Events for children aged 12+ in Berlin
Berlin’s 12+ selection brings together events with age guidance that includes teenagers, from creative workshops to performances and tours. Look at the subject, stated age limits and participation conditions for each event, since the shared label does not mean every listing suits all teenagers equally.
2,312 shows and events
Damascening workshop
Participants learn the traditional tauschierung technique and inlay their own brass coin.
Shadow play “Peter and the Wolf”
Shadow theatre group Scuraluna stages Prokofiev's musical fairy tale for the whole family.
Workshop “Courage Muscle”
A workshop for teens and young adults training courage through action art and activism.
Cello ensemble workshop
Cello students play together in a large orchestra, exploring repertoire from the Baroque period to Bartók.
JuBi youth education fair
Exchange organisations present study, travel and scholarship programmes for life abroad.
Guided tour “Under the Berlin Wall”
A guided tour exploring the escape tunnels dug under the Berlin Wall.
Berlin Science Week family programme
Families explore science with interactive readings, a quiz and a space show.
Nature journaling workshop “Hidden Heroes”
Children explore nature outdoors and create their own personal nature journal.
Berlin Science Week: My Wonderful Self
Families explore what "I" really is with TV host Clarissa Corrêa da Silva.
Film screening “She Measures the Earth”
A short film screening is followed by a researcher talk and hands-on discussion about science careers.
Guided tour “The Fichtebunker Kreuzberg”
A guided tour through a WWII bunker hidden inside an old gas holder.
Guided tour “Subways, Bunkers, Cold War”
Explore Berlin's Cold War history inside the Blochplatz bunker through photographs, historical exhibits and models.
Kamishibai storytelling
Illustrated story panels are shown and narrated in this recurring reading theatre.
Interactive fairy tale
Children sing, move and join a fairy tale brought to life together.
Planetarium show “The Rainbow Fish and His Friends”
The Rainbow Fish dives into the deep sea to find his lost glittery scale.
Robotics workshop
Working in pairs, participants build and program a robot to complete a course with a ramp.
Storytelling theatre “Of Frost & Snow & a Warm Room”
Sabine Kolbe tells and acts out winter fairy tales using paper and simple objects.
Pinhole camera workshop
Build a coffee can pinhole camera, expose photographs on photographic paper and develop them in the laboratory.
Book talk and drawing “Bunt ist die Welt”
Author Jenny Boidol presents her book and leads a short drawing workshop.
“Among Us” live play day
Children play a live-action version of “Among Us” and craft their own accessories.
Musical story “Da Sein”
A hedgehog and a rat open parcels and discover feelings in a story accompanied by music.
Guided tour “What Makes Money So Powerful?”
Families explore how money has changed over time and shapes daily life.
Guided tour “Nuclear Bunker Pankstraße”
Explore the shelter at Pankstraße station and examine civil protection from the Cold War to the present.
Workshop “Hacked Stitches”
See how a knitting machine makes patterns, then knit something to take home.