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.
2,309 shows and events
Guided tour “Dark Worlds”
Guided tour through WWII air-raid shelters beneath a Berlin U-Bahn station, now part of a museum.
“Getting Close to the Future”
Discover ideas about tomorrow's world and look into laboratories of the future.
Children’s flea market
Browse flea market stalls alongside children's face painting, balloon modelling and picture-book cinema.
Guided tour “Under the Berlin Wall”
A guided tour exploring the escape tunnels dug under the Berlin Wall.
Jordan flea market
A green-space flea market with secondhand clothes, toys, books and treats for families.
Berlin Science Week: DLR space show
A live show explores whether humans might live on Mars or in space hotels.
Reading “When Ela Conquered Space”
Raúl Krauthausen and Adina Hermann read the story of wheelchair user Ela's space dream.
Guided tour “Teichstraße Operation Bunker”
Walk around the former hospital grounds before visiting its operating bunker from 1941.
Film screening “Sounding Stories”
A sparrow puppet hosts a short-film programme with interactive activities for young children.
Cheese Berlin
Annual festival for artisanal cheese with tastings, talks, tours and an exhibition.
20th textile day
See textile artworks and try techniques including bobbin lace, patchwork and cross-stitch in mini-workshops.
Discovery journey: Mongolian Empire
Children explore steppe animals, tomb guardians and the Great Khan's palace in Karakorum.
Theatre show “The Furious Kitchen Circus”
Two clowns cook apple cake with acrobatics, dance and audience participation.
Weddingmarkt: Outdoor Design Market
Artists and designers show Berlin-made work, with changing exhibitors and a special feature for children.
Workshop “What If Everything Were Different?”
Explore artworks, invent stories through games and design fabric bags with art educators in Das Gegenteil von Jetzt.
Concert “Experimentierfalten”
Young musicians and a youth orchestra perform concert premieres and improvised works.
Concert “The Little Magic Flute”
Seven singers perform a children's opera adaptation while Andreas Peer Kähler plays piano and portrays Mozart.
“The Good Friends”
Animal friends share what little they have during a hard winter.
Guided tour “Nuclear Bunker Pankstraße”
Explore the shelter at Pankstraße station and examine civil protection from the Cold War to the present.
Planetarium show “Armstrong”
A fulldome film follows a mouse's quest to reach the moon by rocket.
“Of late sleepers, colour artists, forest gardeners”
A family nature event led by Cordula Herwig.
Clothing swap party
Guided tour “Nasty Plants”
A guided walk explores how plants use deception, theft, poison and fire.
Guided tour “The Fichtebunker Kreuzberg”
A guided tour through a WWII bunker hidden inside an old gas holder.