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A visit to Berlin: free offers

Do you want to save your travel budget and consciously set priorities?

The lively event scene of the German capital offers everything and thus also numerous free experience opportunities!
Discover concerts and exhibitions as well as festivals, readings and markets that invite you to a free visit! Just drop by the Haus am Lützowplatz and see contemporary art, or experience the GDR at the Museum der Kulturbrauerei. Or spend an exciting, interactive family afternoon at no cost at the multimedia paradise Futurium. Or....

Theatre

© Sascha Höver, Ensemble Flaschengeist

Theatre

29/11/2024

"Everyone has his own grave" – play

Theatre

29/11/2024

The Flaschengeist ensemble brings a deeply moving topic to the stage in the Ulme35 premises with great sensitivity: What does home mean after death?

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- Free of charge
- On Tour
Ulme35 Ulme35

19:00 pm
Lectures & Readings

© KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Foto Uwe Walter

Lectures & Readings

29/11/2024

BPA// Exhibition 2024 Half-Light: Lecture performance, let's play & book launch: AOC:playbook.

Lectures & Readings

29/11/2024

Jan Berger presents AOC:playbook, which introduces the online platform Roblox and the conceptual foundation of the artist’s elaborate play with infrastructures.

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- Free of charge
- Contemporary Art
KW - Institute for Contemporary Art KW - Institute for Contemporary Art

20:00 pm

https://www.kw-berlin.de/lecture-performance-bpa-24-jan-berger/
Exhibitions

© Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, SPSG / Andreas Lechtape

Exhibitions

30/11/2024

Berlin says thank you | Charlottenburg Palace

Exhibitions

30/11/2024

The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg is taking part in the Berlin-wide day of action and granting all Berlin volunteers free admission to Charlottenburg Palace on November 30, 2024.

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Schloss Charlottenburg Schloss Charlottenburg

10:00 am – 16:00 pm

https://www.berlin.de/berlin-sagt-danke/angebote/
Exhibitions

© Berlin sagt Danke

Exhibitions

30/11/2024

Berlin says thank you - City-wide campaign day on November 30, 2024

Exhibitions

30/11/2024

Berlin says thank you and opens its doors to volunteers! On Saturday, November 30, 2024, numerous cultural and leisure facilities will take part in the Berlin-wide campaign "Berlin says thank you!".

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- Free of charge
Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin

11:00 am – 18:00 pm

https://www.kaethe-kollwitz.berlin/archiv-aktuelles/berlin-sagt-danke/
Workshop

© visitBerlin, Foto: Wolfgang Scholvien

Workshop

30/11/2024 + 1 additional date

Circle, quarter circle, square

Workshop

30/11/2024 + 1 additional date

The participants experiment with geometric shapes. They print patterns on postcards and posters and, if necessary, supplement them with Josef Albers' combination font. They try out sizes and colors, test compositions and develop new combinations for a modular…

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- Free of charge
Bauhaus-Archiv Bauhaus-Archiv

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

https://www.bauhaus.de/de/programm/6405_bauhaus_werkstatt/
Guided Tour

© Bild: Berliner VVN-BdA

Guided Tour

30/11/2024

TOURS. Women in Moabit – Persecution and Resistance under National Socialism

Guided Tour

30/11/2024

A series of city tours by historian Trille Schünke-Bettinger. The tours cover individual fates, the resistance of women in Moabit and places of persecution.

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Mitte Museum Mitte Museum

13:00 pm – 15:00 pm

https://www.mittemuseum.de/de/veranstaltung/2024/frauen-in-moabit-verfolgung-und-widerstand-im-nationalsozialismus
Concerts

© John Kitime

Concerts

30/11/2024 + 1 additional date

John Kitime – Listening Session

Concerts

30/11/2024 + 1 additional date

John Kitime has been a passionate companion of Tanzanian music culture for over 50 years. In a specially arranged listening session, he guides us through the Histories of Tanzania and makes them tangible and audible.

