Last updated: December 01, 2024
Discover the festive highlights in Wilmersdorf! Our guide leads you through the most important events of the Christmas season and shows locals and visitors alike the most beautiful aspects of our district.
The Breitscheidplatz with its magnificent Memorial Church forms the center of festivities, surrounded by traditional Christmas markets and atmospheric light installations. Along Wilmersdorfer Street, decorated shop windows line up one after another, while the Preußenpark invites visitors to linger with its winter atmosphere. During this time, the district's historic squares transform into popular meeting points for young and old alike.
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A 400-meter-long light carpet above the market.
The Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz offers a diverse range of handmade crafts, Christmas decorations, and delicious specialties. Over 60 stalls from various countries invite visitors to stroll around, while a 400-meter-long light carpet adorns the sky above the market.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market on Breitscheidplatz
Artisans and top chefs showcase their wares and culinary delights.
The WeihnachtsZauber Gendarmenmarkt features a variety of artisans, gourmet food, and artistic performances. Visitors can enjoy traditional treats and unique culinary delights while being entertained by acrobats, stilt walkers, choirs, and music groups.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Gendarmenmarkt Christmas Market
Historical setting with handmade crafts and Christmas magic.
The Christmas market at Charlottenburg Palace offers a historical setting, handmade crafts, gift ideas, and the scent of cinnamon and mulled wine. A long Berlin tradition continues.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Charlottenburg Palace Christmas Market
Historic setting with natural light from gas or petroleum lamps.
The Alt-Rixdorfer Christmas Market offers a unique atmosphere with historic buildings and stalls run by charitable organizations. Visitors can buy handmade treats, crafts, and toys, while children enjoy sweets, pony rides, and visits from Santa Claus.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Alt-Rixdorfer Christmas Market
Diverse offerings for children including an indoor playground and storytellers.
The Heissa Holzmarkt offers a diverse program with unique goods, culinary delights, and activities for children. Handmade soaps, fine honey, and designer jewelry are just a few of the offerings. Culinary delicacies like lángos, burritos, and cheese spaetzle complete the selection.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Heissa Holzmarkt Christmas Market
Nordic fairy tale Christmas with fire shows and historical activities
The Medieval Christmas Market at Schloss Britz offers a magical program with traditional and Nordic figures, fire shows, and historical entertainment offers. Children can participate in archery and crossbow shooting, sword and axe throwing, climbing on Viking boats, and discovering the dragon hammer. Adults can also participate in the activities. Scandinavian specialties like Glögi, Nordic fruit wines, and grilled fire meat are served.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Schloss Britz Christmas Market
Unique rural atmosphere with animals and fields.
The Christmas market on Domäne Dahlem offers a cozy farmhouse atmosphere with selected stalls and a colorful program for children. High-quality handicrafts and culinary discoveries like handmade gift ideas and self-made bio treats are available. Trumpet music spreads a festive atmosphere from midday onwards.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market at Domäne Dahlem
12-meter-high and 70-meter-long toboggan run with a view of the Brandenburg Gate
The Christmas market and Winter World at Potsdamer Platz offer a unique blend of sports activities and cozy experiences. Visitors can slide down the 12-meter-high and 70-meter-long toboggan run and then be served at various stalls with bratwurst, roasted almonds, mulled wine, and crepes. From late November, visitors can enjoy a crafts market and numerous stalls with seasonal snacks.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Winter World and Christmas Market at Potsdamer Platz
The unique feature is the ice rink around the Neptune fountain.
The Christmas market at the Red Town Hall offers a market street with an old Berlin atmosphere, an ice rink around the Neptune fountain, street artists, puppeteers, and storytellers. Traditional craftsmen create jewelry, leather goods, glass, and woodwork on site.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market at Neptunbrunnen
Ice skating and mulled wine rides on heated rafts.
The Winterzauber at Strandbad Wendenschloss features ice skating, Christmas stalls with roasted almonds and mulled wine, and various winter games and Christmas karaoke.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Winter Magic at Strandbad Wendenschloss
International handicrafts and diverse culinary offerings in a historic pedestrian zone.
The Spandauer Weihnachtsmarkt in the Altstadt offers a diverse range of culinary delights and handicrafts from around the world. Visitors can find unique gift ideas and snacks in a nostalgic atmosphere.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Spandau Old Town
Traditional tower trumpeting and Christmas stories for children
The Christmas market on Schlossplatz Köpenick offers a unique atmosphere with traditional crafts, ceramics, tableware, candles, and regional honey. Storytellers and puppeteers enchant the young visitors, while the joint singing of old and new Christmas carols creates a cozy and intimate atmosphere. In the evenings, the tower trumpeters take over and revive the beloved tradition.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Köpenick
Visit of Santa Claus and the wandering angel
The Lucia Christmas Market in the Kulturbrauerei offers a romantic atmosphere with flickering Swedish fires and warming art objects. Visitors can ride a nostalgic carousel, climb the star ladder, and conquer the small knight's castle. Santa Claus visits the market daily between 17 and 18 hours, while a wandering angel envelops the visitors with joy, wisdom, and protection.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Prenzlauer Berg
Free admission and romantic atmosphere
The Christmas market on Lehmann's Farm in Alt-Marienfelde offers a unique blend of handmade crafts, unique gift ideas, and regional delicacies. Visitors can enjoy traditional dishes like kale, flammkuchen, and Marienfelder sausages, while children enjoy the ponies and story-telling.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Tempelhof
Diverse stage program with live entertainment and culinary delights.
At the Christmas markets in Treptow, visitors can find Christmas decorations, a cozy atmosphere, and mulled wine with almonds.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Treptow
Swedish specialties and handicrafts in a Scandinavian atmosphere.
The Swedish Christmas Market in Wilmersdorf offers a Scandinavian atmosphere with Swedish delicacies like Princess Cake, Glögg, and Elk Sausage. Alongside handicrafts and Christmas ham, visitors can find everything that delights the heart during the holiday season.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Wilmersdorf
Children's program with craft huts and Santa Claus.
The Zehlendorfer Christmas Market offers a diverse cultural and artistic program, with traditional Christmas treats and an artistic ice rink.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Christmas Market in Zehlendorf
Ice skating in front of the Christmas market at the Red City Hall.
The ice rink at the Neptune Fountain offers ice skating in front of the festive backdrop of the Christmas market at the Red City Hall. The circular ice rink around the Berliner Neptunbrunnen invites visitors to skate on about 600 square meters of ice. Afterwards, you can warm up again in one of the heated mulled wine taverns around the ice rink.
Where: Berlin | More Info: Ice Skating at Neptunbrunnen