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For Easter, Spandau Citadel transforms into a medieval adventure world: knight battles, jugglers, fire shows, and a large historical market make the Easter Knight Festival one of Berlin's most spectacular Easter programs.
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Middle Ages
11 Locations
The Middle Ages feel far away in modern Berlin, but traces of the medieval city survive for those who look. From old churches to festivals, the Middle Ages here come alive at a handful of sites. This overview gathers Berlin locations tied to the era.
The Nikolaiviertel, the city's oldest quarter, recreates the medieval streetscape near the Marienkirche and the ruins of the Franciscan monastery. Museums display objects from the period, and medieval markets and festivals bring costumes, crafts and food to life through the year. Nearby Brandenburg towns add castles and old town centres.
Browse the venues below to explore the Middle Ages across Berlin, from old quarters to medieval markets.
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At the Zehlendorf Open-Air Museum, Berlin dives 800 years into the past this Easter. From Good Friday to Easter Monday, Museumsdorf Düppel transforms into a lively medieval farming village, welcoming families with interactive programs, crafts, and a spring atmosphere.
Clauertstraße 11, 14163 Berlin Steglitz-Zehlendorf+49 30 24002162www.berlin.museum/museum/museumsdorf-dueppel
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In the museum village Düppel families can undertake a trip back into the Middle Ages!.
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The New Year's Eve Party at Spandau Citadel is an open air highlight for the whole family at one of Europe's best well-kept renaissance strongholds.
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4.3
Slawenburg Raddusch (Slavic castle Raddusch) is a ring-shaped castle complex from the early Middle Ages and a popular destination amidst green nature in the Spreewald forest.
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Zitadelle Spandau ("Spandau Citadel") is the perfect wedding location if you like the Middle Ages.
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4.2
From November 13th to December 22nd, 2025, the RAW-Gelände in Friedrichshain transforms daily into a historical Christmas market, enchanting young and old with authentic crafts, medieval culinary delights, and a spectacular program. Those longing for a Christmas market with a rustic atmosphere, artisanal diversity, and great attractions for children will find an excellent destination here.
Revaler Straße 99, 10245 Berlin Friedrichshain+49 160 946 518 44www.berlin.de/en/christmas-markets/5983209-3230598-medieval-christmas-market-at-the-raw-com.en.html
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One of the most significant brick ruins in Northern Germany is not located in a city, but in the middle of the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve, just over an hour from Berlin. The former Cistercian monastery in the village of Chorin combines medieval architecture with one of Brandenburg's most beautiful music festivals.
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One of Brandenburg's best-preserved medieval castles is enthroned in the Hoher Fläming Nature Park southwest of Berlin: Rabenstein Castle in the district of the same name, Rabenstein/Fläming, combines medieval architecture, lively castle tours, and an active falconry to create an excursion destination where history truly comes alive.
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The atmosphere in Wilmersdorf's medieval restaurant Tafelrunde ("The Round Table") is truly rustic.
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The Märkische Museum in Berlin-Mitte is a museum for everyday life and cultural history. In the new family and children's area [Test] Spaces in the Märkisches Museum, children and adolescents are free to explore the history of the town.
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