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Three things finish today. The circus comes down on Tempelhofer Feld after twelve days. Sound in the Garden plays its last set in the Neue Nationalgalerie’s sculpture garden. And Young Euro Classic closes at the Konzerthaus after seventeen nights of youth orchestras.

Then the week empties out until Saturday, when it all arrives at once. A brand-new festival brings 25,000 people onto the Tempelhof airfield. A former crematorium in Wedding throws open its whole site, free. An orchestra plays to fireworks over a lake in Neukölln. Both football clubs are out, one of them in the cup. And it is the last day of the school holidays.

You will have to choose. Sorry.

One thing that can’t wait: the Long Night of Museums is on the 29th, but the cheap ticket disappears tonight. €15 today, €23 tomorrow.

— Dr Yassir A Shuaib

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Apple raised MacBook and iPad prices twice this year, in March and June, blaming the memory shortage. This week's discounts come off those higher numbers.

🎫 Long Night of Museums: the cheap ticket ends today
75 museums, around 750 events, one ticket, Saturday, 29 August: €15 (€12 reduced) until tonight and €23 (€17) from tomorrow. This year's theme is Crime in Berlin.
👉 Buy the Sparticket here

💻 MacBook Air M5, 13.6″, €1,249 (Apple charges €1,399)
16GB RAM, 512GB SSD. MediaMarkt and Saturn Apple Week.
👉 View deal here
👉 View deal here

⚡ Switch electricity, save €500–700 a year
Vattenfall's Grundversorgung is ~42.9 ct/kWh; the cheapest tariffs run in the low 30s. Two weeks' notice; the new provider handles the cancellation.
👉 Compare tariffs here

🎪 TFELD Sat 22 Aug · 13:00–22:00 · from €69 ⭐

A brand-new festival, and not a small one: up to 25,000 people on the old Tempelhof airfield for a day and a night, under the motto "Das ist Berlin".

Four stages, split between hip-hop and electronic. Paul Kalkbrenner live, Pashanim, Ellen Allien, Marlon Hoffstadt, AK Ausserkontrolle, Southstar, and a secret female headliner. Around the music: a funfair, a basketball court, flea market stalls, and oversized replicas of Berlin landmarks.

The real draw is in Hangar 6. Watergate, closed at the end of 2024 after 22 years on the Spree, is being rebuilt for one night, replica and all, with Cinthie, MALUGI, and Spacer Woman until six in the morning. Separate add-on ticket, 18+.

Two things worth knowing. Tickets rise by €1 every evening at 22:08, so buying early genuinely costs less. And there is no parking anywhere near the airfield.

👉 Get tickets & full line-up here

📍 Entry via Tempelhofer Damm, U6 Paradestraße / S+U Tempelhof · 16+ with ID

The heat breaks today. This morning it's 24°C with early showers, and the rest of the week sits in the low twenties—the coolest stretch since June.

Sun 16 · 24°C / 14°C · showers in the morning
Mon 17 · 21°C / 12°C · dry
Tue 18 · 20°C / 15°C · afternoon showers, the week's wettest
Wed 19 · 22°C / 14°C · showers early, clearing
Thu 20 · 24°C / 14°C · dry
Fri 21 · 22°C / 13°C · showers possible
Sat 22 · 23°C / 13°C · dry, which is what Saturday needs

🔗 Full forecast here

🚇 Both closures lift this week
The northern S-Bahn between Bornholmer Straße and Schönholz reopens Monday, 17 August; S1, S25, and S85 are back to normal. The U5 between Hellersdorf and Friedrichsfelde reopens Thursday, 20 August. First clear run in six weeks.
👉 Check live disruptions here

🏫 The holidays end Saturday
School's back on Monday the 24th. Hold onto the Super-Ferien-Pass (€9 for under-18s), and it works through every school holiday to Easter 2027, though the daily free swim gets less useful from Monday.
👉 Get the pass here

🚫 Zug der Liebe won't march
The techno parade set for 29 August is off. The organisers said the security measures now required contradict what a fear-free street protest is for, and 70% of their trucks fell through. Their remaining floats join a rally to save the RAW-Gelände that day instead

