Things to Do This Week, October 20th - 27th, in Berlin.

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Guided Tours

Forced to Work - Willing to Survive

Forced to Work - Willing to Survive

Every day at 10am from Sep. 27 to Oct. 25

Baracke 13 - Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit · Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick

A former Nazi forced labor camp turned documentation center, where preserved barracks and a deeply researched exhibition confront a chapter of history most textbooks skip. Entry and guided tours are free.

Bärentouren: Ghostwalk im Klosterviertel bei Nacht

Bärentouren: Ghostwalk im Klosterviertel bei Nacht

Every day from Aug. 28 to Feb. 26

Ruins of the Franciscan monastery church · Mitte

Wander through the moonlit ruins of Berlin's oldest monastery while a guide spins tales of ghost monks, alchemist labs, and a mummy's 1989 visit. This nighttime tour trades typical sightseeing for atmospheric storytelling among crumbling Gothic arches.

Der Herbst im Mittelalter

Der Herbst im Mittelalter

Every day from Oct. 17 to Oct. 31

Düppel Museum Village · Bezirk Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Step back 800 years and try autumn like a medieval villager: thresh grain with a flail, grind it by hand, and wander thatched-roof houses as costumed guides unpack harvest life along the Havel and Spree.

Leben im Mittelalter

Leben im Mittelalter

Every day from Oct. 10 to Oct. 31

Düppel Museum Village · Bezirk Steglitz-Zehlendorf

Step back to the year 1200 with a guided tour of Düppel's thatched-roof village: grind grain, swing a flail, and meet costumed staff bringing medieval farm life to vivid, hands-on reality.

Performances

Perfection

Perfection

October 20 at 8pm +2

Prater Gaststätte · Bezirk Pankow • $$$

Two Southern European expats chase Berlin's promise of reinvention and find loneliness instead. Anta Recke stages Latronico's Booker-nominated novel in an arena inside the freshly restored Prater.

Intergalactic Interruption

Intergalactic Interruption

October 20 at 8pm

BAR JEDER VERNUNFT · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Step inside a mirrored Spiegelzelt where Berlin's cabaret soul still sparkles: candlelit tables, sharp comedy, live music, and a gloriously queer atmosphere. Dinner and drinks served right at your seat.

Feuervogel

Feuervogel

October 20 at 6pm

Knoblauchhaus · Mitte

A firebird, a dark sorcerer, and one very clever wolf: Stravinsky's ballet becomes an old-school paper theater tale, narrated by acting legends Katharina and Anna Thalbach in the Knoblauchhaus salon.

Muttis Kinder - Intergalactic Interruption

Muttis Kinder - Intergalactic Interruption

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

BAR JEDER VERNUNFT · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf • 22,90-57,90 €

Three voices, zero instruments, infinite mischief: Muttis Kinder shred familiar songs into atomic particles and rebuild them as genre-defying comedy. Served with candlelight and mirrors in Berlin's beloved mirror tent.

Art & Museums

Between the Lines. Daniel Libeskind und das Jüdische Museum Berlin

Between the Lines. Daniel Libeskind und das Jüdische Museum Berlin

Every day at 10am from Sep. 6 to Nov. 1

Jewish Museum Berlin · Berlin

Architecture becomes narrative at this exhibition tracing Daniel Libeskind's 1989 competition win for the Jewish Museum Berlin. Models, drawings, and debates reveal how his zigzag design channels memory, trauma, and reunification era hope.

Das Porträt der Bundeskanzlerin

Das Porträt der Bundeskanzlerin

Every day at 10am from Sep. 6 to Oct. 31

Bode-Museum · Mitte

Catch Angela Merkel's official portrait, painted by Jérémie Queyras, during its brief public stop at the Bode-Museum before it moves to the Chancellor's Gallery. A rare chance to see political history in a Baroque setting.

Skandal! Hermione von Preuschen und der 'Mors Imperator'

Skandal! Hermione von Preuschen und der 'Mors Imperator'

Every day from Sep. 19 to Nov. 15

Alte Nationalgalerie · Mitte

A rejected painting sparked a city-wide scandal and made Hermione von Preuschen famous overnight. This exhibition traces how the artist turned a snub from the Berlin Academy into a brilliant act of defiance, displaying her provocative "Mors Imperator" to paying crowds and never looking back.

Kostenlose Führung durch die Ausstellung "ICONIC"

Kostenlose Führung durch die Ausstellung "ICONIC"

Every day at 11am from Sep. 19 to Dec. 31

DRIVE. Volkswagen Group Forum · Mitte • Free

Buckle up for a free whirl through 70 years of automotive obsession. The ICONIC tour traces how cars, design, and culture collided from the 1950s to now, with gleaming classics and futuristic concepts you can actually get close to.