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Humboldt Forum - Foyer Humboldt Forum - Foyer

13:30 pm – 14:30 pm

https://www.humboldtforum.org/de
Workshop

© Rirkrit Tiravanija, Courtesy: Pinocoteca de São Paulo, Foto: Levi Fanan

Workshop

30/11/2024 + 1 additional date

Family Workshop

Workshop

30/11/2024 + 1 additional date

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija ((current exhibition DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG)) has been expanding the possibilities of what can happen in an exhibition space. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations that offer space to…

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- Free of charge
- Contemporary Art
Gropius-Bau Gropius-Bau

14:00 pm – 16:00 pm

https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/gropius-bau/programm/2024/ausstellungen/rirkrit-tiravanija/veranstaltungen/tiravanija-familienworkshop
Family

© FuK

Family

30/11/2024 – 01/12/2024 + 1 additional date

Open House with Winterfest 2024

Family

30/11/2024 – 01/12/2024 + 1 additional date

This year, silent green will once again open its doors wide on the first weekend of Advent and invite you to the winter festival - with a market, concerts and DJ sets, film and children's programs and more.

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- Events in Berlin at Christmas
- Free of charge
silent green silent green

14:00 pm – 18:00 pm
Concerts

© Mariendorf-Süd mach Musik e.V.

Concerts

30/11/2024

Advent concert of the Mariendorf-Sued choir

Concerts

30/11/2024

Advent concert by the Mariendorf-Süd choir with a varied program of English classics for the Advent season. Afterwards, there will be pastries and hot drinks.

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- City of music
- Free of charge
Kirche im Gemeindezentrum Mariendorf-Süd Kirche im Gemeindezentrum Mariendorf-Süd

15:00 pm
Exhibitions

© Bernd Eufinger

Exhibitions

30/11/2024 + 23 additional dates

Colorful cribs Scenes

Exhibitions

30/11/2024 + 23 additional dates

The popular exhibition with Christmas cribs and Advent calendars can celebrate a small anniversary this year. For the 15th time, Spandovia Sacra - Museum of St. Nikolai Spandau is presenting cribs from the collection of Marlies Kluge-Cwojdzinski and calendars…

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- Free of charge
- Spandau
Spandovia Sacra Spandovia Sacra

15:00 pm
Workshop

© Lea Kontak

Workshop

30/11/2024 + 2 additional dates

Institute for Resistance in Post-Fordism / Elisa Müller and Anna-Lena Werner On(going) Trauma - Artistic narratives of individual and collective wounds

Workshop

30/11/2024 + 2 additional dates

“On(going) Trauma” opens a space together with co-curators, guests and the participants in attendance to talk about and learn from artistic research practices in dealing with trauma from plural perspectives. Various artistic and curatorial practices are…

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- Free of charge
- Politics & Society
Vierte Welt Vierte Welt

15:00 pm

https://viertewelt.de/programm/ongoing-trauma/?occurrence=2024-05-25&time=1716649200
Workshop

© Futurium | Midjourney

Workshop

30/11/2024

Megatrends and the future of democracy

Workshop

30/11/2024

Profound global changes such as digitalisation, the climate crisis and resource scarcity are the major challenges of our time. These so-called megatrends have far-reaching consequences – not least for the political system.

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- Free of charge
- Politics & Society
Futurium Futurium

15:00 pm – 16:30 pm

https://futurium.de/de/veranstaltung/megatrends-die-zukunft-der-demokratie/megatrends-die-zukunft-der-demokratie
Puppet Theatre

© Vera Pachale

Puppet Theatre

30/11/2024

Puppet Theater with Vera Pachale: Lewis Ziegenkauf

Puppet Theatre

30/11/2024

The teacher from Chelm (almost all-knowing) is tasked with buying a goat for his sick wife. After purchasing a good milk goat, he stops by a tavern, where the innkeeper secretly swaps the goat for a billy goat. The unsuspecting teacher brings the billy goat to…