🩰 Sounding Light Tanz in August · tonight & tomorrow ⭐
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, choreographed by Cheng Tsung-lung. Twelve dancers rebuild a forest on stage and make most of the sound themselves, with their own bodies. Cloud Gate is the oldest contemporary dance company in the Chinese-speaking world, founded in 1973; this piece came out of the isolation of 2020. Wordless, age 6+. €22–44, reduced from €12.
👉 Tickets & programme here
📍 Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Schaperstr. 24 — U3/U9 Spichernstraße

🎼 Klassik Open Air Britzer Garten · Sat 22 Aug · from €29
The lake becomes a natural amphitheatre. The Philharmonia Frankfurt under Juri Gilbo plays Dvořák, Rossini, and Verdi under the motto "Carnevale di classico", ending with fireworks over the water.
Gates 14:00, concert 19:00. Blankets, folding stools, picnics, and wine are all allowed. Go early; the spots near the stage go fast. €22 with a Britzer Garten annual pass.
👉 Tickets here
📍 Sangerhauser Weg 1 U6 Alt-Mariendorf or U7 Britz-Süd, then bus M44/144/181/277

⏳ Three things end today
The Circus Festival comes down on Tempelhofer Feld after twelve days; the family show Pifia plays this morning and afternoon (€23.50 or €13 for under-12s). Sound in the Garden closes with sound installations in Fujiko Nakaya's fog rather than a concert. And Young Euro Classic ends seventeen nights of youth orchestras at the Konzerthaus.
👉 Circus programme here

🎪 silent green Sommerfest Sat 22 Aug · 14:00–20:00 · FREE

A former crematorium in Wedding, the whole site is open; there is nothing to pay. Music indoors and out, an independent label market in the ateliers, and the LOST IN FINITY exhibition open all day.

Worth planning around:
· 15:30 · Historical tour of the grounds, in English, free; meet on the lawn. German tours at 14:00 and 17:30.
· 15:00 · Ditty in the Kuppelhalle: Indian-born Berlin songwriter, poet, and urban ecologist
· 16:30 · children's reading, ages 3+, with Drehbühne Berlin
· 19:00 · film Forest of the End of the World (Brazil, 2026), original version with English subtitles

Plus face painting, balloon animals, and food from MARS.

An English-language tour of a site like this, free, is rare enough to build the afternoon around.

👉 Full programme here
📍 Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding, U6/S Wedding

SUN 16 · TODAY
· 🩰 Sounding Light · Cloud Gate Dance Theatre · Haus der Berliner Festspiele
· 🎪 Circus Festival · FINAL DAY · from 15:30 · Tempelhofer Feld
· 🎻 Sound in the Garden · final day · Neue Nationalgalerie
· 🎼 Young Euro Classic · final concert · Konzerthaus
· 🛒 Flohmarkt Mauerpark · 10:00–18:00 · free · cash only
· 🛒 Nowkoelln Flowmarkt · 10:00–17:00 · free · Maybachufer

MON 17
· 🚇 Northern S-Bahn reopens S1, S25, S85, Bornholmer Str.–Schönholz
· 🩰 Sounding Light · Last performance
· 🎨 Monira Al Qadiri: Hero · final day · Berlinische Galerie · €12/€7

TUE 18 – WED 19
· 🩰 Tanz im August · HAU, Radialsystem, Sophiensæle
· 🌿 Türkenmarkt · Tue · 11:00–18:30 · free
· 🗣️ Language Exchange · Tue · 19:00 · free · Travolta Bar

THU 20
· 🚇 U5 reopens Hellersdorf–Friedrichsfelde
· 🎧 Berlin Beats · 19:00–22:00 · FREE · Hamburger Bahnhof garden
· 🍜 Street Food Thursday · 17:00–22:00 · Markthalle Neun

FRI 21
· 🏙️ FEZitty · final day · 10:00–16:30 · Wuhlheide
· 🌿 Türkenmarkt · 11:00–18:30 · free

