Last updated on 06/27/2026
Berlin is considered a particularly green metropolis, and its parks are popular meeting points all year round for relaxing, barbecuing and celebrating. The Volkspark Friedrichshain draws visitors with its famous Maerchenbrunnen and wide lawns, the Grosser Tiergarten is, at 210 hectares, the second-largest park in the city, and the Tempelhofer Feld transforms a former airfield into an enormous space for cyclists, skaters and city gardeners. If you like culture, you can visit the Sunday open-air karaoke in the Mauerpark in Prenzlauer Berg, and in the Schlosspark Charlottenburg you can admire historic garden art. Ten green oases for every season and every occasion. In which park would you spread out your next blanket?
Yulia Veksler
For me, Berlin's parks are the living rooms of the city, especially in summer. While putting this list together, I gathered my favourite green corners, from the Maerchenbrunnen in Friedrichshain to the wide Tempelhofer Feld. The karaoke in the Mauerpark is simply part of it for me. I invite you to rediscover the city's most beautiful parks for yourself.
Spacious, clean relaxing greens, a romantic pond with swans swimming on it, the famous Märchenbrunnen (Fairy Tale Fountain) and lots of clam spots for lovers and families alike make the the 49 hectares of Volkspark Friedrichshain the ideal picnic location!
Cruising along in the Rummelsburg Bay with a pedal boat or rowing along, rent a grilling-boat or jog past the Soviet War Memorial - this park of 90 hectares in Eastern Berlin offers a number of distractions.
Lots of water, lots of green – with an area of 210 hectares Großer Tiergarten is Berlin's second biggest park.
Its own open air cinema in summer, a sledding hill in winter, an animal enclosure with deer and wild boars, playgrounds and sports tracks as well as a nature trail provide for some diversity in the 70 ha constituting Volkspark Rehberge.
The historic flak tower in Volkspark Humboldthain offers a great view of Germany's capital but this Wedding park is also ideally suited for jogging and other activities.
The 55 hectares of the palace garden of Schloss Charlottenburg are place for all friends of historical garden architecture - it is the oldest still original park in Berlin and Potsdam!
A real roaring waterfall and with 66 metres of height the biggest natural elevation in Berlin's inner city are the features of Viktoriapark.
Cycling, jogging, skating, miniature golf, kiting, BBQ and growing your own veggies with urban gardening - the airfield of the former airport Tempelhof has enjoyed great popularity with the Berliners ever since its opening on 8 May 2011.
The Park am Gleisdreieck is located between Anhalter Bahnhof, Potsdamer Platz and the German Museum of Technology and stretches until Yorckstraße.
Open Air Karaoke in summer and the flea market on Sunday all year round - these are the two highlights that most people associate with Mauerpark.
