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The Wilmersdorf summer pool, known as Lochowbad in the neighborhood, features a 50-meter sports pool and a diving facility with a three-meter board as well as platforms at five and ten meters high. The three pools were lined with stainless steel by 2023. Additionally, there's a large sunbathing lawn, a playground, and a chess area. A day ticket costs 7 Euros.

The Großer Tiergarten spans 207 hectares between the Brandenburg Gate and the Zoological Garden, making it Berlin's largest park. Peter Joseph Lenné transformed the old electoral hunting ground into a landscape park starting in 1818; today, the Victory Column, English Garden, New Lake, and Bellevue Palace are located within it. No other park in Berlin covers so much at once.

In Marzahn, where prefabricated buildings meet expansive green spaces, lies Berlin's green world tour: The Gardens of the World combine over 20 international theme gardens across 43 hectares, a hovering cable car over the Kienberg, and open-air concerts for up to 5,000 visitors.

Between Fläming and Spreewald, in Baruth/Mark, lies an entire village under monument protection. The Baruther Glashütte Museum Village, as Germany's best-preserved glassmaking site, is one of Brandenburg's most fascinating excursion destinations for families who truly want to touch history.

The programming school on Prenzlauer Allee teaches children and teenagers aged 5 to 18 in groups of a maximum of ten participants, from Scratch Jr to Python and robotics. Laptops and materials are provided by the school, and a trial lesson is free. As an indoor activity for children in Berlin, this is the option where something of their own is created at the end.

Europe's largest non-profit children's and family center is not located in Mitte, but in the green: In Treptow-Köpenick, nestled in the Volkspark Wuhlheide, FEZ-Berlin transforms every season into a new adventure for children and families - with crafting, theater, nature, and lots of participation.

The Berlin Botanical Garden stretches over 43 hectares between Dahlem and Lichterfelde and houses around 20,000 plant species. The complex includes fifteen display greenhouses, among them the Great Tropical House with giant bamboo and palms. To combat a boring Sunday, the order helps: first the outdoor area, then the tropics, and both in any weather.

The Hii kids Park in Neukölln is one of the best-equipped indoor playgrounds in Berlin: multi-lane LED slides into the ball pit, a trampoline park, a ninja course, a walkable giant piano, and two fenced play areas. It is the only one on this list that has its own salt room, which is included in the admission price without extra charge.

Not a Halloween party but a themed tour: in October 2026 the Tierpark Berlin in Friedrichsfelde takes families through 90 minutes of the animal kingdom's eeriest myths. Children in costume pay only half the tour price.

On a site the size of ten football fields, the Düppel Museum Village showcases a village as it would have looked between 1170 and 1220 in the Mark Brandenburg region. Between the forge, bronze casting, and herb gardens, you'll find Skudde sheep, oxen, and the re-bred Düppel pasture pig. Children aged five and up can try archery and bake flatbread over an open fire.

Spanning 90 hectares in southern Neukölln, Britzer Garten offers everything you'd leave Berlin for on a beautiful day, without actually leaving the city: blooming theme gardens, an artificially created lake, expansive sunbathing lawns, and a lively event program that carries through the entire summer.

In the heart of Berlin-Mitte, just a few steps from Friedrichstraße, Restaurant ALvis invites you to a seasonal brunch buffet in a special setting on Mother's Day 2026. Head chef Wolfgang Kanow focuses on fresh, regional ingredients from Berlin and Brandenburg. In good weather, the courtyard garden, adorned with wild grapevines, awaits.

On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, the Klaistow Asparagus and Adventure Farm near Beelitz transforms into a meeting point for the whole family. Easter egg hunts, live music, and a spring atmosphere in the countryside await Berliners and Brandenburgers who want to spend the holiday between the petting zoo and the farm bakery.

During the winter holiday workshops at Berlin's children's circus CABUWAZI, kids on holiday can really let off steam.

KiKiLa on Schulze-Boysen-Straße has been run by the Kinderhilfe in Lichtenberg association since 2008. Everything on the shelves comes from in-kind donations from the neighborhood: children's clothes, toys, picture books, and balance bikes.

The Eierschale is located in the Landhaus Dahlem opposite the U-Bahn station Podbielskiallee and serves a large brunch buffet for 20.90 Euros on Sundays and public holidays. The name dates back to the fifties, when the venue was a meeting point for the West Berlin jazz scene. Today, it includes a terrace, garden, and stone oven pizza.

Café Kreuzzwerg in Kreuzberg is Berlin's answer to the classic kids' café, but with more ball pits, climbing corners, and coffee specialties. Around 170 square meters of play area in the neighborhood, plus a cultural program that goes far beyond cookies and cocoa.

In the heart of the Spreewald, in Lübbenau/Spreewald, the Spreewelten Bath awaits with arguably the most spectacular unique selling proposition an adventure pool in Germany can offer: swimming with real Humboldt penguins. Slide action, thermal pools, and a lovingly designed toddler area make this destination a family magnet from Brandenburg.

In Münchehofe, Brandenburg, in the heart of the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park, an organic dairy literally shows how milk, butter, and cheese are made. Families can watch the ongoing production through glass walls. Located about 70 km south of Berlin, this excursion destination combines curiosity and fresh air on one site.

Located in Neukölln, directly on Karl-Marx-Straße, Laserstar Berlin is packed with action: Lasertag in Berlin's largest arena, black light mini-golf, and escape rooms make it the go-to place for children and families looking for more than an ordinary leisure afternoon.

Zoo, amusement park, and dinosaur park all in one: The Eicholz Animal and Leisure Park in the Germendorf district near Oranienburg is one of Brandenburg's most versatile family excursion destinations. On nearly 70 hectares of lake landscape, zebras and flamingos encounter life-sized prehistoric giants, while children can choose between a petting zoo, rides, and a swimming lake.

Reinickendorf, in Berlin's green North, is home to a fixture among the city's bathing beaches: Strandbad Lübars.

Berlin's cheapest city tour operates as a regular service: BVG Bus 100 connects Charlottenburg and Mitte on a route that passes the Reichstag, Victory Column, and Brandenburg Gate. Not a tourist bus, but real public transport at the regular ticket price.

In the municipality of Krausnick, about 60 kilometers south of Berlin, a whole piece of the South Seas slumbers under a gigantic dome. Tropical Islands is considered Europe's largest tropical holiday world and attracts families and wellness lovers alike with warm sand, an artificially created rainforest, and an extensive sauna landscape.

The Cut is located on Kantstraße in Charlottenburg, a few steps from the Wilmersdorfer Straße pedestrian zone, and explicitly invites its guests to come by without an appointment. Washing, cutting, and blow-drying cost 28 Euros for men, and beard care costs 8 Euros. A bonus card eventually earns regular customers a free haircut.