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November 2025 in Berlin

Sunset at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin — © Getty Images, Foto: I just try to tell my emotions and take you around the world

36 Years Fall of the Berlin Wall, Science Week and first Christmas Feelings

In November you get the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a variety of film festivals and a week of concentrated knowledge.

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.  

Preview

What happens this month? We have compiled the most important events for you.

New Openings

What's new in Berlin? New stores, restaurants, cafés and personal tips from the editorial team. There’s a lot to discover.

Our newest posts

Berlin Wall, before 1989, warning sign — © GettyImages, Foto: Heiko Küverling

Top 11 films about the Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall in film: whether comedy, drama or thriller - it has always played an important role in films about the divided city.

Written for you by: Kristin

Friends at Brandeburg Gate in Berlin take a selfie — © Getty Images, Foto: Nikada

Weekend tips 7 – 9 / 11 / 25

36 years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall sent Berlin into a frenzy of joy. Today, we celebrate democracy and deliver many more event…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Zimtschnecken — © GettyImages, Foto: kellyvandellen

11 Tips for cinnamon buns in Berlin

Discover Berlin's best cinnamon rolls! From classic to vegan and handmade to creatively refined, 11 cafés and bakeries in the heart of the…

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Heissa Wintermarkt — © enrico-verworner.de

These Christmas markets open first

When exactly do the first Berlin Christmas markets start? Find out here when the first markets open. A chronological Christmas market…

Written for you by: Josefine

Blick auf Berlin-Mitte an einem Regentag — © Getty Images, Foto: Federica Gentile

11 Bad-weather tips for Berlin

The temperatures are low and the clouds are hanging low. No problem: Here are 11 hotspots for cool days and warm hours in Berlin.

Fall of the Berlin Wall, the night of 9 November 1989 — © GettyImages, Foto: RolandBlunck

What you should know about the Berlin Wall

On the fall of the Wall on November 9: places, facts and stories that remind us of the formerly divided city.

Written for you by: Josefine

11 Tips for Families during Freedom Week

Discover the 11 highlights of Freedom Week 2025 in Berlin, including workshops, films and activities for all the family.

Written for you by: Berlin Blogger

Distilled — © visitBerlin, Still: Christopher Larson

11 tips on where you can experience ‘escape’ in Berlin

What does it mean to be on the run? What does it mean to have to leave behind what you know and love and set off for an unknown land? For as…

Written for you by: Dagmar

NFL — © visitBerlin, Foto: GettyImages, David Madison

National Football League NFL in Berlin

From the Fan Village to the stadium cracker: the NFL weekend brings pure football feeling to Berlin even before 9 November - we'll show you…

Written for you by: Catrin

Our authors

Berlin Blogger

Fans of fine dining, recreational sports nuts, dog lovers: our guest bloggers see Berlin from their own, completely different perspective. Read for yourself and see where they take us.

Catrin

lives in Berlin for over 20 years and loves to travel the city. Preferrably by bike, she discovers the most exciting and interesting sides of Berlin. Across the city, across country and also off the beaten track.

Dagmar

is an archaeologist who has worked on Mayan sites in Central America. After ten years, she left the world of the Maya for a life in Berlin and found that the city a rich place for field research as well. She has fallen in love with cultural treasures of Berlin. Whether alone or with her children, she loves to be out and about in the city, taking the time to look deeper and turn over a stone here and there.

Josefine

is originally from Munich and started out her career at one of Germanys largest daily news papers. Before finding her home in Berlin, she also reported as a correspondent and trend scout from the US. Today she is cruising Berlin's neighbourhoods, always on the lookout for good stories - with a focus on culture, music and ideas for the future of an innovative Berlin.

Kristin

does not smile on fotos. But in real life she enjoys with a smile in her face the rich cultural life of Berlin - the metropolis both in front of and behind the scenes. Her favourite season is the Berlinale, then she spends 10 days watching movies and writing about them in the blog.

Maria

studied art history in Berlin and is at home in the digital world. For her, things get interesting where technology and sustainability meet art and architecture. As a child, she wanted to become a writer or journalist. Today she writes about the Berlin of the future for you.

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