Things to Do with Kids in Neukölln

A storytelling tent in Neukölln where traditional fairy tales from countries like India, Turkey, Japan and Ghana are told in their original language. Kids sit on floor cushions while the storyteller shows large illustrations painted by artists from that country, so the pictures, gestures and faces carry the plot whatever language a child speaks.

Afterward, the storyteller and the audience retell the story together. Running since 2006.

Over 200 nonprofit organizations, associations, and clubs offer handmade items, wooden toys, candles, honey, jams, and crafted gifts across Richardplatz. Food vendors serve mulled wine, waffles, bratwurst, and international vegetarian and vegan specialties. Only charitable organizations participate; commercial vendors are excluded.

Two clown chefs set out to bake an apple cake, and things keep going wrong. They stir the dough with acrobatic tricks and dance routines.

It mixes clowning, dance, theater and acrobatics, and the clowns play close to the audience. A good pick for kids who enjoy clowns and like being part of the show.

Stadtbad Neukölln is a public indoor pool more than a hundred years old, with two halls lined by 7-meter columns, arcades and mosaics. The big hall holds a 25-meter pool and the small hall a 19-meter pool, and both have a shallow non-swimmer area. Depth runs from 65cm to 2.4 meters.

It suits kids who can swim and want room, and younger ones happy in the shallow end.

Britzer Garten is a landscaped park built around a lake, with rolling lawns, themed gardens and big seasonal flower shows of tulips and dahlias.

The adventure playground at the Tauernallee entrance has a 10-meter slide tower, a climbing net and ground-level trampolines, and both main playgrounds have a water play area. Sheep and goats graze in pastures around the park, and the Britzer Mühle windmill stands on the grounds.

The Rixdorfer Höhe is a hill built after World War II from about 700,000 cubic meters of rubble, rising 22 meters above the surrounding Hasenheide park. When snow falls, most families sled the short, gentle run down in the valley. Bolder kids take the winding run of about 100 meters that spirals down from the top. The park also has playgrounds, an animal enclosure and an outdoor cinema.

Eisstadion Neukölln is the district's open-air artificial ice rink, at the edge of the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark by Tempelhofer Feld. The public rink is about 65 by 39 meters, next to a separate competition rink used by hockey and figure skating clubs.

A rental shop on site rents skates in all sizes, plus double-blade gliders for kids up to 1 meter tall. Beginners can join the local skating schools that teach here.