Christmas Ornaments

Sundays in Prenzlauer Berg are all about browsing, bargaining, and discovering: The Mauerpark Flea Market is Berlin's most famous flea market, attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world, offering much more than just a market with vintage goods, live karaoke, and street food.

Opened in 1907, KaDeWe on Tauentzienstraße now spans over 60,000 square meters, attracting more than 50,000 people daily, and up to 100,000 during the Christmas season. The Christmas decoration receives a new theme every year, most recently featuring two trees over five meters tall on the ground floor. For Christmas decorations in Berlin, this is the grand stage.

In the heart of Prenzlauer Berg, not far from Mauerpark, Arkonaplatz Flea Market is one of Berlin's most charming flea markets. Manageable yet with a rich selection of vintage finds, GDR rarities, and antiques, it primarily attracts local residents on Sundays who prefer to browse rather than rush.

At An der Spandauer Brücke 7 at Hackescher Markt, Käthe Wohlfahrt showcases over 8,000 Christmas items across approximately 240 square meters on two floors, staged as a 1920s-style backdrop. The family business from Rothenburg ob der Tauber has existed since 1964 and has been in Berlin since 2011. Christmas decorations in Berlin become a tour here, complete with unique capital city souvenirs.

The Inge-Glas Manufaktur Store Berlin belongs to the Müller-Blech family, who have been working in glass craftsmanship since 1597 and hand-blow, internally silver-plate, and hand-paint their Christmas tree decorations in Neustadt bei Coburg. Around 15,000 historical glassblowing molds are available for this purpose. For Christmas decorations in Berlin, this means handmade unique pieces instead of mass-produced goods from a bulk pack.

The shisha bar Luft und Liebe is an experiential fragrance bar in the popular trendy district of Friedrichshain. It is considered a modern, stylish, and experience-oriented shisha bar and lounge.

The House of Villeroy & Boch at Kurfürstendamm 33 offers the Christmas collections of a manufacturer dating back to 1748, still located in the old Benedictine abbey in Mettlach. The selection ranges from Toy's Delight and Christmas Chic to the Annual Christmas Edition. Christmas decorations in Berlin get a porcelain variant here.

Located in the heart of Berlin-Mitte, directly on the Kupfergraben and with the Bode Museum as a backdrop, this antique and book market is one of the city's most atmospheric flea markets. Since 1992, collectors, bookworms, and curious visitors have gathered here to start their weekend with genuine finds.

Günter Münzberg opened his shop in 1990, a year after his first shopping trip to Seiffen, and today runs it with his wife Iwona. On approximately 30 square meters in Spandau's Wilhelmstadt, there are about 4,200 pieces from over 120 manufacturers. Christmas decorations from the Ore Mountains are available here in a density that belies the shop's size.

Every Sunday, the north side of Ostbahnhof in Friedrichshain transforms into one of the city's most reputable antique markets. Between 120 and 150 dealers offer furniture, porcelain, records, and collectibles that truly live up to their name. New goods? Not a chance.

Bürgelhaus at Friedrichstraße 58 offers Ore Mountain wood art from well over 100 workshops and the complete range of Echtbürgel pottery from Thuringia. In 2023, it was awarded as the best specialist shop for Ore Mountain folk art. For Christmas decorations in Berlin, this is the address with proof of origin.

The idee. Creativmarkt on Wilmersdorfer Straße is located in Charlottenburg's pedestrian zone and, since its relocation in 2023, offers approximately 1,000 square meters across two floors. The Christmas decoration category alone includes over 760 items, plus materials for DIY projects. Christmas decorations in Berlin become a crafting project here.

At Lichterglanz, the candle manufacturer in Reinickendorf, Susanne Nagies and Gerald Knüppel handcraft each candle individually. In the shop, you can make your own: using the dipping method, up to 60 centimeters long, from 14 combinable colors, starting from 15 Euros per person. Christmas decorations in Berlin are created here at your own wax vat instead of just on a shelf.

Since 1973, the Berlin flea market on Straße des 17. Juni in Charlottenburg has been considered the city's oldest and most famous flea market. Among antiques, vinyl records, and handicrafts directly by the Tiergarten, a collection of curiosities can be found every weekend that attracts Berliners and travelers alike.

The "Boxi" is the Sunday heart of Friedrichshain: On the historic Boxhagener Platz, the southern neighborhood transforms weekly into one of Berlin's most popular flea markets, where vintage, vinyl, and curiosities from decades meet a relaxed atmosphere that even convinces die-hard Mauerpark grumps.

The Friedrichshagen Flea Market has been a part of Sunday culture in the Köpenick district of the same name for over 30 years. Right next to the S-Bahn station, not far from Lake Müggelsee, rummagers and bargain hunters meet for relaxed browsing among GDR memorabilia, collector's items, and all sorts of curious junk.

Erzgebirgskunst Original in Sophienstraße is one of eleven specialist shops of DREGENO Seiffen eG, a cooperative of around 130 artisan workshops from the Ore Mountains. Only originals are sold: nutcrackers from approx. 27.50 Euros, plus smokers, candle arches (Schwibbögen), and pyramids. For Christmas decorations in Berlin, this is the address for turned wooden art.

At the northernmost tip of Reinickendorf, not far from the village center of Lübars, lies a historic manor: The Alte Fasanerie dates back to a royal pheasant farm from 1740 and is now Berlin's green answer to the children's farm. Alpacas, goats, Pomeranian geese, and real pheasants await visitors here.

At John F. Kennedy Square in Schöneberg, where Kennedy once gave his famous speech, one of Berlin's most enduring flea markets takes place on Saturdays and Sundays. Here, household clear-outs, vintage fashion, and classic junk meet sellers eager to negotiate and a relaxed market atmosphere.

The flea market at Marheinekeplatz is Kreuzberg's most relaxed weekend ritual. On Saturdays and Sundays, private sellers and small traders line up on the square at the end of Bergmannstraße, offering vintage fashion, records, antiques, and handicrafts. If you want to continue strolling afterward, the Marheineke Market Hall and the cafés of Bergmannstraße are right on your doorstep.

Plane trees instead of palm trees, crossover instead of currywurst: The Parkcafé at Fehrbelliner Platz in Wilmersdorf is one of Berlin's most relaxed beer gardens, right next to the famous Preußenpark. Breakfast until 6 PM, table service, and a spacious wood-and-glass building make this spot in West Berlin a true all-day hangout.

Since 1985, the Art & Flea Market at Fehrbelliner Platz has been one of Berlin's most traditional flea markets. Located in the heart of Wilmersdorf, it combines classic flea market feeling with an art mile on Saturdays and Sundays, where paintings, jewelry, and handicrafts find their place.

Ave Maria at Lützowstraße 23 is a devotional shop opened in 1996 by Dieter Funk and Ulrike Schuster. It specializes in over 40 types of incense, religious sculptures, rosaries, and literature. Christmas decorations here include nativity scenes, nativity figures, and large altar candles instead of tinsel and fairy lights.

Singles above all like to fill a boring Sunday afternoon with a flea market stroll. The indoor flea market at the Arena Treptow is the ideal place to go "hunting".

Where the death strip ran until 1989, today lie almost 15 hectares of Mauerpark between Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. Behind the Jahn Sport Park, there are still around 300 meters of the inner wall, officially approved for graffiti, plus the Sunday flea market and the Bearpit Karaoke in the amphitheater. Among Berlin's parks, this is the loudest and most vibrant.