SAT 22 · EVERYTHING, AT ONCE
· 🏃 Parkrun Hasenheide · 09:00 · free 5 km
· 🥬 Winterfeldtmarkt · 08:00–16:00
· 🎪 TFELD · 13:00–22:00 · Flughafen Tempelhof · from €69 ⭐
· 🎪 silent green Sommerfest · 14:00–20:00 · FREE · Wedding
· 🎼 Klassik Open Air · gates 14:00, concert 19:00 · Britzer Garten · from €29
· 🏈 Berlin Thunder v Panthers Wrocław · 15:00 · Jahn-Sportpark · from €11.50
· ⚫ Hertha at 1. FC Saarbrücken · 15:30 · DFB-Pokal

🌅 Freiluftkino Kreuzberg · to 6 Sept
Berlin's oldest open-air cinema, in the Bethanien courtyard. Films in the original language with subtitles, deckchairs, a beer, and a programme that changes daily. €10 (€6 reduced). Dogs on leads welcome.
👉 Programme here
📍 Mariannenplatz 2 — U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor

🎞️ ARTE Sommerkino am Kulturforum · final fortnight, to 28 Aug
Up to 1,000 deckchairs between the Philharmonie and the Gemäldegalerie. Arthouse and restored classics, original language with subtitles. Around €12, starting once it's properly dark. If it rains, it moves indoors to a Yorck cinema; the call comes that afternoon.
👉 Programme here
📍 Matthäikirchplatz U/S Potsdamer Platz

🔗 All open-air cinemas here

🎭 Antony & Cleopatra: Love Is War — theaterforum kreuzberg · running now
Shakespeare in English from an independent Kreuzberg company. Berlin's English-language theatre scene is small, and this is one of the few full productions running through August.
🔗 More info here

💃 The Love Project no. 1 — Uferstudios · from 1 Aug
Contemporary dance at Berlin's independent dance campus in Wedding. Wordless, so no language barrier.
📍 Uferstr. 23 — U8/S Gesundbrunnen
🔗 More info here

✨ Lights Up! — Monbijou Theater · Sun 9 Aug – today
One night only at the open-air theatre in Monbijoupark, right on the Spree.
📍 Monbijoupark — S Hackescher Markt
🔗 More info here

Language tip: The Maxim Gorki surtitles every performance in English; the Schaubühne, Deutsches Theatre, Berliner Ensemble, Deutsche Oper and HAU do selected nights; the Komische Oper has a screen in every seat.
🔗 Filter by language here

🎻 Sound in the Garden — Neue Nationalgalerie · 12–16 Aug · from €27 ⭐
Four nights of concerts in the sculpture garden, then a Sunday of sound installations honouring Fujiko Nakaya's fog. Ambient pioneer Gigi Masin and Krautrock architect Michael Rother (NEU!, Harmonia) on Sat 15, plus Hildur Guðnadóttir, Dopplereffekt, Upsammy and Slauson Malone 1. Doors at 18:30. A series ticket covers all four nights plus after-hours access to the installations.
📍 Potsdamer Str. 50 — U/S Potsdamer Platz
🔗 Tickets here

🎧 Berlin Beats: Oda Haliti — Hamburger Bahnhof · Thu 13 · 19:00–22:00 · FREE
Techno in the museum garden, every Thursday until 27 August. No ticket, no registration — 200,000 people have come over three years. Galleries are open to 20:00 (museum ticket needed); street food is in the garden.
📍 Invalidenstr. 50–51 — S+U Hauptbahnhof
🔗 More info here

🎻 Young Euro Classic — Konzerthaus · to 16 Aug · from €17.60
Final week of the world's leading youth-orchestra festival, 27th edition: 17 evening concerts from orchestras across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, plus the experimental FUTURE NOW strand. Concerts at 19:00; introductions from 18:00 on selected nights.
📍 Gendarmenmarkt 2 — U2 Hausvogteiplatz
🔗 Tickets here

