheim
Villa museum with permanent displays on Charlottenburg's local history and the villa's former residents, plus a temporary show on architect Marlene Poelzig.
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Neuer Pavillon
A small 1824 summer house by Schinkel in the Charlottenburg palace garden, now a museum where the rooms show how the royal family furnished it until 1840.
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Werkbund Berlin
Association running exhibitions and public talks on architecture, design and urban planning, many of them in German.
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Werkbundarchiv - Museum der Dinge
Museum of everyday objects and design history in Mitte, with a permanent open depot display and changing shows, including design from Weißensee.
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Architektur Galerie Berlin XXV
Architecture gallery on Karl-Marx-Allee, showing exhibitions about buildings and urban design.
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Architekturmuseum
Architecture museum in Charlottenburg run by TU Berlin, showing architectural collections and exhibitions.
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