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Outdoor life flourishes in Berlin, a green city of parks, lakes, rivers and forests. From swimming and cycling to beer gardens and open-air clubs, outdoor activities fill the warmer months and draw people into the fresh air all year round.
This overview gathers Berlin locations for the outdoor, from parks and lidos to rooftop bars, gardens and sports grounds. Some focus on active pursuits like hiking and watersports, others on relaxing, dining and events under the sky.
Browse the places below to find the best outdoor activities in Berlin, compare options and prices, and plan your visit.
Those who want to escape everyday life on four wheels and at full throttle south of Berlin should head to the Teltow-Fläming district. In Zossen OT Wünsdorf, QUADraTOUR Mathias Tauchnitz has been sending adrenaline junkies on guided quad tours through Brandenburg's forests, fields, and off-road trails for over 20 years.
Anyone who wants to experience a real safari adventure with children will find one of the region's most charming destinations in Nedlitz near Gommern: Straußenland Nedlitz. On five hectares of pasture, the world's largest birds live here and can be petted, fed, and admired.
Plänterwald is a forest on the banks of the river Spree in Berlin-Treptow and home to the former amusement park Spreepark.
The Werderaner Tannenhof in Werder (Havel) is an adventure farm on a 60-hectare fir tree plantation, attracting families from Berlin and Brandenburg year-round with animals, sports, and seasonal events in the forest. From a petting zoo to alpaca hikes and a mini-golf course among fir trees: there's something for every age here.
Where Little Red Riding Hood meets Rapunzel and Hansel and Gretel look out from the climbing frame: The Fairy Tale Playground in Schulenburgpark in Neukölln is Berlin's most magical adventure playground, designed around the world of the Brothers Grimm. Imagination and the urge to move are brought together here on a generous area.
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.
You will see that a bike tour through Marzahn-Hellersdorf in the Eastern part of Berlin is probably way more green than you would expect it to be and includes a stop at the castle Schloss Biesdorf.
Hidden in the middle of Bäkepark in Steglitz is one of Berlin's most beautiful playgrounds: around 3,000 square meters of Africa and adventure, right by the Teltow Canal. Wooden giraffes, zebras, and palm trees create a jungle atmosphere, while climbing towers, zip lines, and hammocks do the rest.
Ritter Butzke in Berlin-Kreuzberg is one of the most established venues for electronic dance music, located in the historic halls of a former fittings factory on Moritzplatz. With its lovingly decorated floors, a spacious courtyard, and a consistently solid line-up of techno and tech-house, the club offers a relaxed yet intense party atmosphere.
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.
Gleisdreieck Park in Kreuzberg is more than just a playground. Multiple play areas, a nature exploration space, and the legendary 'Stangenwald' (pole forest) make this expansive green area one of the most versatile play spaces in the city.
In the heart of the silent green cultural quarter in Wedding, Mars Küche & Bar serves freshly cooked lunch daily at remarkably fair prices. Organic cuisine with a regional focus, a light-flooded hall, and views of the old Gerichtsstraße cemetery make a lunch break here something special.
Cafe Holzmarktperle is the sunny heart of the artist quarter Holzmarkt 25 in Friedrichshain, directly on the Spree riverbank. Those who grab their coffee here sit on a green square between creativity and a view of the Spree, with self-roasted beans in their cup and vegan cake on the table.
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.
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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.
The traditional Kaffeehaus Zeltinger in green Frohnau offers breakfast all day long.
Located directly under the S-Bahn arch at Warschauer Platz in Friedrichshain, Scheers Schnitzel has been serving crispy home-style food since 2010 at prices that even Berliners find surprising. If you want to have an inexpensive lunch without sacrificing quality, this is the place to be.
In the museum village Düppel families can undertake a trip back into the Middle Ages!.
Spanning 90 hectares in southern Neukölln, Britzer Garten offers everything you'd leave Berlin for on a beautiful day, without actually leaving the city: blooming theme gardens, an artificially created lake, expansive sunbathing lawns, and a lively event program that carries through the entire summer.
No pier, no direct parking on the bank, no ordinary restaurant boat: The SpreeArche in Friedrichshagen is a floating log cabin on the Müggelspree, reachable by a raft shuttle. What sounds like a century-old excursion destination is one of the most discussed culinary highlights in the Treptow-Köpenick district.
YAAM at Schillingbrücke is Berlin's most famous open-air club with a Caribbean-African character, a sandy area directly on the Spree, and a program ranging from Reggae to Afrobeats.
Located directly on Oranienburger Straße in Berlin-Mitte, between the New Synagogue and Monbijoupark, Hummus & Friends serves Israeli cuisine that is as fresh and honest as the concept behind it: creamy hummus in many variations, all kosher, much of it vegan, and all at prices that are not a matter of course in this location.
During the Easter holidays 2024, Tierpark Berlin once again offers a colorful holiday program for children aged 8-12.
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.