Berlin
Berlin is Germany's capital and largest city. Within the city limits, Berlin in 2022 had a population of 3. Wikivoyage
Population 3,700,577 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Berlin. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
St. Hedwig's Cathedral Attraction · 480 m -
Konzerthaus Berlin Attraction · 530 m -
Bode Museum Museum · 590 m - Museum Island Attraction · 610 m
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Pergamon Museum Museum · 610 m -
New Museum Museum · 660 m -
Old Museum Museum · 700 m -
Old National Gallery Museum · 720 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Ultraschall Berlin - Festival für neue Musik
January
An annual festival begun in 1999 that is dedicated to new music featuring both world premieres and music by recent composers.
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Berlin International Film Festival
February
The Berlin International Film Festival (German: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (German pronunciation: [bɛʁliˈnaːlə] ), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany.
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Berlinale – Berlin Film Festival
February
The Berlin International Film Festival (German: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (German pronunciation: [bɛʁliˈnaːlə] ), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany.
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Karneval
February – March
As a lot of people came to Berlin from the southern or western area of Germany where Fasching, Fastnacht or Karneval is celebrated, a carnival parade was also established in Berlin.
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MaerzMusik
March
A festival with contemporary music and performances on issues of our time, organised by Berliner Festspiele
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Fête de la Musique
June
All kinds of music around the city on this day coordinating with a similar day in most French cities
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Berlin Pride
July
The Berlin Pride Celebration, also known as Christopher Street Day Berlin, or CSD Berlin, is a pride parade and festival held in the second half of July each year in Berlin, Germany to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+)…
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Christopher Street Day
July
Berlin's Pride is one of the largest and most vibrant LGBTQIA+ events in the world.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Berlin); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Eating nearby
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Getting around
- Unter den Linden 110 m
- S+U Friedrichstraße 150 m
- Grand Hotel 220 m
- Georgenstraße 220 m
- Universitätsstraße 240 m
- U Friedrichstraße 260 m
Train stations: Berlin Friedrichstraße 280 m, Berlin Potsdamer Platz 1.3 km, Berlin Hauptbahnhof (tief) 1.5 km, Berlin Central Station 1.5 km, Berlin Alexanderplatz 1.6 km, Berlin Eastern Station 3.2 km, U Görlitzer Bahnhof [site] 3.4 km, Berlin Gesundbrunnen 3.4 km, Berlin Zoologischer Garten 4.0 km, Berlin Südkreuz 4.8 km, Berlin Ostkreuz (Stadtbahn-F) 5.7 km, Berlin Ostkreuz (Ostbahn) 5.7 km, Berlin Ostkreuz (Ringbahn-F) 5.7 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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