Sunbathing

Strandbad Jungfernheide is Berlin's only swimming lake with its own waterski and wakeboard cable park, plus four 50-meter lanes in the lake, a long pier, and the Strandhaus Café with a terrace. The artificially created Jungfernheide Pond is located within Erwin Barth's registered garden monument; a day ticket costs 8 Euros, reduced 6 Euros.

Wandlitzsee Beach is the deepest swimming lake on this list: 24.5 meters deep, 204.6 hectares of water surface, and rated excellent. The municipality of Wandlitz operates it itself, with a lift at the pier, a barrel sauna, 1- and 3-meter diving boards, and a bathing platform with a slide. Adults pay 5 Euros, children aged five and up pay 1 Euro.

The cable car at Wasserskipark Zossen is 540 meters long, runs over five masts, and pulls riders with seven carriers over the water, including obstacles and kickers. Beginners start on the 150-meter-long practice lift, where only one person starts at a time. Vest, twin skis, and kneeboard are included in the ticket; the adult day pass costs 58 Euros.

Located in Berlin Mitte at Zionskirchplatz, Café Kapelle naturally blends where neighborhood meets character. Natural ingredients, Rhenish black bread, and a breakfast you won't soon forget make this café one of the most charming addresses for breakfast in Berlin.

Eight floors above Marlene-Dietrich-Platz lies a hotel spa of more than 800 square metres with a fifteen metre indoor pool, a whirlpool, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath. There is also a roof terrace with 250 square metres of lawn and a view across the rooftops. Day guests without a hotel booking can use the area with a day pass.

Plötzensee Lido is Berlin's central bathing lake: a sandy beach in the middle of Wedding, right next to Volkspark Rehberge, with a long wooden pier, water slide, climbing frame, and rentable beach chairs. The entrance building from 1926 is a listed monument; people have been swimming in the lake since 1891. A designated FKK (nudist) area is available.

The Lübars lido is located on Ziegeleisee, a swimming lake that originated from a clay pit of a brickworks. It features a diving platform, two water slides, beach chairs, beach volleyball, and a restaurant with an outdoor terrace. EU standards rate the water as excellent. A day ticket costs 7 Euros, reduced 5 Euros, evening rate 4.50 Euros.

Orankesee Lido in Hohenschönhausen features a 52-meter long water slide, a children's slide, a soccer arena, beach volleyball, and a separate non-swimmer area. The bathing lake is about four hectares in size, and the lido opened in 1929 with Baltic Sea sand. Admission costs 8 Euros, reduced 5.50 Euros, cash payment only.

Strandbad Mitte in Berlin Mitte is the café for everyone who wants to enjoy breakfast in Berlin without tourist crowds. Hidden in a cul-de-sac near Oranienburger Straße, it serves hearty classics in a charming swimming pool ambiance with deck chairs outside.

The moa Café & Bar on Kirchstraße in Moabit is Berlin's charming address for breakfast in the sunshine: With delicious scrambled eggs, salmon breakfast or avocado toast and strong coffee, you can relax here like rarely anywhere else in the city.