30 Locations
January is the season for new year's resolutions, and Berlin has everything to help you keep them. From gyms and yoga studios to language schools and wholefood shops, new year's resolutions here get plenty of support. This overview gathers Berlin locations for a fresh start.
Fitness studios and swimming pools fill up in January, while wellness centres, running groups and healthy cafes back the good intentions. Language schools, coaching and creative courses suit those chasing new skills, and quit smoking and mindfulness services add support. The city makes turning over a new leaf achievable.
Browse the venues below to keep your new year's resolutions across Berlin, from gyms to language schools.
The KRAFT Runners meet every Tuesday at 7 PM at KORNER, Linienstraße 106 in Mitte, for a joint interval training. Running along is free and possible without prior registration, regardless of whether you have a beginner's pace or competitive experience.
Located in the Wuhlheide in Treptow-Köpenick, FEZ Berlin is considered Europe's largest non-profit center for children, youth, and families. Across over 100,000 m² of outdoor and 13,000 m² of indoor space, a program awaits that caters equally to children and parents. Theater, space travel, a natural bathing lake, and a children's city all under one roof.
Mindful Life Berlin, located at Gleimstraße 19 near Mauerpark, has been offering Yoga, Pilates, Functional Fitness, and Boxing in Prenzlauer Berg since 2017. A trial class costs 10 Euros, and multi-class passes are valid for both yoga and fitness classes.
Studio32 at Goltzstraße 32 in Schöneberg offers vegetarian and vegan cooking classes, cocktail workshops, and wine tastings. Cooking classes start from 119 Euros per person, and a second location on Kottbusser Damm in Kreuzberg will be added starting November 2024.
Berlin's first full-body cycling studio is located directly at Checkpoint Charlie in Mitte and combines indoor cycling with targeted strength training units into a 45-minute full-body workout. Candlelight, driving beats, and specially trained rideXperts make every session a sweat-inducing feat of strength.
Europe's largest martial arts studio resides in Wedding, spanning an impressive 3,600 square meters. Spitfire Gym brings together boxing, MMA, BJJ, Thai boxing, and wrestling under one roof, attracting Berlin's best professional fighters as well as absolute beginners looking to discover fitness and body awareness in a new way.
At Schleusenufer 4 in Kreuzberg, adidas shows what fitness looks like when a sports brand gets serious: The adidas SPORTS BASE BERLIN combines a weight room, outdoor areas, community runs, and its own kitchen across 1,500 square meters. Those who sweat here do so with like-minded people and professional coaching.
The SSE in Prenzlauer Berg is Berlin's most impressive indoor swimming pool for fitness and sports: Europe's largest indoor pool with a 50-meter basin, ten lanes, and a 10-meter diving tower, attracting both recreational swimmers and competitive athletes.
Where fitness, body shaping, and cosmetics come together under one roof: Figurstudio Pankow on Ossietzkystraße in Pankow combines equipment training, rehabilitation sports, HYPOXI vacuum training, and beauty treatments into a holistic health concept that goes far beyond the classic fitness studio.
At Hugenottenplatz in Berlin Pankow, the Vital One Health and Figure Studio combines classic fitness training with certified rehabilitation sport and nutritional counseling. Those who train here don't get an anonymous large studio, but rather genuine, individual support in a familiar atmosphere.
If you're serious about breaking a sweat in Berlin Mitte, the old car workshop on Heidestraße is the perfect spot. CFM Crossfit® Mitte combines Rogue-level functional training with an international community that champions an ego-free philosophy. Located right next to the Hamburger Bahnhof, a five-minute walk from the main train station.
Where Berliners have been getting their bodies in shape since the 70s: The Trimm-Dich-Pfad (Fitness Trail) in Grunewald, Dahlem, is an outdoor fitness classic and forest walk rolled into one. Free, in the middle of the forest, and back in shape after modernization.
Daily Meditation Berlin at Schinkestraße 9 in Neukölln teaches beginners to meditate independently in four 90-minute sessions. The course costs 296 Euros, after which refresher courses and weekly group meditations are free.
Spielwiese at Kopernikusstraße 24 in Friedrichshain has been a game library, game store, and café in one since 2006. On Mondays, the entire game evening costs 5 Euros per person; on Fridays and Saturdays, it's 4 Euros for the first hour.
If you want to train in Berlin Mitte without spending hours in the gym, SPEED-FIT is the right place for you. The studio on Albrechtstraße, not far from Friedrichstraße train station, focuses on EMS training: 15 minutes twice a week, and your whole body is done.
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.
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.
The Berlin Environmental Calendar by the Berlin Nature Conservation Foundation collects daily updated events related to nature and environment, from herb walks to bat observations. Usage is free, and many of the offers are also free of charge.
Each Berlin district has its own adult education center; the VHS City West is located on Pestalozzistraße in Charlottenburg. The program ranges from languages to computer courses, health, and art; one lesson unit costs 3 Euros, reduced 1.50 Euros.
Ballhaus Berlin in Chausseestraße in Mitte, with its original table telephones from 1936, is the ultimate flirting spot!
The Gardens of the World in Marzahn feature over 20 country and theme gardens, including Chinese, Japanese, and Balinese gardens. The cable car runs over the Kienberg; a day ticket costs 9 Euros in summer, and 12.90 Euros with the cable car.
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.
Finally become a bit more structured, spend less time searching, and bring order to the piles on your desk – if that's a good resolution, the tidying expert Christa Beer knows advice and help.
Smoking causes yellow teeth, wrinkles, and can, in the worst case, lead to death. For those who want to quit smoking for good, Nichtraucherbund Berlin e.V. is the right address.
The good intention to eat healthier, for a slimmer figure or simply to feel fitter, often fails due to procrastination. The Richtig Essen Institut can help overcome this.