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Night of the Jumps

13 - 14 Feb 2010 (annual)

The Night of the Jumps, the world's largest international freestyle motocross tournament, comes to Berlin's 02 World. Gravity-defying tricks, pit bikes, quads and fireworks have entertained…

Night of the Jumps, Berlin. Courtesy of Gregor Bresser / IFMXF.com Gregor Bresser / IFMXF.com
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Berlin International Film Festival

11 - 21 Feb 2010 (annual)

Known as the Berlinale for short, this is one of Europe's most important film festivals. Screenings of the latest international releases are held at the capital's top cinemas. Films compete…

The Berlinale Bear in the Sony Centre at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. © Berlinale
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Tanzolymp International Dance Festival

17 - 21 Feb 2010 (annual)

The Tanzolymp International Dance Festival showcases the skills of talented young dancers (aged eight to 21), who come from around the world to compete at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. The…

Tanzolymp Berlin. Courtesy of Eduard Maydanik
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ITB Berlin

10 - 14 Mar 2010 (annual)

The ITB Berlin (International Tourism Exchange Berlin) at Messe Berlin features an extensive gathering of exhibitors from the travel and tourism industry and attracts nearly 125,000 visitors…

ITB Berlin
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Holiday on Ice

29 Oct 2009 - 21 Mar 2010 (annual)

Germany welcomes the latest Holiday on Ice show as it tours stadiums across the country, stopping in the major cities Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt, among others. Featuring a new theme every…

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MaerzMusik

19 - 28 Mar 2010 (annual)

Berlin's MaerzMusik contemporary music festival fills the capital's springtime air with unusual sounds at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and other venues. Expect to hear anything from…

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Spandau Volksfest

Mar 2010 (annual)

The family-orientated Spandau Volksfest has been drawing people up to this pleasant suburb in the far western part of Berlin since 1996. It includes a funfair with anything from roller…

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Staatsoper Unter den Linden Festival

26 Mar - 5 Apr 2010 (annual)

Every spring Berlin's opera house stages the hugely popular Staatsoper Unter den Linden Festival, also known as the Festtage. Since 1996 Daniel Barenboim has been conducting the Staatskapelle…

Staatsoper, Berlin. Photo by Max Lautenschläger, © Staatsoper Berlin
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Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival

Apr 2010 (annual)

The Verzaubert International Queer Film Festival brings gay and lesbian cinema to the masses and travels to four major cities in Germany. This stop is at the Kino in der Kulturbrauerei cinema…

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Berlin Night of Theatres and Operas

10 Apr 2010 (annual)

After the popular Long Night of the Museums, Berlin is now branching out with the Berlin Night of Theatres and Operas, where the capital's cultural institutions open late and offer lots of…

Concert House, Berlin. Photo by Heather Sills, © Whatsonwhen
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Achtung Berlin

14 - 21 Apr 2010 (annual)

The Achtung Berlin film festival is held at the Babylon Berlin: Mitte and Passage Neukölln cinemas. It shows films that are either part or full Berlin or Brandenburg productions and that have…

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Black International Cinema

May 2010 (annual)

The Black International Cinema festival presents all kinds of films relating to African culture and people at Berlin's Schöneberg Town Hall. As well as film and video presentations there are…

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StudyWorld

May 2010 (annual)

Still not sure what you want to be? Or perhaps it's just time for a career change? Thousands flock to Berlin's StudyWorld fair to check out the higher and continuing education options - both…

Photograph by Peter Himsel, © ICWE GmbH
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Theatertreffen

7 - 23 May 2010 (annual)

For an excellent selection of dance-based work and German-language theatre, don't miss Berlin's Theatertreffen ("theatre meeting"). The event is part of the Berlin Festival held at the Haus…

A scene from <i>Dämonen</i> at Theatertreffen, Berlin. Courtesy of Thomas Aurin
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DFB Cup Final

May 2010 (annual)

The German Football Association's DFB Cup Final takes place at Berlin's Olympiastadion. Please visit the stadium's website for tickets - but be warned, they usually sell out very quickly.