🎨 Monira Al Qadiri: Hero — Berlinische Galerie · closes tomorrow · €12/€7
Last two days. Oil as material and metaphor; the ticket covers the whole building.
👉 More info here
📍 Alte Jakobstr. 124–128 — U1/U3 Hallesches Tor

🎭 Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic — Gropius Bau · to 30 Aug · €15/€10
Her first major Berlin solo show since the 1990s. Nude with Skeleton runs Wed–Mon, 14:00–18:00. Closed Tuesdays. Explicit — not for children.
👉 Tickets here
📍 Niederkirchnerstr. 7 — U/S Potsdamer Platz

🌫️ Fujiko Nakaya: Fog Sculpture — Neue Nationalgalerie · FREE · to 25 Oct
A cloud you can walk into. On the hour, 11:00–17:00, Thursdays to 19:00.
📍 Potsdamer Str. 50 — U/S Potsdamer Platz

Today
· 🛒 Flohmarkt Mauerpark · 10:00–18:00 · free · 500+ stalls, karaoke from 15:00, cash only
📍 Bernauer Str. 63 — U8 Bernauer Str. / Tram M10
· 🛒 RAW-Flohmarkt · to 17:00 · free vinyl and vintage bike parts on the RAW-Gelände
📍 Revaler Str. 99 — S+U Warschauer Str.

In the week
· 🌿 Türkenmarkt · Tue 18 + Fri 21 · 11:00–18:30 · free · prices drop after 17:30
📍 Maybachufer — U8 Schönleinstr.
· 🍜 Street Food Thursday · Thu 20 · 17:00–22:00 · 30+ vendors, Markthalle Neun
👉 More info here
· 🍢 Thaipark · Sat & Sun · 11:00–20:00 · free · cash
📍 Württembergische Str. 1 — U3/U7 Fehrbelliner Platz
· 🥬 Winterfeldtmarkt · Sat 22 · 08:00–16:00 · Berlin's biggest weekly market
📍 Winterfeldtplatz — U1/U2/U3/U4 Nollendorfplatz

⚫ Hertha at Saarbrücken · Sat 22 · 15:30 · DFB-Pokal first round
Not the formality it looks like — Saarbrücken knocked out Bayern, Frankfurt and Mönchengladbach on their way to the 2024 semi-final, and they're in the third division again.
All three Berlin clubs are in the first round, spread across the weekend: Union at Braunschweig, Sunday 15:30, and VSG Altglienicke host Wolfsburg, Monday 18:00.
👉 Match info here

🏈 Berlin Thunder v Panthers Wrocław · Sat 22 · 15:00 · from €11.50
AFLE home game at the Jahn-Sportpark. Ticketing has been patchy since the club's restructuring — buy ahead.
👉 Tickets here
📍 Cantianstr. 24 — U2 Eberswalder Str.

🏃 Parkrun Hasenheide · Sat 22 · 09:00 · free
Timed 5 km, register once; briefing in English and German. Done before any of Saturday's festivals open.
👉 Register here

· 🎤 Cosmic Comedy — Thu, Fri & Sat · Kookaburra, Prenzlauer Berg. Doors at 19:00, free vegan pizza around 20:15, show at 21:00 — the gap catches people out. Thursday open mic is €13; Fri/Sat is €17.
📍 Schönhauser Allee 184 — U2 Eberswalder Str. · 👉 Tickets here

· 🎤 Saying the Wrong Thing — Wed 19 · doors 20:00 · The Wall Comedy, Friedrichshain. Pay what you want: €2 to reserve a seat.
📍 Grünberger Str. 84 — S+U Warschauer Str. · 👉 Reserve here

· 🎤 Egotistical — Fri 21 · 21:00 · Z-Bar, Mitte · from ~€15
📍 Bergstr. 2 — S Oranienburger Str. · 👉 Tickets here

· 🎤 Meanwhile in Berlin… — Sat 22 · 20:15 · SaliGari, Friedrichshain. Five local comics on dating, expat life and German bureaucracy. From ~€18.
📍 Simplonstr. 23 — S+U Warschauer Str. · 👉 Tickets here

