Last updated: December 01, 2024
Discover the festive atmosphere in Oberschoeneweide with our comprehensive event guide. Whether you're a long-time resident or newcomer, here you'll find all essential information for the Christmas season.
Around the historic industrial site, Oberschoeneweide transforms into a winter wonderland. The marketplace on Wilhelminenhofstraße forms the center of festivities, while traditional craft stalls and cozy mulled wine stations extend along the Spree River. The Peter-Behrens-Hall and the Industrial Salon grounds offer additional indoor Christmas activities.
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Oberschoeneweide Holiday Light Displays
Christmas Market in Tiergarten
The Berlin Tierpark is transformed into a sparkling winter wonderland, featuring a nearly two-kilometer-long, enchantingly illuminated path that winds through Europe's largest landscaped animal park and around the historic Schloss Friedrichsfelde. Visitors can enjoy the beauty of winter nature while immersing themselves in a unique world of fantasy and light.
Oberschoeneweide Holiday Markets and Shopping
Christmas Market on Breitscheidplatz
The Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz offers a diverse selection of Christmas decorations, handmade crafts, and delicious specialties. Over 100 lovingly decorated stalls invite visitors to stroll, while a 400-meter-long light carpet adorns the sky above the market.
Christmas Market at Gendarmenmarkt
The Weihnachtsmarkt am Gendarmenmarkt offers a unique blend of art, culinary delights, and craftsmanship. Visitors can enjoy traditional Christmas treats and purchase unique gifts.
Christmas Market in Spandau
The Spandauer Christmas Market in the old town offers a diverse selection of handicrafts, culinary delights, and festive attractions. The old town is transformed into a festive Christmas landscape during the Advent season.
Christmas Market in Friedrichshain
The Christmas market in Friedrichshain offers a variety of culinary surprises and handmade products. Visitors can enjoy hot mulled wine and hearty food at the taverns, while they enjoy historical music and fire shows.
Christmas Market in Hellersdorf
The Christmas market in Hellersdorf offers a diverse range of pre-Christmas offerings, including traditional Christmas decorations, delicious gingerbread, and Thuringian specialties. Visitors can enjoy culinary delights like mulled wine, hot chocolate, and coffee specialties. In addition to the numerous stalls for gifts and Christmas decorations, there is an entertaining stage program featuring a Christmas elf orchestra and gospel concert.
Christmas Market in Hohenschönhausen
The Christmas market at Schloss Hohenschönhausen offers a historical setting and a diverse cultural program. Visitors can shop from local vendors offering gift ideas and homemade cookies, while an engaging show program featuring music and dance entertains.
Christmas Market in Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg offers a variety of unique Christmas markets that have been attracting fans from all over Berlin for years. Design enthusiasts find themselves at the Weihnachtsrodeo or the Designer Christmas Market, while the Finnish Christmas Market charms with its coziness.
Christmas Market in Köpenick
The Christmas market in Köpenick offers a unique atmosphere with a nostalgic ambiance. Sweet and savory treats, various types of mulled wine, and attractions like ice skating and rides make the market a popular gathering place.
Christmas Market in Lichtenberg
The "Lichtenberger Winterzeit" Christmas market offers colorful lights, festive scents, and a variety of adventurous rides and attractions. Visitors can enjoy mulled wine and fairground atmosphere.
Christmas Market in Marzahn
In Marzahn, visitors can enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Christmas markets, which offer a neighborhood-like ambiance. Alongside mulled wine and traditional treats, there are children's attractions and a colorful stage program.
Christmas Market in Mitte
The Christmas markets in Mitte offer a variety of stalls featuring traditional craftsmanship, culinary specialties, and entertaining activities. Visitors can explore an Altberliner setting and find various Christmas baked goods, jewelry, and glassware.
Christmas Market in Neukölln
The Alt-Rixdorfer Christmas Market at Richardplatz in Neukölln offers a unique atmosphere with warm light from oil lamps and historical scenery. Over 200 stalls offer handmade products and crafts, while culinary specialties and a cultural program delight the visitors.
Christmas Market in Pankow
The Christmas markets in Pankow offer a cozy neighborhood atmosphere with mulled wine, roasted almonds, and Christmas music. Visitors can attend traditional Christmas bazaars and sustainable manufacturing Christmas markets.
Christmas Market in Prenzlauer Berg
The Lucia Christmas Market in the Kulturbrauerei offers a romantic and cozy atmosphere with Scandinavian flair. Visitors can enjoy traditional Christmas market treats, Scandinavian specialties, and participate in various attractions like the merry-go-round, the star ladder, and the small knight's castle.
Christmas Market in Reinickendorf
In Reinickendorf, families and art enthusiasts find suitable Christmas markets. The Advent market in the Forstamt Tegel is particularly popular due to its unique offering of wild game. The Advent bazaar of the Lübars church community offers a diverse range of handicrafts and culinary delights.
Christmas Market in Schöneberg
The Christmas market in Schöneberg offers high-quality winery mulled wine and self-created Christmas dishes. Alongside classics like roasted almonds and gingerbread hearts, there are also special pralines and other treats.
Christmas Market in Steglitz
On the Christmas markets in Steglitz, you can find unique gifts and culinary specialties. Handmade design pieces and handicrafts are also available.
Christmas Market in Treptow
The Christmas market in Treptow offers a diverse atmosphere with arts and crafts, entertainment program, rides, and culinary delights.
Christmas Market in Zehlendorf
The Christmas market in Zehlendorf offers a diverse cultural and artistic program that makes the holiday season even more vibrant for visitors and residents.