Indoor

If you would like to skate in bad weather or try cool tricks on the halfpipe with your skateboard, you can visit the skate hall Berlin located at the RAW area in Friedrichshain.

The Bröhan Museum, opposite Charlottenburg Palace, is Berlin's state museum for Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Functionalism. On display are furniture, porcelain, glass, and paintings from the years between 1889 and 1939. Among Berlin's winter leisure activities, it is one of the ideal places for long, cold afternoons.

The indoor playground at Tempelhofer Hafen is great fun for young and old – including a 3D black light miniature golf court and a laser tag arena.

The Stadtbad Neukölln, built in 1914, is modeled after ancient thermal baths, featuring a dome, skylight, and a round plunge pool. Reinhold Kiehl was the architect, and the ensemble is a protected monument. Swimming is possible in a 25-meter and a 19-meter hall. For indoor sports when it rains, there's a sauna area with hourly infusions.

Europe's largest indoor climbing park is located in five halls of a former cinema in Hellersdorf: fourteen courses between three and twenty meters high, a 40-meter zip line, and a 12-meter free fall. Children can climb from 1.10 meters tall, the youngest from 3 years old. As an indoor activity for children in Berlin, this is the most athletic option.

Located directly at the Tiergarten lock in Charlottenburg, where excursion boats pass by on the Landwehrkanal, lies one of Berlin's most famous beer gardens. The Schleusenkrug combines beer garden culture with a true water view, a solid grill assortment, and a history dating back to the post-war era.

Since 1896, Treptower Park has been home to Germany's largest and oldest public observatory, featuring the 21-meter-long Great Refractor, the world's longest movable refracting telescope. In the Museum of Celestial Studies, a 283-kilogram iron meteorite can be touched, with free admission. Children's programs are available from 5 years old, offering amazing technology even without a clear sky.

The urban apes bright site is located in Naumannpark in Schöneberg, just a few minutes' walk from S-Bahn station Südkreuz. Inside, you can boulder on free-standing blocks across 800 m², while outside, Berlin's largest outdoor bouldering area and a beer garden await.

On Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee in Charlottenburg, instead of sand, natural organic salt covers the floor, and the air is enriched with 14% brine. Children dig and build as if at the beach; a session lasts approximately 45 minutes and requires a pre-booked appointment. Among indoor activities for children in Berlin, this is the quietest, suitable even for babies.

Mikku Ceramics, located at Oderberger Straße 3 in Prenzlauer Berg, has been offering pottery courses for wheel throwing and hand-building since 2014. The beginner's wheel throwing session costs 85 Euros, including clay, glaze, and firing.

Those who want to spend the Easter holidays with children without sacrificing a learning effect are in the right place at the Extavium in Potsdam. The hands-on museum by the canal transforms natural sciences into a tangible adventure, and during Easter, there's even a specially bookable slime experimentation course on top.

On Bleibtreustrasse in Charlottenburg every child picks out a ceramic blank of their own, paints it at a decorated birthday table and collects it again once it has been fired. The party package holds the blank itself, a short painting briefing, invitation cards in two designs, a drink per child and a present for the birthday child.

Potsdam's hands-on museum, known as Extavium until April 2024, features over 80 interactive exhibits from physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Children can dock at the ISS, watch chocolate kisses expand in a vacuum, and build mouse mazes. Experiment courses are available for ages 5 and up. For indoor activities with children, the short trip from Berlin to Potsdam is well worth it.

TanzSuite dances on the 13th floor of PlaceOne at Strausberger Platz, with panoramic views over Berlin and its own Panorama Dance Bar. Since 2003, over fifty courses per week have been offered here, from Standard and Latin to Salsa and Discofox to Lindy Hop. As an indoor sport in the rain, the trial lesson in most courses is free.

Kinderkiste on Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße in Lankwitz is Berlin-Steglitz's most family-friendly indoor playground: carpeted throughout, hand-painted animal walls, and a large wooden climbing area instead of a plastic structure. Billing is by the quarter-hour from 1 Euro, making short visits with toddlers affordable.

The Mini Me Kindercafé in Charlottenburg spreads its indoor playground over several levels of the café, with a ball pit, climbing frame, and a party basement complete with a children's disco. The first hour costs 4 Euros for children during the week. Anyone looking for an indoor playground in Berlin that doesn't look like an industrial hall will find pastel-colored tranquility here.

Monkey Town Berlin-Ost in Kaulsdorf belongs to a Dutch chain with over 40 venues and brings its pricing model to Berlin: The day pass is valid without a time limit, and the 10-visit pass is valid at all locations. The indoor playground focuses on slides, indoor climbing, and a large ball pit, plus free parking directly in front of the door.

The Lokschuppen was called Suicide Circus from 1994 to 2024 and has been located on the RAW Gelände since 2009, with the entrance via Warschauer Brücke. There is an indoor floor and an open-air area, and collectives like Formula 90 and GabberIndustries curate the program. Among Berlin's techno clubs, this one offers the most affordable nights.

At the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz, ten themed areas and two rides are spread out. The MINILAND shows Berlin made from more than 2.5 million LEGO bricks. Additionally, there's the NINJAGO climbing area, the Dino Dig, and a 4D cinema. Adults are only admitted when accompanied by a child, clearly making this indoor activity in Berlin for families.

The trampoline park on Allee der Kosmonauten in Marzahn features trampolines on the floor and walls, plus a Foam Pit, Ninja Course, Dodgeball Zone, and basketball hoops. In the VALO Arena, up to six people can play Virtual Reality without glasses or vests. For indoor sports on rainy days, only one condition applies: jump socks are mandatory.

The Steglitzer-Tennis-Klub 1913 e.V. is located in Lichterfelde among residential buildings, with the entrance via Undinestraße. Ten clay courts, a clubhouse from 1921, and 638 members stand behind one of Berlin's oldest tennis clubs. Anyone looking for a tennis court in Berlin to try out can start here with two free taster lessons.

With more than 2,000 square meters, Bambooland on Nonnendammallee is one of the largest indoor playgrounds in Berlin. The hall in Siemensstadtpark is designed as a jungle throughout, with the panda bear Bamboo as its mascot, a huge climbing labyrinth, and trampolines. The U7 stops at Paulsternstraße, from there it's a two-minute walk.

The German Museum of Technology at Gleisdreieck in Kreuzberg showcases steam locomotives, airplanes, ships, and historical computers on the grounds of the former Anhalter freight station. Admission is free for those under 18, and for everyone on Fridays from 13:00.

Tresor opened in 1991 in the vault of the Wertheim department store and has been operating since 2007 in the disused power plant on Köpenicker Straße, complete with built-in original lockers. A thirty-meter tunnel leads into the Vault, while House music plays in the Globus. Of all techno clubs in Berlin, this one has the longest Detroit connection.

The hall on Böttgerstraße at Gesundbrunnen has existed since 2002: around 2,200 square meters of climbing area, about 300 routes and walls up to 15 meters high, plus a bouldering area up to 4.50 meters grip height. Auto belay devices for top-roping and lead climbing make indoor sports possible even alone in the rain, without a partner at the other end of the rope.