12 Locations
Berlin is a city that loves technology, from electronics shops to gadget stores and a great science museum. For shopping or exploring, technology here is easy to dive into. This overview gathers Berlin locations for the tech minded.
Electronics and gadget shops around the shopping districts sell the latest devices, while specialist stores cover audio, photography and computing. The German Museum of Technology traces the history of engineering and transport, and repair cafes help keep old gear alive. The city's startup scene keeps innovation buzzing behind the scenes.
Browse the venues below to explore technology across Berlin, from electronics shops to the technology museum.
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.
On Gleisdreieck, close to Potsdamer Platz the exhibits of Deutsches Technnikmuseum (German Technics Museum) bridge the gap between rail traffic of old to the computers we've all grown accustomed today.
The German Museum of Technology Berlin has come up with an exciting holiday program centered around technology for the winter holidays.
Those who want to spend the Easter holidays in Berlin with children without ending up on the couch are in the right place in Kreuzberg. During the holidays, the German Museum of Technology transforms into a place where enthusiasm for technology is not by chance but by design - from workshops and experiments to the extensive museum park.
The Computer Games Museum on Karl-Marx-Allee in Friedrichshain is the world's first permanent exhibition on the history of computer games. Over 300 exhibits, playable classics, and game art installations transform the magnificent socialist building into a living archive of digital cultural history.
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.
Kreuzberg's most famous creative and educational center for children and young people opens its doors free of charge for everyone. Across five floors, right next to Viktoriapark, children can craft, dance, build, and experiment – here, it's not the parents' wallet that counts, but the child's talent.
The Yellow Villa is a creative and educational center for children and young people in Berlin-Neukölln. During the winter holidays, a free and diverse holiday program with workshops on many different topics is offered.
Those who want to spend the Easter holidays with children without sacrificing a learning effect are in the right place at the Extavium in Potsdam. The hands-on museum by the canal transforms natural sciences into a tangible adventure, and during Easter, there's even a specially bookable slime experimentation course on top.
In the Elbe-Elster district, the former overburden conveyor bridge F60 towers visibly into the Lusatian sky. At 502 meters long, it is considered one of the largest working machines in the world and attracts technology enthusiasts and day-trippers from Berlin and Brandenburg as the "Lying Eiffel Tower of Lusatia".
Potsdam's hands-on museum, known as Extavium until April 2024, features over 80 interactive exhibits from physics, chemistry, biology, and computer science. Children can dock at the ISS, watch chocolate kisses expand in a vacuum, and build mouse mazes. Experiment courses are available for ages 5 and up. For indoor activities with children, the short trip from Berlin to Potsdam is well worth it.
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.