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Berlin is a surprisingly good city for animals, from its famous zoo and aquarium to petting farms and wildlife parks. Around Mitte, Friedrichsfelde and the green outskirts, places to see animals suit families, nature lovers and curious day-trippers.
This overview gathers Berlin locations built around animals, from large zoological gardens to city farms where children can feed goats and rabbits. Some focus on exotic species and conservation, others on close, hands-on encounters.
Browse the places below to find the best places to see animals in Berlin, compare options and prices, and plan your day out.
On Teltower Damm in Zehlendorf, EZGS dog sports train at a club level: agility, obedience, dog sports competition, and recreational sports, open to all breeds and mixed breeds. Entry is possible with a 10-session pass or a guest membership.
On the legendary grounds of the former UFA film copying plants in Tempelhof, chickens, ponies, and ferrets have long swapped the screen for straw and green spaces. The ufaFabrik Children's Farm is pedagogically supervised, free of charge, and offers a real stable scent.
Where city kids suddenly groom ponies and sniff campfire air: The Groß Briesen Riding and Adventure Farm is located in the Hoher Fläming Nature Park, about an hour southwest of Berlin, and is one of the most beautiful excursion destinations in Brandenburg for families with children.
A picnic with a waterfall - that's what Kreuzberg's Viktoriapark in the neighbourhood of Bergmannstraße stands for.
Spanning approximately 70 hectares in Wedding, this is one of Berlin's largest and least crowded public parks. The garden monument from 1929 includes a deer enclosure with fallow deer, three small lakes, and an open-air stage with 4,000 seats, which hosts an open-air cinema in summer. Among Berlin's parks, this is the most relaxed large-scale area.
Veronika Naß treats dogs with the same professional seriousness as human patients: physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, and an underwater treadmill. She comes to the dog's home, in Berlin and the surrounding area, for this purpose.
Located by Bürgerpark in Pankow, Pinke Panke Children's Farm is Berlin's most charming proof that rural life and city living are not a contradiction. Over 70 animals, workshops, campfires, and a vegetable garden make this educationally supervised playground a nature-oriented meeting point for children and families, which is also freely accessible.
For those who want to get out into nature when the weather is nice, without having to leave Berlin behind for hours, Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten is the perfect place. The Lucky Horse Ranch Mönchsheim on the eastern outskirts of the city offers genuine country life with horses, spaciousness, and a warmth not found in the city.
In Wedding, on the so-called Green Triangle near Leopoldplatz, lies one of Berlin's most accessible children's farms. The Kinderbunter Bauernhof combines pedagogically supervised animal care with gardening, crafts, and genuine community, all free of charge, open, and cross-generational.
In Prenzlauer Berg, directly on the former Berlin Wall strip, lies one of Berlin's oldest children's farms: The Moritzhof combines animal care, ancient crafts, and true community on a site that has been making history since 1990. Free, open, and no registration required.
Out of Berlin, into the forest: Eberswalde Zoo is located on the southern edge of the Barnim district town, a good 40 kilometers northeast of the capital, and is one of the most popular family excursion destinations in Brandenburg. Over 1,500 animals from five continents live here on 15 hectares of mixed forest landscape, including free-roaming monkeys, Siberian tigers, and a white lion.
Berlin's first dog ice cream manufacturer is located in Marienfelde and produces frozen yogurt for four-legged friends: lactose-free, without added sugar, and in flavors from salmon to watermelon. The recipes were developed in collaboration with veterinarians.
At the Camel Farm in Nassenheide, in the Löwenberger Land, you can ride a camel across meadows and pastures, accompanied by an experienced camel guide. This small farm operates by appointment only and with very small groups; no riding experience is necessary.
Between Havelberg and Wittenberge lies, directly on the Elbe cycle path, the village with the most storks in Germany: Rühstädt.
Berlin's oldest children's farm is located in Kreuzberg, on a former rubble plot by the Berlin Wall. Since 1981, the children's farm at Mauerplatz has offered ponies, goats, donkeys, and geese, along with a vegetable garden, nature trail, and a community house made of clay. And all of it is free of charge.
Located in the historic village center of Alt-Marzahn, right next to the post mill, you'll find Berlin's most authentic children's farm. Tierhof Marzahn is a over 300-year-old, listed three-sided farm where agriculture is still practiced as it was at the beginning of the 20th century.
In Charlottenburg's Klausenerplatz quarter, where one would typically expect Wilhelminian-era buildings and coffee houses, a real children's farm is hidden on Danckelmannstraße. The Charlottenburg Goat Farm is the result of civic engagement: residents saved a derelict plot from new development and transformed it into a green community oasis with animals, learning gardens, and a playground.
On the edge of Fritz-Schloß-Park in Moabit, the Moabiter Kinderhof is full of life: rabbits, a herb spiral, a wood workshop, and a newly opened playhouse built with sustainable timber make this adventure playground the greenest meeting point in the neighborhood.
The kids' farm of Görlitzer Park offers so many activities for children that it is impossible to be bored there!