museum
Peter Wächtler
A solo exhibition by artist Peter Wächtler at Haus am Waldsee in Zehlendorf, his first large institutional show in Berlin.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- gallery
Zwischen Himmel und Erde: Ausstellung
A group show by ten women artists working in painting, drawing and ceramics, on the theme of humans and nature between earth and sky. It is held at Gärten der Welt.
- museum
Dschingis Khan und die Welt der Mongolen in der James-Simon-Galerie
A special exhibition on Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire, built around archaeological finds, many shown outside Mongolia for the first time, with loans from Berlin state collections.
- flea market
Radical Spooky Market im Halleschen Haus
A Halloween market in Kreuzberg selling handmade rave wear, costumes, candles, art and witch-themed goods, with witchy drinks alongside the stalls.
- planetarium
Sternstunde
A 60-minute live-moderated tour of the universe and the night sky over Berlin, shown under the dome of the Zeiss-Großplanetarium.
- guided tour
Führung durch die Archenhold-Sternwarte
A German-language guided tour of the Archenhold Observatory, covering astronomy and Einstein's link to the site. It lasts about an hour, so it can pair with a walk or a drink nearby.
- event
Schwarze Löcher
A live-moderated planetarium show about black holes at the Archenhold-Sternwarte in Alt-Treptow, running about an hour in German.
- cinema
Staatsschutz
A 2026 German thriller by Faraz Shariat about a young Asian-German prosecutor who defies her agency to pursue a racist attack on herself. It examines far-right violence in eastern Germany and how the justice system responds.
- workshop
Alkoholfreier, experimenteller Cocktailkurs in Berlin
An alcohol-free cocktail course at a Friedrichshain coffee roastery, run by Die Eule Berlin, with experimental mixing and no alcohol needed to take part.
- workshop
Experimenteller Cocktailkurs zu Farben & Aromen in Berlin
A cocktail course on colour and flavour at a Friedrichshain coffee roastery, run by Die Eule Berlin, covering the craft behind mixing drinks.
- live music
Samba da La Ursa
An open Brazilian samba circle at Badehaus on the RAW grounds, where musicians play together and the evening runs past midnight.
- cinema
Nordstream - Die Sprengung
A 2026 German documentary-style film on the Nord Stream sabotage, directed by Moritz Enders and Gunther Merz, running 121 minutes.
- cinema
Liebhaberinnen
A German drama by Koxi about two women, one chasing youthful ambitions and the other consumed by obsession, shown with English subtitles.
- comedy
Die große BKA Spendengala
A fundraising gala at the BKA cabaret stage, where the company asks the audience to help keep its independent programme going.
- cinema
RASENDES GRÜN MIT PFERDEN
Ute Aurand's 2019 experimental documentary, a non-chronological collage of private 16mm footage shot between 1999 and 2018, with few words and much silence. Shown in its original German and English.
- live music
VLADIMIR KORNÉEV singt DALIDA - UM NICHT ALLEIN ZU SEIN
Chanson singer Vladimir Kornéev sings Dalida and tells his own life story for the first time, from his childhood in Georgia onward, with the songs woven through it.
- theatre
Warten auf'n Bus
A premiere of a new production by Oliver Bukowski and Hannah Zufall, staged at the Berliner Ensemble's Neues Haus. Tickets are sold out, so it is one for the waiting list.
- live music
Little North (DK) feat. Reinier Baas (NL) & Hannes Bennich (SE)
The Danish trio Little North plays with two guests, Dutch guitarist Reinier Baas and Swedish saxophonist Hannes Bennich, at the Donau 115 bar.
- live music
THE SLACKERS + Special Guest: WONDERSKA
New York ska and reggae band The Slackers play SO36 with special guest Wonderska, a concert in a club.
- comedy
Dan Docimo - Live in Berlin - LATE SHOW (SOLD OUT!!!)
Standup comic Dan Docimo, named by Time Out as a comic to watch in 2025, performs a late show at Cosmic Comedy Club. The set is built on thoughtfully absurd musings.
- live music
Massimo Silverio
Massimo Silverio sings in Carnic, a minority language from the Carnic Alps, and premieres a collaboration with Tara Nome Doyle at Kantine am Berghain.
- cinema
Die Andere Seite
A German survival drama by Mariko Minoguchi with Nina Hoss, about a shunned doctor with a contagious disease who sets out with a young outcast toward a place where freedom still seems possible.
- comedy
Quatsch Comedy Club Berlin - Open Mic in der BAR92
An open mic night where emerging and established comedians test new material in the upstairs bar of Quatsch Comedy Club.
- live music
Michael Kornas Quartett / PL
A Polish jazz quartet led by pianist Michael Kornas, playing a late set at the Mitte club b-flat.