Welcome to the visitBerlin blog
This is where the editorial team of visitBerlin gives tips and personal recommendations from their city. Insider tips for events, discoveries from the neighbourhoods, news from Berlin: we have written down what we like.
Our series
Weekend tips in Berlin
TGIF! We have the best insider tips for city explorers, concert goers, exhibition visitors and sports fans on all 52 weekends.
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Preview
What happens this month? We have compiled the most important events for you. Read more
Top 11 Stories
Our favourite shops, the most extraordinary places and very special tips: We wrote down what we liked. Read more
New Openings
What's new in Berlin? New stores, restaurants, cafés and personal tips from the editorial team. There’s a lot to discover. Read more
Our newest posts
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11 tips for literature fans in Berlin
Readings, bookstores and many exciting places all bookworms. We have the best tips for Berlin's most beautiful sites.
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11 tips for discovering Berlin's waters
Take a boat along the Spree or relax at one of Berlin's many lakes. We show you where you can spend your time on the water in Berlin in any…
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The perfect late summer day: Top 11 tips
Enjoy the last rays of sunshine and spend a perfect late summer day in Berlin.
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Top 11 novels set in Berlin
Books from Berlin, books about Berlin. Read our Top 11 tips for a good reading.
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Top 11 Bookshops in Berlin
For bookworms and lovers of literature, Autumn is a particularly wonderful time. New books line the shelves of our favourite bookshops and…
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Top 11 new openings in Berlin in August
For the first time, a woman is chief conductor of the Konzerthaus Orchestra & The first shops open at Tacheles: all this is new in Berlin in…
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Top 11 places for a summer evening in Berlin
If only it were always summer ... Here you can let the warm days fade perfectly into the night.
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11 tips for the new classical music season in Berlin
The summer break is over, the major opera houses and concert halls open again and start the new season.
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September in Berlin
48h ICC, Art Week, giant kites on Tempelhofer Feld and what else September brings.
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