Olympic Stadium, Berlin. Photo by Heather Sills, © Whatsonwhen
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Carnival of Cultures

May - Jun 2010 (annual)

Berlin's Carnival of Cultures street party and parade celebrates the German capital's multicultural spirit with music and dancing in the Kreuzberg district. Exotic food and drinks add to the…

Carnival of Cultures © Daniela Incoronato
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Berlin International Design Festival

9 - 13 Jun 2010 (annual)

The Berlin International Design Festival showcases the latest in contemporary design at tresor.m. See new ideas from young designers at the DMY Youngsters section, or visit the DMY All Stars…

For a rainy day...Lucky Clover umbrella holders by Roomsafari at the Berlin International Design Festival © Roomsafari
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International Stadium Festival (ISTAF)

Jun 2010 (annual)

Berlin's colossal Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion) hosts a day of highly competitive athletics action. The International Stadium Festival (ISTAF), part of the Golden League series, always…

ISTAF Berlin © Camera 4. Courtesy of Berlin Tourismus Marketing GmbH
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Waldbühne Open-Air Concert

Jun 2010 (annual)

The Berliner Philharmoniker ends its season with an open-air concert on the Waldbühne stage, a stadium in the capital's forests. The 2009 programme has a Russian feel to it, with pieces by…

Berlin's Waldbühne at the Berliner Philharmoniker's traditional end-of-season open-air concert. Photo by Bernd Hohmann photo, Bernd Hohmann
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Fête de la Musique

Jun 2010 (annual)

Berlin's Fête de la Musique celebrates the beginning of summer with an amazing variety of live concerts on around 60 stages throughout the city. All music genres are well represented…

The band, audience and Fernsehturm at the Fête de la Musique, Berlin. © Henrike Mayer
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Lesbian and Gay City Festival

Jun 2010 (annual)

During Berlin's Lesbian and Gay City Festival, over 300,000 people enjoy the best in dance music, parties and all manner of other activities around Nollendorfplatz in the heart of western Berlin.

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Christopher Street Day in Berlin

Jun 2010 (annual)

Making its way through Berlin's city centre, the Christopher Street Day parade is a chance to wear your most outrageous costume. Revellers with crazy coloured wigs and painted faces dance…

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Underground Catwalk

Jul 2010 (annual)

No, you're not mistaken, this is a catwalk show on an underground train. Hop aboard Berlin's Underground Catwalk to watch young models strut down the gangway for the duration of the 45-minute…

Underground Catwalk, Berlin. Photo by Gili Shani.
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Bread and Butter Berlin

Jul 2010 (various dates)

Fashionistas from all over the world head to Bread and Butter at Berlin's Tempelhof Airport for their biannual fill of the forthcoming season's staple trends. Hundreds of designers, from…

Sugarhill at Bread and Butter Barcelona. Courtesy of Bread and Butter Barcelona
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All Nations Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Berlin's annual All Nations Festival gives visitors the chance to see inside foreign embassies across the German capital. Usually inaccessible to the general public, the embassies can be…

Touring Berlin's embassies by special shuttle bus at the All Nations Festival
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Classic Open Air

Jul 2010 (annual)

This outdoor concert series brings together opera, classical and pop-symphonic productions to enthusiastic crowds on the grand Gendarmenmarkt square. Settle down with a drink and a snack…

Music on Gendarmenmarkt. Photo by Heather Sills © Berlin
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B-Parade

Jul 2010 (annual)

Not to be confused with the Loveparade, this Berlin dance parade has been cunningly named the B-Parade. Trucks pumping out techno and dance music head down Berlin's Strasse des 17 Juni street…

The Siegesäule column has long been the symbol of Berlin's dance parades. Photo by Heather Sills
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German-French Festival of the People

Jun - Jul 2010 (annual)

Celebrating cross-border friendships, the German-French Festival of the People is held on the Zentraler Festplatz in Berlin's Wedding district. The open square takes on the air of a large…

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Berlin Loveparade

Jul 2010 (annual)

After some rocky times, the Berlin Loveparade organisers decided to take the world's best-known street party elsewhere. Now known as Loveparade Metropole Ruhr 2007-2011, it tours different…

The Loveparade in all its glory. Courtesy of the Loveparade Loveparade
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F**kparade

Jul 2010 (annual)

The grassroots F**kparade in Berlin fuses partying and politics and bills itself as a demonstration against bureaucratic uniformity, corporate culture and the city's Disneyfication.…

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Comic Opera Festival

13 - 18 Jul 2010 (annual)

Berlin's Komische Oper (Comic Opera House) hosts its annual Comic Opera Festival, with a different opera on the bill each night. All of the performances are final showings and your last chance…

The Komische Oper in Berlin. Courtesy of the Komische Oper  komische oper
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Berlin Fashion Week

Jul 2010 (various dates)

Giving fashionistas their biannual fill of frills and frocks, the Berlin Fashion Week reveals the latest trends. Watch fashion shows along the Design Mile, an extended catwalk open to the…

Dresses here, dresses there, dresses everywhere... The Berlin Fashion Week shows off its glamour.
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Water Music Summer Open-Air Festival

Jul 2010 (annual)

Located on the Spree River waterfront, Berlin's House of World Cultures is an appropriate spot for the Water Music Summer Open-Air Festival. Each year a different theme puts its own spin on a…

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City Nacht

Aug 2010 (annual)

