Leisure

Canoe Sports Erkner at the Dämeritzsee in Brandenburg is a paradise for canoe lovers and whitewater fans.

The Stralau Peninsula has a couple of tranquil picnic areas to offer with a view of the water at the Rummelburg Bay.

The park around the castle in Pankow with the river Panke and the castle Schönhausen is a fairy-tale photo spot with natural character in the middle of the city.

In its permanent exhibition, the Puppetheater-Museum Berlin informs about the history of the puppet theater and shows today's play forms with current puppet theater for children.

The summer pool Sommerbad Neukölln is famous for its winding water slide of 83 meters of length.

Fans of the summer pool at Charlottenburg's Olympic Stadium rejoice.

An indoor activity for rainy days and an exciting family trip can be had at the SEA LIFE Center with the AquaDom near Alexanderplatz.

Kids COOKING FUN in Berlin offers children the opportunity to celebrate their birthday as an entertaining cooking class or a colorful kids' party in the indoor playground. Here, children aged six and up can experience exciting cooking with healthy recipes, while the younger ones can have fun in the age-appropriate play environment.

At TCW Sports of TCW Tenniscenter GmbH Weißensee, tennis is possible in any weather and at almost any time of day!

This dog exercise area is located in a beautiful mixed forest with Scots pines. Rather unknown, it's not too crowded even on weekends, allowing for relaxed walks.

The Zeiss Planetarium at Schöneberg is located on the foot of the "Insulaner", one of Berlin's rubble hills.

Grunewald is home to Berlin's largest contiguous dog exercise area.

Where city kids suddenly groom ponies and sniff campfire air: The Groß Briesen Riding and Adventure Farm is located in the Hoher Fläming Nature Park, about an hour southwest of Berlin, and is one of the most beautiful excursion destinations in Brandenburg for families with children.

Berlin toys do not have to be made of plastic and look terribly corny. "Kleine Gesellschaft" shows you a different take on Berlin toys.

Hamburger Bahnhof is one of the world's most renowned and important museums for contempory art.

A picnic with a waterfall - that's what Kreuzberg's Viktoriapark in the neighbourhood of Bergmannstraße stands for.

Centrally located, popular but fairly grubby - that's Mauerpark. It's open season for BBQs there all over, except for a little grove of birches and next to the playground.

Rudolph-Wilde-Park (formerly Stadtpark Schöneberg) is a nice and centrally located little park with a duck pond in City West, easy to reach with the subway. The location scores additionally with a nearby café offering picnic basket rentals.

Its own open air cinema in summer, a sledding hill in winter, an animal enclosure with deer and wild boars, playgrounds and sports tracks as well as a nature trail provide for some diversity in the 70 ha constituting Volkspark Rehberge.

The Bröhan Museum in Berlin-Charlottenburg is a place where art and winter ambiance harmoniously come together. Here, visitors discover the beauty of Art Nouveau and Art Deco while finding inspiration in warm rooms on cold days.

A journey through nature in a handcar is a small sporting adventure with friends or the whole family.

On his tour on Jewish life in Berlin guide Jörg Benario treats the touchy subject of the Holocaust rather with wit and a sense of Jewish humour than with uptight embarrassment.

Located between Club der Visionäre, Badeschiff and Arena Treptow, you will find the BBQ area Schlesischer Busch - ideal location for a pre-party weekend BBQ.

Hackesche Höfe, New Synagogue and Clärchens Ballhaus - Scheunenviertel in Mitte has lots of sights to discover which can be explored on foot with your parents.

The historic flak tower in Volkspark Humboldthain offers a great view of Germany's capital but this Wedding park is also ideally suited for jogging and other activities.