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.
2,276 shows and events
Workshop: book edge painting
Colour the edges of your own books using the materials provided at the workshop.
Picture book cinema with drag queens
Kaey and Vivienne Lovecraft present picture books on screen, invite singing and bring glitter afterwards.
Kamishibai storytelling
Children hear exciting and funny stories presented in the Kamishibai storytelling format.
Play “Lotta Can Do Almost Everything”
Lotta from Krachmacherstraße believes she can do almost anything, in this Christmas story.
Puppet show “The Christmas Goose Auguste”
Peter saves his family's Christmas goose Auguste from an early end.
Kids’ cinema: “Animal Party”
A screening of two short films about a name-day party and a Christmas goose.
Guided tour “Subways, Bunkers, Cold War”
Explore Berlin's Cold War history inside the Blochplatz bunker through photographs, historical exhibits and models.
Mask beatbox theatre “Typen”
A play follows four boys navigating friendship, strength and what being cool means.
Guided tour “Under the Berlin Wall”
A guided tour exploring the escape tunnels dug under the Berlin Wall.
We make the city – Kinderstadt 2027
Children decide what places and activities their next city needs.
Play “Tschick”
A stage adaptation of the novel by Wolfgang Herrndorf.
Play “Week – Week”
A play about a girl shuttling weekly between her separated parents' two homes.
Puppet show “Frau Holle”
Puppet show retelling the fairy tale of two stepsisters who climb into a well.
Guided tour “Under the Berlin Wall”
A guided tour exploring the escape tunnels dug under the Berlin Wall.
Guided tour “Dark Worlds”
Guided tour through WWII air-raid shelters beneath a Berlin U-Bahn station, now part of a museum.
Guided tour “Nuclear Bunker Pankstraße”
Explore the shelter at Pankstraße station and examine civil protection from the Cold War to the present.
Manga drawing workshop
Manga artist Inga Steinmetz teaches beginners and experienced drawers to create friendly manga faces.
Christmas craft afternoon
A traditional crafting session where everyone can make Christmas decorations, gift tags and small artworks together.
Reading “Jim Salabim”
Karsten Teich reads two stories about Jim Salabim, a rabbit who escapes a magician’s hat.
Guided tour “Under the Berlin Wall”
A guided tour exploring the escape tunnels dug under the Berlin Wall.
Kids’ cinema: “Animal Party”
Two animated family films about animals and unexpected friendships are shown back to back.
Film screening “Spatzenkino: Tierisches Fest”
Two short films follow Findus’s name-day party and a goose intended for Christmas dinner.
Guided tour “Dark Worlds”
Guided tour through WWII air-raid shelters beneath a Berlin U-Bahn station, now part of a museum.