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- Children
- Free of charge
Janusz-Korczak-Bibliothek Janusz-Korczak-Bibliothek

16:00 pm

https://www.berlin.de/stadtbibliothek-pankow/bibliotheken/janusz-korczak-bibliothek/veranstaltungen/
Concerts

© visitBerlin, Illustration Klio Karadim

Concerts

30/11/2024

Advent concert with the Köpenick men's choir

Concerts

30/11/2024

The Köpenick men's choir sings festive songs at Christmas time under the direction of Ralph Splettösser in the old village church of Müggelheim. The Köpenick men's choir - Cöpenicker Liedertafel 1875 e.V. is one of the most traditional men's choirs in Berlin…

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- Free of charge
- City of music
Dorfkirche Müggelheim Dorfkirche Müggelheim

18:00 pm
Concerts

© Region NoOMi - Ev. Kirchengemeinden Alt-Wittenau, Lübars, Waidmannslust

Concerts

30/11/2024

Key Paths - String Paths

Concerts

30/11/2024

Student recital from the Reinickendorf music school with the piano class of Barbara Zech-Günther and the violin class of Hilke Andresen-Hendel

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- Free of charge
- City of music
Königin-Luise-Kirche Waidmannslust Königin-Luise-Kirche Waidmannslust

18:00 pm

https://landing.churchdesk.com/de/e/31959644/tastenpfade-saitenpfade
Classical Music

© Ev. Kirchengemeinde Schlachtensee

Classical Music

30/11/2024

Spring-Quartett Berlin

Classical Music

30/11/2024

Beethoven's piano quartets, especially his early E-flat major works, show his masterful engagement with classical forms and his feeling for dramatic developments.

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- Free of charge
- City of music
Johanneskirche Schlachtensee Johanneskirche Schlachtensee

18:00 pm
Lectures & Readings

© visitBerlin, Foto Wolfgang Scholvien

Lectures & Readings

30/11/2024

Hung Tongue by Slavs and Tatars

Lectures & Readings

30/11/2024

Slavs and Tatars present their new lecture performance Hung Tongue as part of Scenes of (Un-)Translatability. Slavs and Tatars is an internationally renowned artist collective whose work focuses on the area east of the Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of…

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- Free of charge
- International
Haus der Kulturen der Welt Haus der Kulturen der Welt

18:15 pm
Concerts

© Lauren Siess / Maximiliano Soto

Concerts

30/11/2024

Busoni Composition Prize

Concerts

30/11/2024

Every two years since 1988, the Akademie der Künste has honoured young composers with the Busoni Composition Prize for particularly high-quality and innovative compositional approaches. In 2024, the recipients are Chilean composer Maximiliano Alejandro Soto…

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Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz

19:00 pm – 23:00 pm

https://www.adk.de/de/programm/?we_objectID=67188
Classical Music

© visitBerlin, Illustration Klio Karadim

Classical Music

30/11/2024

Concert Vocal Consort BMC

Classical Music

30/11/2024

Two award-winning women's chamber choirs in one concert: the 4x4 women's choir of the PH Heidelberg and the Vokalkonsort works of the Berlin girls' choir with works for two choirs and orchestra by A. Vivaldi, G. Holst, S. Wüsthoff and others.

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Kirche Zum Guten Hirten Berlin-Friedenau Kirche Zum Guten Hirten Berlin-Friedenau

19:00 pm
Films

© Ev. Lukas-Kirchengemeinde Steglitz

Films

30/11/2024

lukas-lichtspiele: THE LODGER (Der Untermieter)

Films

30/11/2024

THE LODGER (Alfred Hitchcock I 1927 I Thriller/Mystery I 98 min.): Hitchcock's most famous silent film shines with outstanding actors, an intense narrative flow and a dense "London fog" atmosphere. A dark and seductive aura is built around the figure of the…

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Ev. Lukas-Kirche Steglitz Ev. Lukas-Kirche Steglitz

19:00 pm

http://lukasmusik.de