Garden

The new opulent premium spa close to Berlin Hauptbahnhof takes you on a Balinese vacation.

Every year, the Britzer Garten in Neukölln ushers in the Easter holidays with one of Berlin's most beautiful Easter bonfires. At Rodelberg, fire acrobatics, live music, and a family atmosphere combine to create an atmospheric start to the season in the green.

Sunday brunch at martas Restaurant Alvis, a gourmet experience, perfect for a get-together with friends and family in a central location.

In Dahlem, not far from the Botanical Garden, the Königliche Gartenakademie (Royal Garden Academy) is much more than just a plant shop: Here, historic greenhouses meet an English garden school where hobby gardeners and professionals alike can develop their plant knowledge and design sense.

The Zenner Beer and Wine Garden in Alt-Treptow is one of Berlin's oldest and largest beer gardens, located directly on the Spree River in Treptower Park. Classic beer garden culture meets a contemporary drink and food menu here, with views of the Island of Youth.

More than just vegetables grow in the Botanical People's Park Blankenfelde-Pankow: The farm gardens in Volkspark Pankow combine community gardening with ecological learning on a historic garden site from 1909. Those who lease a plot here get sustainable cultivation, fresh harvest, and a piece of green deceleration in Berlin's northeast.

The Kienbergpark, named after the Kienberg hill in Berlin-Hellersdorf, is a 60 hectare park with a 1.5 km long cable car.

In Tiergarten, right by the water: The Café am Neuen See is one of Berlin's most famous excursion destinations. Beer garden, restaurant, and boat rental are located here under old trees, and it's open all year round.

Volkspark Humboldthain offers a picnic with a panoramic view of Berlin: the historical flak tower offers an unbeatable view of Germany's capital!

Charlottenburg has many faces, but this one is the spiciest: Bier's Kudamm 195 has been serving currywurst with homemade sauce directly on Kurfürstendamm since 1965, where strollers pass by during the day and night owls stop in at night, preferably with a glass of champagne in hand.

In Potsdam-Bornim, not far from Sanssouci Palace, lies the cradle of the modern perennial garden: Foerster Stauden combines over 115 years of breeding history with an unparalleled assortment. Anyone looking to buy hardy perennials, grasses, and ferns directly from the producer won't find a closer source anywhere else in Germany.

The Grand Orangery is located in the west wing of Charlottenburg Palace, directly by the baroque garden. High windows, chandeliers, parquet flooring - originally, the citrus trees of the Prussian kings overwintered here; today, string quartets perform in the two halls. For a marriage proposal, this means: you arrive as a concert guest and leave as a fiancée.

Plänterwald is a forest on the banks of the river Spree in Berlin-Treptow and home to the former amusement park Spreepark.

A day trip combined with a picnic is a visit to Pfaueninsel ("Peacock Island") in Berlin. Here you can enjoy your picnic surrounded by the name-giving peacocks but also other animals, water buffaloes for example.

The special Christmas party "Christmas Dine & Dance" at Restaurant ALvis combines two elements: the "Winter Wonderland" Christmas buffet in the restaurant and the subsequent celebration on the party boat!

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.

Children love strawberries and picking them themselves is even more fun, preferably outdoors, e.g. in Berlin's berry gardens, Berliner Beerengärten.

Bürgerpark Pankow is the ideal destination for a summer trip with friends or family to enjoy the green of the city, a picnic or a trip to a beer garden.

A few minutes by ferry, and Berlin is gone. Peacock Island in the Havel is car-free, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and can only be reached by boat. Peacocks roam freely among 400 ancient oaks, and in their midst stands a white pleasure palace from 1794. For a marriage proposal, this is a rare case of a backdrop you don't have to book.

Hidden on Lohmühleninsel at Schleusenufer, the ŒLGARTEN combines a beer garden under old trees with a marble bar and club area, from after-work drinks until deep into the night.

Between the two Brandenburg nature reserves Rabenstein and Planetal lies the Nature Park Centre Hoher Fläming in the Old Distillery in Raben.

Freizeitpark Lübars is a recreation park in the Northern district Berlin-Reinickendorf and a famous destination for a nature trip in the city of Berlin.

For 25 years, Restaurant Schoenbrunn in Volkspark Friedrichshain has offered one of Berlin's most beautiful breakfast spots. Nestled in greenery, with a view of the pond in Volkspark Friedrichshain, the Austrian restaurant serves original breakfast variations ranging from classic pancakes to avocado Benedict and salmon breakfast.

Lots of water, lots of green – with an area of 210 hectares Großer Tiergarten is Berlin's second biggest park.

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.