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Tue, Oct 20 · 6:00 PM

Ballery Ballroom

The Ballery · Bezirk Tempelhof-Schöneberg

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Chess & Vino

The Circus Hotel · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Klang der Geschichte - Dauerausstellung im Mausoleum Wiesenack

Mausoleum in the Palace Garden Charlottenburg · Berlin

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:30 AM

Die Eichhörnchen-Story

Theater JARO · Berlin

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Rote Samurai-Rüstung des Ii-Clans (Okegawa Nimai Dō)

Samurai Museum Berlin · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 6:30 PM

CREATIVE WRITING

DNA. House · Berlin

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Tati Comedy - Die Stand Up Comedy Show

Tati Goes Underground · Bezirk Pankow

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

2000 Jahre deutsche Geschichte

Deutschlandmuseum · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 12:00 PM

Electric Social - Food, video games and fun

Electric Social · Mitte

$$

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Klang der Geschichte - Dauerausstellung im Mausoleum Wiesenack

Friedhof Berlin (II. Sophien-Friedhof) · Mitte

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick – Vom Sträfling zur Legende

Rathaus Köpenick · Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

KREUZBERG. KUNST UND MIGRATION SEIT 1960

Gropius Bau · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

15 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Der Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?

Topography of Terror · Berlin

Tue, Oct 20 · 12:00 PM

Buntzel Kinderkunst '26

Kulturküche Bohnsdorf · Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Berliner Skulpturenfund

PETRI Berlin. Entdecke die Archäologie · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Haus Lemke – Die Möbel von Mies van der Rohe und Lilly Reich

Museum of Decorative Arts · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Berliner Leben im Biedermeier

Knoblauchhaus · Mitte

7 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 4:00 PM

100 GRAMM Bar Nights

100 GRAMM Bar · Mitte

$$

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Michael Wesely. Doubleday in Prenzlauer Berg 1887–2026

Pankow Museum - Heynstraße location · Berlin

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Unendliche Ausstellung

Hamburger Bahnhof - Contemporary Art National Gallery · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Werkzeugmaschinen

German Museum of Technology · Berlin

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Andrés Galeano: Himmelsstudien

Evangelisches Zentrum · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Dauerausstellung DDR Museum

DDR Museum · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 12:00 PM

Die Mendelssohns in der Jägerstraße

Mendelssohn-Gesellschaft · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Eine Million Objekte. Florian de Brün fotografiert die Sammlung

the temporary bauhaus-archiv / museum für gestaltung · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:30 AM

Chodowiecki300. Zwischen Kunst und Konfession

Hugenottenmuseum Berlin · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 2:00 PM

Fröhlich nähen...

NHU Nachbarschaftshaus Urbanstraße · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM

Spiele-Treff

Kulturzentrum Staaken · Bezirk Spandau

2 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Tanzen und Tönen – Entdecken und Erfinden – Herbstferienkurs für Kinder von 8–12 Jahren

exploratorium berlin · Berlin

5 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Altes Ägypten

Neues Museum · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM

Intermezzo. Revisiting Helmut Newton

Newton Foundation · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM

Leben und Werk

Zille Museum · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Off the Beaten Path Walking Tour

Unter den Linden 77 · Mitte

€ 0-€ 414.3

Tue, Oct 20 · 2:00 PM

Die Kette

Schöneberg Museum · Berlin

Tue, Oct 20 · 2:00 PM

Überblicksführung: Hamburger Bahnhof

Hamburger Bahnhof - Contemporary Art National Gallery · Mitte

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 3:30 PM

Zirkus

Weinmeisterhaus - Jugendkulturzentrum Mitte · Mitte

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:30 AM

Wedding - Kreative Vielfalt im alten Arbeiterbezirk

Martha-Ndumbe-Platz · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

Wir sind am Leben – DAS Berlin Musical

Stage Theater des Westens · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Jubiläumstour: 200 Jahre Museumsinsel

Museum Island · Mitte

10 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Tapetenwechsel

Museum Ephraim-Palais · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

Bärentouren: "Haunted Berlin" - Geistertour - Geisterpfad

Heilig-Geist-Kapelle · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 12:00 PM

Krimi-Trail Berlin Kreuzberg: Kunstraub im Gleisdreieck

Park am Gleisdreieck · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

39 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Aktzeichnen All-level (Lange Posen)

Drink and Draw Berlin · Berlin

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

FAR OUT AFTER WORK

Maxxim · Berlin

$$

Tue, Oct 20 · 3:00 PM

Overview Tours: Hamburger Bahnhof

Hamburger Bahnhof - Contemporary Art National Gallery · Mitte

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 10:00 AM

Berlins Mitte

St. Nicholas' Church Museum · Mitte

7 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 AM

KÖRPERWELTEN Berlin

People Museum - The first museum of BODY WORLDS · Mitte

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM

Lucia Tallová: Moving Clouds

PalaisPopulaire · Mitte

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM

Dauerausstellung - Bürgerliches Leben um 1900

Pankow Museum - Heynstraße location · Berlin

Free

Tue, Oct 20 · 11:00 AM

Raumschiff Erde

Archenhold Observatory · Bezirk Treptow-Köpenick

Tue, Oct 20 · 4:00 PM

Wir lesen vor

Mittelpunktbibliothek "Ehm Welk" · Bezirk Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

ART Stalker Session

ART Stalker - Kunst + Bar + Events · Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf

7 €

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:15 PM

Laughing Spree Comedy: English Comedy on a BOAT (with FREE SHOTS)

Floating Lounge at Shipotel · Bezirk Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg

11,89 €

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