talk & lecture
Ballettgespräch
A talk about ballet held in the Apollosaal of the Staatsoper Berlin, at a low ticket price.
Date ideas in Berlin you probably haven't tried.
Not the usual dates
- museum
Hör- und Tastführung: Umbrüche in der Kunst
A tandem tour in German through the Berlinische Galerie's permanent collection, with listening and touch elements. You handle tactile models and material samples and share impressions with each other.
- cinema
LA BOLA NEGRA
A film screening at the Il Kino cinema in Neukölln.
- cinema
SNEAK PREVIEW
A sneak preview screening at Il Kino in Neukölln, a cinema where the film is shown ahead of its general release.
- club night
Flowgeist
A live night with several acts at Kantine am Berghain, the club's own space, run by the Berghain team.
- cinema
Palestine Cinema Days: With Hasan in Gaza + Gespräch mit Kamal Aljafari
Kamal Aljafari's film With Hasan in Gaza, followed by an online conversation with its director over Zoom.
- guided tour
Öffentliche Führung auf Englisch
An English-language tour of Hans Scharoun's Philharmonie, covering the concert hall and its Chamber Music Hall with a focus on the building's structure. It is run by the Berliner Philharmoniker Foundation.
- party
KIEZBINGO
A monthly bingo night in Kreuzberg's SO36, hosted by two presenters, with proceeds going to a local neighbourhood project.
- club
Zoh Amba - Verlegt ins Bi Nuu
Zoh Amba performs at the Bi Nuu rather than the Berghain Kantine; the act and programme are not described.
- club night
Clock Out Club
An afterwork party at Frannz Club with live DJs and a gaming corner in the lounge, so you can dance or sit down for a game.
- cinema
Dokumentation Vergessene Gesichter: Otto Wallburg + Film: Strich durch die Rechnung
A documentary on the actor Otto Wallburg, a largely forgotten face of German film, shown alongside the feature film Strich durch die Rechnung.
- talk & lecture
Einblick La Calisto
Pre-premiere event at the Staatsoper's Apollosaal with a short rehearsal visit and a talk with cast and dramaturges on Cavalli's La Calisto.
- gallery
Ana Pi NoirBLUE – side B
A guided English-language tour at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, with Ana Pi's contemporary dance piece NOIRBLUE linked to Black liberation movements and an ultramarine pigment.
- live music
Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland
Beirut-born Radwan Ghazi Moumneh and Frédéric D. Oberland play live as a duo, improvising experimental drone and ambient music that moves between modal melodies and noise.
- workshop
Creative Writing & Translation Workshops
A day of creative writing and translation workshops led by several writers across Literaturhaus Berlin, all in English. Places are free but need registration.
- live music
Heissa Holzmarkt25 Winterfestival: KimonoLuLu @ Kater (Free entry!)
A free afternoon-to-evening house and disco event at Kater with live vocals and a live portrait artist as part of the Holzmarkt25 winter festival.
- cinema
Der süße Duft kommt nicht von Rosen, genannt Leichenoper
A screening of a German film at Babylon cinema in Mitte, under the title Leichenoper.
- cinema
DIE MÖLLNER BRIEFE
A 2025 German documentary following a survivor of the 1992 Mölln arson attacks as she finds hundreds of solidarity letters sent to the town, unnoticed for decades.
- live music
deary
Dennis Kiss plays a live concert in the Kantine am Berghain, the canteen space linked to the Berghain club.
- live music
Feeble Little Horse
feeble little horse, a guitar act from Pittsburgh, plays live at Kantine am Berghain as part of a 2026 European tour that also takes in Copenhagen, Oslo and Johanneshov.
- theatre
Dragana Bulut: Membering
Dragana Bulut invites the audience into a collective repair of grief, built from a family history shaped by war and fascist violence. Performed in English.
- cinema
literatur live: Bastian Barucker: Vorgetäuschte Sicherheit
A literature event at Kino Babylon where journalist Bastian Barucker discusses his investigation into how the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut oversaw COVID-19 vaccine safety, in German.
- cinema
North Whale Island
A feature film screened indoors at Kino Central, a cinema in Mitte.
- live music
Sharp Pins
A live set by Sharp Pins in the Kantine space at Berghain.