Pupils

The Circus Hostel at Rosenthaler Platz has been one of the established addresses for hostels in Berlin since 2001, offering rooms from ten-bed dorms to rooms for seven people. The hostel brews its own beer in the basement. Groups of ten or more people receive reserved floors, and an elevator and wheelchair-accessible bathroom are available.

The Spectrum belongs to the German Museum of Technology and is located in the Schwechtenkopfbau on Ladestraße, a preserved remnant of the railway depot at Anhalter Bahnhof. Across four floors, there are over 150 experimental stations on light, electricity, heat, and sound. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is the place for all who prefer to try out physics rather than read about it.

The puzzle tour starts in Weinbergspark at Rosenthaler Platz and ends after eleven stations at the Berlin Wall Memorial. It tells the story of the escape attempt of the GDR art dealer Siegfried Kath, and was developed with a historian and a history teacher. As a school trip activity in Berlin, it takes two hours and one smartphone per team.

On Karl-Marx-Strasse in Neukoelln some two and a half thousand square metres hold two separate laser tag arenas, one of them reserved for children up to twelve, along with an eleven lane blacklight mini golf course, three escape rooms and an arcade corner. A birthday brings a reserved table, a drink per child and a golden player card.

The Grand Hostel Berlin is located in a historic building from 1874 on Tempelhofer Ufer, one hundred meters from Möckernbrücke U-Bahn station. Its centerpiece is the Library Bar, styled like an old English library. Unusual for hostels in Berlin is its experience with school trips: supervised quiet hours and alcohol served only by arrangement with the group leader.

Right at Hellersdorf underground station lies a climbing arena of four hundred and fifty square metres with thirty routes, a blacklight section and a speed wall, secured by an automatic system that needs nobody holding the rope. Tree houses are set aside for parties, and the packages are flat rates for up to six climbers.

The Alice - Museum for Children is located in the FEZ in Wuhlheide and is currently showing Green Planet Berlin across 450 square meters with six interactive stations, from the kitchen of the future to the sound cave. Around 250 children co-developed the concept in ten workshops. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is the institution that has been lending its exhibitions to other museums since 2002.

On the second floor by the Borsigturm in Tegel lies a seven hundred square metre VR park with two arenas in which the children move around freely and without cables. The birthday packages are flat rates for up to six children and include a lounge area of their own, a host, decorations and food, running from two to three hours.

The MACHmit! Museum for Children has set up shop in the de-consecrated Elias Church in Prenzlauer Berg, with the church tower clock, altar area, and organ remaining. Across 1,200 square meters on two floors, a seven-meter-high climbing shelf is the centerpiece. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is the one for two- to twelve-year-olds with their own workshops to get started.

At the FEZ in the Wuhlheide birthday groups shoot a film of their own: frame by frame in the animation studio with figures from the props store, or in the green box in front of a green wall with costumes and props. A GPS treasure hunt with puzzles through the woods of the Wuhlheide and a whole cinema hall with a film of the groups choosing come on top.

The Labyrinth Children's Museum is located in a heritage-protected assembly hall from 1890 in Wedding, where matchstick machines were once assembled. Spread across approximately 1,000 square meters, Talentopia features seven areas, from a construction crane and a control center to a material bar. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is one of the oldest; since 1997, it has welcomed over 1.7 million guests.

In the cooking studio on Schlangenbader Strasse birthday groups from six years cook a menu of their own: paint a chefs hat, put an apron on, and then chop, stir and plate up under guidance. Afterwards the indoor playground in the same house is waiting, and at the end every child takes the hat, a recipe book and a diploma home.

Pfefferbett Hostel Berlin is located on the historic Pfefferberg grounds in Prenzlauer Berg and is operated as a non-profit. 45 rooms are spread across seven categories, from single rooms to eight-bed rooms. For school trips, there are free spots for accompanying persons and a dedicated school camp at Großer Wannsee for up to 59 people.

The Futurium stands on the Spree between the Main Station and the Reichstag, asking how we want to live in the future across approximately 3,200 square meters. In the Futurium Lab in the basement, 3D printers, laser cutters, and robots are available for experimentation across 600 square meters. Among Berlin's children's museums, it is the house that costs nothing and has a skywalk above the rooftops.

Four hours, divided into a street art tour, preparing the wall, and two hours with the spray can: At mygraffitiworkshop, school classes first design their motif on paper and then spray their school name or class motto onto a real wall. Guidance is provided by Berlin writers. For a school trip to Berlin, this is the activity with the greatest creative component.

The Generator Berlin Prenzlauer Berg utilizes a former GDR office building on Storkower Straße and offers the widest range of rooms among Berlin hostels: from four-bed rooms to fourteen-bed rooms. A bed starts at 13 Euros per night. For groups, there's a private bus stop and a free private room for twenty beds or more.

In the Filmhaus on Potsdamer Platz the Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum for Film and Television presents important collections from the history of film and television.

The programming school on Prenzlauer Allee teaches children and teenagers aged 5 to 18 in groups of a maximum of ten participants, from Scratch Jr to Python and robotics. Laptops and materials are provided by the school, and a trial lesson is free. As an indoor activity for children in Berlin, this is the option where something of their own is created at the end.

On a site the size of ten football fields, the Düppel Museum Village showcases a village as it would have looked between 1170 and 1220 in the Mark Brandenburg region. Between the forge, bronze casting, and herb gardens, you'll find Skudde sheep, oxen, and the re-bred Düppel pasture pig. Children aged five and up can try archery and bake flatbread over an open fire.

In Berlin's government district, not far from the main train station, the Futurium stands as one of the city's most exciting free museums. Across over 5,000 square meters, visitors interactively explore the future of humanity, nature, and technology. Those who want to know what tomorrow looks like won't find answers here, but something better: the right questions.

The Three Little Pigs Hostel Berlin is housed in a former nunnery on Stresemannstraße, two hundred meters from Anhalter Bahnhof. All rooms face the quiet inner courtyard. Among Berlin's hostels, it is clearly geared towards school trips, with group rates starting from 18 Euros and a nightly security team.

Hostel Ballhaus Berlin is part of the complex of Berlin's oldest ballroom on Chausseestraße, 1100 meters from the main train station. Behind the facade, you'll find 1920s industrial design with a spiral staircase and a disco ball. Suites, private rooms, and dorms for up to ten beds are available, and a small stage equipment is provided for music classes.

Since 1913, the aquarium on Budapester Straße in Tiergarten has showcased around 20,000 animals across approximately 1,000 species, and since August 2026, after a three-year renovation, it is fully open to visitors again. Hammerhead sharks swim below in the 120,000-liter tank, while crocodiles, jellyfish, and insects await above. For indoor activities with children in Berlin, this means: three floors, three themes, short distances.

In the Anne Frank Center Berlin at Hackescher Markt in Berlin-Mitte the permanent exhibition "All about Anne" is shown.

The Klingende Museum Berlin on Behmstraße is not a house with display cases, but a workshop for trying out instruments, where children can pick up string, wind, and percussion instruments themselves. It was founded in 2002 based on an idea by conductor Gerd Albrecht. The concept includes the Klingende Mobil, a bus with over 50 instruments on board.