👉 Everything else on here

🎪 silent green Sommerfest — Sat 22 · 14:00–20:00 · FREE
Face painting, balloon animals, a children's reading at 16:30 for ages 3+, and a whole site to run around in. The best free family afternoon of the week.
📍 Gerichtstr. 35, Wedding — U6/S Wedding

🏙️ FEZitty — to Friday · ages 7–14 · €6.50 per child, €4 adults
A city run by children: 100+ jobs, their own bank and town hall, earning and spending "Wuhlis". Five days left, then it's over for the year.
👉 Tickets here
📍 Straße zum FEZ 2 — S3 Wuhlheide

Also for children this week: Pifia at the Circus Festival closes today, ages 5+ · Sounding Light is wordless and suits 6+ · and the school holidays end Saturday, back Monday the 24th.

🥘 Bar Levain — Schöneberg

Levain is the sourdough starter that makes bread rise, which tells you the ambition: a Parisian-feeling corner bar rather than a restaurant.

It's taken the Vorbergstraße site that held Björn Swanson's Faelt, and it's the first place of their own for Maximilian Hühnergart – Facil, Tulus Lotrek, and Barra – and Anna Hernández Götz, who ran wine and front of house at Tulus Lotrek.

Twenty-two seats, a short seasonal menu, mains from €23, and natural wine with equally considered non-alcoholic pairings.

Weekdays only: Mon–Fri, 17:00–23:00. Book ahead — twenty-two seats go fast.

👉 More info & reservations here
📍 Vorbergstr. 10a — U7 Kleistpark

🎒 Modulor — Moritzplatz

School starts a week tomorrow, and Modulor is where you clear the whole materials list in one trip: three thousand square metres of paper, pens, board, tools and art supplies in the Aufbau Haus. Planners, Leuchtturm notebooks, fountain pens, and the technical drawing kit no supermarket carries.

Mon–Sat, 10:00–20:00. Go in the week; it's calmer, and the Aufbau Haus has a café and a bookshop for afterwards.

👉 More info here
📍 Prinzenstr. 85, Kreuzberg — U8 Moritzplatz

All from the joint portal of Berlin's seven state-owned housing companies. Prices are warm rent – cold rent plus heating and service charges.

💶 €501.85 warm – Neukölln · 1 room · 36.7 m² · no WBS
Käthe-Dorsch-Ring 10, Gropiusstadt. 6th floor, lift, balcony, bathtub. District heating, built 1966.
👉 View flat here

💶 €521.77 warm – Marzahn · 2 rooms · 45.2 m² · no WBS
Allee der Kosmonauten 67, 19th floor of 22, with a view over the Wolkenhain. Lift, balcony, bathtub.
👉 View flat here

💶 €551.47 warm - Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf · 2 rooms · 49.7 m² · no WBS
Hohenzollerndamm 50. 6th of 8, lift, balcony, bathtub. Listed as paint it yourself, get rent-free weeks in return — worth doing the maths on.
👉 View flat here

💶 €708.26 warm - Treptow-Köpenick · 3 rooms · 64.8 m² · no WBS
Neue Krugallee 130, built 1931. Ground floor, balcony, cellar. Income-linked rent: for a three-person household earning up to €1,878 net a month.
👉 View flat here

🚀 Hiring this week

Buena — Senior Software Engineer · Berlin
GV-backed proptech digitising German property management. End-to-end ownership: TypeScript, React, Node. Virtual stock options.
👉 Apply here

Delivery Hero — Software Engineer II, AdTech · hybrid, 2 days on campus
Go, microservices, AWS, and Kubernetes on the ad platform. 2+ years backend. 27 days holiday, €1,000 learning budget.
👉 Apply here

SumUp — Backend Engineer, Transfers Gateway · Berlin
Payment infrastructure moving money across the EU and UK. Go, AWS, Kafka, and PostgreSQL. On-call rotation, virtual stock options, and 25+ days leave.
👉 Apply here

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