16 Locations
The ballroom has a long history in Berlin, where grand halls have hosted dancers since the days of the Golden Twenties. A classic ballroom means sprung floors, live bands and a certain glamour, and several of the city's originals still open their doors. This tag collects Berlin locations built for dancing.
Historic halls around Mitte and the eastern districts keep the tradition alive with tango nights, swing dances and social evenings, some in rooms barely changed in a century. Newer venues add classes for beginners, and a few pair the dance floor with dinner or a bar. The atmosphere ranges from formal to gloriously old fashioned.
Browse the venues below to find a ballroom across Berlin, from historic dance halls to lively social nights.
Hidden in a backyard on Wriezener Straße is an 1889 ballroom with chandeliers, a walnut dance floor, and Gründerzeit furniture. Since 2022, Ballhaus Wedding has once again been a cultural venue in the Soldiner Kiez, offering tango evenings, poetry slams, improv theater, and concerts.
Thanks to the festive ambiance and thoughtful design, Christmas parties at the French Cathedral in the heart of Berlin are almost a tradition, offering a culinary experience in a magical atmosphere.
Dancing makes you happy! That's the motto of the dance school and ballroom Walzerlinksgestrickt Berlin! Whether passionately Latin American, elegantly European, or with Step, Swing, or ChaCha, you can simply dance away office frustration or bad moods here.
The Burghotel Strausberg combines medieval-romantic castle architecture with the natural backdrop of Lake Straussee. Whether a civil or a free ceremony, diverse rooms for 2 to 170 people make every celebration possible, entirely according to the individual wishes of the couple.
The Hotel de Rome is one of the few 5-stars superior hotels in Berlin located in a historic building, the carefully renovated former company headquarter of Dresdner Bank on Bebelplatz.
The Quiz & Bingo Night at Freiheit15 offers the perfect adventure for a first date. Here, you'll be entertained with witty questions in a relaxed atmosphere and can get to know each other casually.
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Located in a former ballroom, Hochzeitshaus Schubert offers the latest bridal fashion in Berlin Strausberg with a huge selection of over 1,200 wedding dresses.
Schlossgut Altlandsberg combines historic buildings with rural idyll. The manor offers diverse premises with capacities for up to 200 guests in the baroque castle church, the dome hall, and the brewery and distillery. Weddings can be held here religiously, civilly, or freely.
Since 1913, Clärchens Ballhaus in Berlin-Mitte has stood for what this city does best: bringing people together. In the historic Spiegelsaal (Mirror Hall), dance history meets a vibrant present, and those who come alone rarely go home alone.
In the heart of Köpenick's old town, directly on the Spree: freiheit fünfzehn combines a listed courtyard area with a spacious riverside beer garden, which in summer is one of the greenest and most tranquil of its kind in all of Berlin.
Centrally located in City West, between Kurfürstendamm and Potsdamer Platz, the hotel commonly nicknamed "Interconti" maintains its fame as central event venue of Germany's capital with highest quality standards.
In terms of nightlife, the Festsaal Kreuzberg (ballroom Kreuzberg) was an institution in Berlin. The shock was great when the club burned down in 2013. It has reopened in 2017, under the same name, but at the premises of the now-Geschlossen White Trash in Treptow.
The ballroom from 1889 is one of Berlin's oldest preserved, with furnishings from the Belle Époque. Over 350 square meters accommodate 135 seated guests, while the winter garden features parquet flooring from the Babelsberg film studio. For a romantic wedding in Berlin-Wedding, a swing for civil ceremonies hangs in the backyard.
The Ballhaus Berlin starts the year with a great New Year's Eve party with buffet.
The New Year's Eve Party at Clärchens Ballhaus is one the most popular parties in Berlin. Dine and dance in the Mirror Hall to welcome the new year!
Dancing has taken place at Chausseestraße 102 in Mitte since 1905, and Ballhaus Berlin is the last dance hall remaining there. The spiral staircase, disco ball, and old table telephones, which were once used to call neighboring tables, have been preserved. Here, especially if you're heartbroken, the main thing that helps is that you don't need to know how to dance or even come with company.