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.
2,232 shows and events
Musical tale “The Little I Am Me”
A nameless creature meets animals while searching for an answer to who it is.
Play “The Hares Save New Year”
An interactive Russian-language New Year show where children help hares save the holiday magic.
Guided tour “Nuclear Bunker Pankstraße”
Explore the shelter at Pankstraße station and examine civil protection from the Cold War to the present.
Stop-motion filmmaking
Make crafted figures dance against a matching backdrop and create your own stop-motion animated film.
Play “Laura war hier”
Laura explores her apartment building, meeting neighbours whose lives challenge her ideas about family.
Guided tour “Dark Worlds”
Guided tour through WWII air-raid shelters beneath a Berlin U-Bahn station, now part of a museum.
Guided tour “Under the Berlin Wall”
A guided tour exploring the escape tunnels dug under the Berlin Wall.
Guided tour “The Fichtebunker Kreuzberg”
A guided tour through a WWII bunker hidden inside an old gas holder.
Play “New Year Journey with Pettson and Findus”
Children travel with Pettson and Findus, singing, dancing and launching toy ships before returning home.
Guided tour “Through the Hawk’s Eyes”
An event about a goshawk's perspective, led by Antonius Gockel-Böhner.
Christmas guided tour
Walk through the winter animal park with a guide and learn how different animals handle cold.
Play “Der kleine Weihnachtsmann”
The littlest Santa is always first to wrap presents, but is he too small to help?
Play “Once Upon a Magician”
A wizard’s spells go wrong in a play with magic, acrobatics and audience participation.
Guided tour “Teichstraße Operation Bunker”
Walk around the former hospital grounds before visiting its operating bunker from 1941.
Guided tour “Subways, Bunkers, Cold War”
Explore Berlin's Cold War history inside the Blochplatz bunker through photographs, historical exhibits and models.
LPO Christmas family concert
An annual family concert offers two hours of seasonal music, featuring singer Nadja Benaissa.
Art Sunday for families
Families design and print their own Christmas cards and gift wrap, inspired by the gallery.
Tour with dragon “Johann Ludwig von Fauch”
A castle dragon guides visitors through the Marmorpalais, sharing stories about a Prussian king's family.
Guided tour “Nuclear Bunker Pankstraße”
Explore the shelter at Pankstraße station and examine civil protection from the Cold War to the present.
Ballet “My Nutcracker”
This child-friendly Christmas ballet brings Tchaikovsky's music to life with experienced dancers.
Guided tour “Celebrations and Gifts of the Past”
Tour through the palace's grand halls exploring royal Christmas traditions and festivities.
Musical “Robin Hood”
A peasant boy’s escape becomes part of a musical story about rebellion and justice.
Recording “Christmas Oratorio”, cantatas I–III
Hear Bach’s choruses and arias in a recording beneath the planetarium’s starry sky.
Guided tour “Dark Worlds”
Guided tour through WWII air-raid shelters beneath a Berlin U-Bahn station, now part of a museum.