6 Locations
Planning a surprise is easy in Berlin, a city full of memorable experiences and thoughtful gifts. From a spa day to a hot air balloon ride, a surprise here can be as grand or as personal as you like. This overview gathers Berlin locations for a special treat.
Experience providers across the city offer surprises from dinner cruises and cooking classes to balloon rides and spa days, while design shops and delis supply gifts with character. Restaurants and event venues help arrange celebrations, and the city's attractions add wow factor. A little planning turns an occasion into a memorable one.
Browse the venues below to plan a surprise across Berlin, from spa days to balloon rides.
Since 1884, Zauberkönig has been selling magic, joke, and puzzle items, making it Berlin's oldest specialty store of its kind. In Neukölln's Schillerkiez, you'll find magic sets and card tricks, as well as courses and shows in its own magic cabinet.
On Reinhardtstraße stands a massive high-rise bunker from 1942, with trees growing on its roof. Inside, Karen and Christian Boros have been displaying their collection of international contemporary art since 2008, viewable only by guided tour.
Behind the sandstone facade on Gerichtstraße in Wedding lies Berlin's first crematorium. Since 2013, it has become the silent green Kulturquartier, offering concerts, film programs, and exhibitions in the cupola hall and the underground concrete hall.
In the cellar of Haus Schwarzenberg on Rosenthaler Straße, mechanical monsters come to life. The Monster Cabinet by the artist group Dead Chickens is a machine theater where automaton figures made from scrap and found objects dance, sing, and recite poems.
Those looking for a romantic Valentine's Day gift in Prenzlauer Berg will find it at Balloonerie: The Berlin family business on Eberswalder Straße has been selling balloons of all shapes, colors, and for all occasions since 1994, including heart-shaped helium balloons that simply work as a gift.
An old black-and-white photo booth from the 60s on Schlesische Straße, right at Schlesisches Tor in Kreuzberg. For 2 Euros, you get four shots that feel like decades-old photo paper and are guaranteed to be more crooked than planned. A first date can hardly start better.