Berlin's traditional shopping street, Kurfürstendamm, is filled with athletes for the annual City Night, an evening of fun runs and inline skating. Several hundred runners take part and many…

Berlin's City Night. Courtesy of SCC Running Berlin Marathon
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Hemp Parade

Aug 2010 (annual)

A natural extension of their long-established Hemp Museum, the Hemp Parade organisers are keen to emphasise its purpose beyond that of a mass pro-drugs rally. Instead they call for widespread…

The Hemp Parade passes the Brandenburg Gate. Courtesy of Hemp Parade hanfparade.de
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Berlin Klassiktage

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

The Berlin Klassiktage is an annual festival of classical music with evening concerts held in spectacular, historic settings all over the city. On the programme are chamber and ensemble pieces…

Gendarmenmarkt square, Berlin. Photo by Heather Sills, © Whatsonwhen
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Berlin Gauklerfest

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

The Berlin Gauklerfest brings summer evenings to life on the square beside the State Opera House, Am Opernpalais. Sip cocktails to live music played on medieval instruments or buy handicrafts…

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Taste of Berlin

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

The Taste of Berlin festival celebrates fine food and drink at the Messe Berlin's summer garden. Thirty of Berlin's top restaurants serve sample-sized dishes and celebrated chefs reveal their…

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Berlin Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

Rock legends and hip newcomers join forces for the Berlin Festival. The venue is the former Tempelhof Airport which promises an urban feel with camping facilities. Chart-topping indie…

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Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art

11 Jun - 8 Aug 2010 (biennial)

Held at venues across the German capital, the Berlin Biennale For Contemporary Art brings together fine arts, architecture, design, writing, music, choreography, fashion, film and theatre. The…

Mark Manders' Figure with Iron Ruler, part of the 2008 festival's <i>Von Mäusen und Menschen</i> show. Courtesy of Zeno X Gallery Biennale / Zeno X Gallery
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International Berlin Beer Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

Whether Berliners simply can't wait for the Oktoberfest or just need to see all 1600 metres of the world's longest beer garden, the International Berlin Beer Festival attracts around a million…

Cheers! Photo by Bree Hogg, © Whatsonwhen
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Berlin Flamenco Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

For nine days every summer a talented cavalcade of international dancers and musicians comes to atmospheric Pfefferberg in Berlin for the Berlin Flamenco Festival, held in the buzzing…

Belén López. Photo by Paco Sanchez. Courtesy of Flamenco Festival Berlin
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Gay and Lesbian Park Festival

Aug 2010 (annual)

Berlin's Friedrichshain People's Park stages the huge Gay and Lesbian Park Festival. Each year there's a different motto which delves into the subject of discrimination against gays and…

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German-American Festival of the People

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Every year the former Truman Plaza in Berlin's Dahlem district is transformed into an American Village for the German-American Festival of the People. In 2009, the festival focuses on Oregon…

A Ferris wheel is part of the American village at the German-American Festival of the People, Berlin. Courtesy of Scantinental
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Popdeurope

Jul - Aug 2010 (annual)

Popdeurope is a music festival of global sounds, showcasing European artists whose music explores non-European sounds and styles. Concerts are held in Arena Berlin's Glashaus and the Berlin…

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Hamburg-Berlin Auto Bild Classic

Aug 2010 (annual)

One hundred and fifty classic cars are rolled out for the 640km Hamburg-Berlin Auto Bild Classic rally along the River Elbe from Hamburg to Berlin. There are allocated pit stops along the way…

From Hamburg to Berlin in two days. Past the symbols of the German capital, the Brandenburg Gate, to the final destination at the Axel Springer-Hochhaus © Markus Heimbach / AUTO BILD KLASSIK
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Open Air Classic

Aug 2010 (annual)

Berlin's converted brewery complex, the Kulturbrauerei, hosts Open Air Classic, a series of summer evening classical concerts in its outdoor courtyard. Some of the world's best orchestras…

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Young Euro Classic

Aug 2010 (annual)

The Young Euro Classic festival brings together young musicians and youth orchestras from across Europe at Berlin's impressive Concert House. Both national and international youth orchestras…

A young violist. Courtesy of young.euro.classic / Kai Bienert  Foto: young.euro.classic / Kai Bienert
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Long Night of the Museums

Aug 2010 (various dates)

Over 100 of Berlin's museums, special collections and cultural projects keep their doors open late and hold special events during the popular biannual Long Night of the Museums. Tickets…

Long Night of the Museums: Kulturforum, Berlin. Photo by Sergej Horovitz
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Sandsation

Jun - Aug 2010 (annual)

The area in front of Berlin's Hauptbahnhof train station becomes a haven for sandcastle fanatics during international sand sculpture festival, Sandsation. Thousands watch as representatives…

Now that's what I call a sandcastle...Courtesy of Sandsation
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