Things to do with children in Berlin: autumn holidays
Autumn holiday events for children in Berlin bring together creative activities, performances and outings within the school-holiday selection. Compare individual dates and age recommendations to build your own holiday plans, checking the description and participation conditions rather than assuming an event provides supervision or full-day care.
410 shows and events
Research course “Spinning Spiders”
Explore spiders and web preservation through laboratory activities, spider-themed crafts and games.
Open play group
Play together in an open group, held in German for 240 minutes.
Music and play with babies
Parents join their babies for music and play, without needing to register.
Craft workshop “Triangle Meets Circle”
Op-art craft workshop linked to the exhibition “Kunstknall”.
Exhibition “GREEN PLANET BERLIN”
Visiting this family event also includes a visit to the Green Planet Berlin exhibition.
Youth media culture days
A media event for families with digital tinkering, gaming, quizzes and hands-on experimenting.
Zine workshop “Trau dich, Monster!”
Children create their own scary stories folded into tiny monster zines.
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.
Print workshop
Children stamp, pull prints and engrave to create patterns and shapes on paper.
Puppet show “Thumbelina's Adventure”
Follow Thumbelina's journey through meadows and flowers in this shadow puppet show.
Dance theatre “The Ugly Duckling”
A humorous dance theatre piece about an ugly duckling's journey to trust its own strength.
Workshop “Pimp Your Costume”
Teens design spooky Halloween accessories using 3D printing, LEDs and conductive thread.
Planetarium show “Sun, Moon and Stars”
An interactive journey through the sky, from sunlight to starry night.
Open twins meetup
An open gathering for twins lasts 120 minutes and takes place in German.
Tour “Hannes, Fine und die Eisenbahn”
Cloth puppets tell a travel story, and children learn how steam locomotives work.
Guided tour “Just a Facade?”
A guided tour of Franco Stella's building, exploring its architecture, history and old-new contrasts.
Guided tour “Subways, Bunkers, Cold War”
Explore Berlin's Cold War history inside the Blochplatz bunker through photographs, historical exhibits and models.
“Spaceship Earth”
Travel through the Solar System to observe Earth, explore the Moon and see the Sun's surface.
Film “Armstrong”
A curious mouse builds a rocket to prove the moon is not cheese.
Guided tour “Nuclear Bunker Pankstraße”
Explore the shelter at Pankstraße station and examine civil protection from the Cold War to the present.
Playgroup “Büchermäuse”
Toddlers attend a crawling group while parents chat and use library media.