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Weekend Tips

August 28 to 30, 2026

Long Night of Museums

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Lange Nacht der Museen

Long Night of Museums

August 29, 2026

During the Long Night of Museums 2026 in Berlin, many museums and exhibition venues in the capital will once again open their doors at night.  more

Pop-Kultur

Pop-Kultur

August 24 - 29, 2026

Pop-Kultur is a three-day festivals that turns Berlin's Kulturbrauerei into a hub of popular music with concerts, lectures and talks.  more

Joanna Mallwitz

Musikfest Berlin

August 28 - September 23, 2026

The Musikfest, which emerged from the traditional Berliner Festwochen, is Berlin's largest festival for orchestral music.  more

Exhibitions

Josef Kaiser: Building for the GDR

Josef Kaiser is considered one of the most influential architects of the GDR. For the first time, this exhibition explores his life and work through drawings, photographs, films, and models, shedding light on political and aesthetic tensions. more

Kerim Seiler: Der Titel kommt zuletzt

A circle, a knot, a grid: The exhibition invites visitors to discover simple shapes. Red-painted benches, pink neon, and a hundred colorful ink drawings transform the space into a playful experience that blends seeing, sitting, and marveling! more

Edward W. Godwin and Oscar Wilde: Dandies Decadence Modernity

Last chance: The exhibition is dedicated to two outstanding protagonists of the Aesthetic Movement, whose cult of beauty provided a significant impulse for the emergence of modern design. more

Discover Your City

Hinter Knastmauern: Eingesperrt in Moabit (2)

Behind Prison Walls: Getting into Trouble in Moabit

Berlin-Moabit was home to radical thinkers for centuries, albeit not by choice. The guided tour Behind Prison Walls shows interested visitors the traces of two prisons and tells of crime, punishment and resistance.  more

Landwehrkanal in Berlin

Bike Tour: Alternative Berlin Tour

Creative places, street art and alternative lifestyles: This guided bicycle tour takes you to Berlin's most vibrant and culturally diverse neighbourhoods.  more

Dance

Bruits Marrons

Bruits Marrons is a dance and music performance about resistance, community, and solidarity inspired by the music of composer Julius Eastman. more

Zweiland

Rhythmic movement sequences interact with the pulsing life force of a Berlin street - Sasha Waltz tells the story of an era of social upheaval and departure in post-reunification Germany as if it were a fairytale. more

Masterwork for Six Dancers

The performance celebrates the expressive power of the body while also placing it in unusual and challenging situations. more

More Events

ISTAF 2026

On August 30, Germany's best and stars from all over the world will come to Berlin's Olympic Stadium for ISTAF 2026. more

Opening Weekend at Deutsche Oper Berlin

The Deutsche Oper is opening its doors to celebrate the new season together with all its staff from the choir, orchestra, stage, costume, and makeup departments, as well as curious visitors of all ages. more

UFA Filmnächte 2023

UFA Film Nights

August 26 - 28, 2026

The UFA Filmnächte (UFA Film Nights) honor the film avant-garde of the 1920s. The films are shown open air in front of a spectacular backdrop on Museum Island and accompanied by live music.  more

An angel of mourning and a cross in a cemetery

A Night at the Cemetery in Kreuzberg

August 28, 2026

The historic Dreifaltigkeit II cemetery in Kreuzberg is transformed into an atmospheric stage for a summer evening full of culture during the Cemetery Night.  more

Pistachio Street Food Festival (2)

Pistachio Street Food Festival

August 29 and 30, 2026

The Pistachio Street Food Festival is dedicated to the green kernels, which can be found in both sweet and sour dishes from all over the world.  more

Weekend Weather

  • Friday, 28.8.
    max 25.9°C
    min 17.7°C
    4 hrs
    0 hrs
    15 km/h
  • Saturday, 29.8.
    max 24.3°C
    min 17°C
    7 hrs
    0 hrs
    14 km/h
  • Sunday, 30.8.
    max 24.8°C
    min 16.6°C
    6 hrs
    0 hrs
    15 km/h

Preview: Next Weekend in Berlin

Basketball World Cup Women

Women's Basketball World Cup 2026

September 04 - 13, 2026

The world's top women's basketball players are coming to Berlin: The Women's Basketball World Cup will take place in Berlin in 2026.  more

IFA 2019 (2)

IFA Berlin - Consumer Electronics Fair

September 04 - 08, 2026

At the IFA, more than 2000 exhibitors present the latest developments in consumer electronics and home appliances. Visitors can take a look at brand new devices long before they hit the shelves.  more

Internationales Literaturfestival

International Literature Festival

September 03 - 12, 2026

In September, Berlin will become the capital of literature. Around 200 authors from more than 40 countries are expected to attend the 26th International Literature Festival in Berlin.  more

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