The southwest corner of the city is where it turns green. Steglitz-Zehlendorf has lakes with sandy swimming spots, long forest walks, a working city farm and an open-air museum village, plus seasonal markets, lantern walks and kids' theater through the year. This list pulls together the family plans we've checked across the district, and it updates itself as new dates go up.
A reconstruction of a village from around 1200, built on the excavated site of a real 12th-century settlement. Across grounds the size of ten soccer fields, kids walk through thatched houses, storehouses, workshops, gardens and fields, and meet rare farm breeds such as Skudden sheep and the Düppel pasture pig.
On season weekends, volunteers in medieval dress cook, carve wood, work wool and demonstrate blacksmithing and pottery.
Botanic Garden Berlin covers 43 hectares in Dahlem and grows around 20,000 plant species. The Great Tropical Greenhouse, an Art Nouveau glasshouse, stays warm all year and holds giant bamboo, and the cactus house has columns taller than an adult. Outside, long paths loop past ponds, an arboretum and beds that group plants by where in the world they grow.
The F10 is a regular BVG ferry and one of the city's longest ferry lines at 4.4 kilometers. It crosses the Wannsee lake and the Havel river, passing Schwanenwerder island, with open water views most of the way. Bikes ride along, with 60 spaces on board.
At Alt-Kladow, the pier opens onto a promenade with restaurants, a children's playground and a bathing area, and village lanes for walks and bike rides.
Schlachtensee is a long, narrow lake at the edge of the Grunewald forest, known for its clear water. Kids wade in from grassy meadows and small sandy patches along the shore, while stand-up paddlers glide past. A path runs all the way around under the trees.
The Alte Fischerhütte on the east bank is a historic inn with a beer garden, a playground and boats for rent.
Strandbad Wannsee is the largest inland lake lido in Europe: 1.2 km of sandy beach on the Wannsee, backed by listed modernist buildings.
Families rent wicker beach chairs (Strandkörbe), and the sports and play area has a playground, beach volleyball courts and a football pitch. There is a snack bar, and a separate nudist (FKK) section.
Domäne Dahlem is a working organic farm and open-air museum on an old manor estate. It breeds endangered livestock: Red Höhenvieh cattle, German Saddleback pigs, Pomeranian sheep, longhaired goats, Konik and Exmoor ponies, and rare hens and ducks.
Kids can walk the fields and orchards and visit the Culinarium museum about food and farming. A farm shop and country inn sit by the courtyard.
The southwest corner of the city is where it turns green. Steglitz-Zehlendorf has lakes with sandy swimming spots, long forest walks, a working city farm and an open-air museum village, plus seasonal markets, lantern walks and kids' theater through the year. This list pulls together the family plans we've checked across the district, and it updates itself as new dates go up.
A reconstruction of a village from around 1200, built on the excavated site of a real 12th-century settlement. Across grounds the size of ten soccer fields, kids walk through thatched houses, storehouses, workshops, gardens and fields, and meet rare farm breeds such as Skudden sheep and the Düppel pasture pig.
On season weekends, volunteers in medieval dress cook, carve wood, work wool and demonstrate blacksmithing and pottery.
Botanic Garden Berlin covers 43 hectares in Dahlem and grows around 20,000 plant species. The Great Tropical Greenhouse, an Art Nouveau glasshouse, stays warm all year and holds giant bamboo, and the cactus house has columns taller than an adult. Outside, long paths loop past ponds, an arboretum and beds that group plants by where in the world they grow.
The F10 is a regular BVG ferry and one of the city's longest ferry lines at 4.4 kilometers. It crosses the Wannsee lake and the Havel river, passing Schwanenwerder island, with open water views most of the way. Bikes ride along, with 60 spaces on board.
At Alt-Kladow, the pier opens onto a promenade with restaurants, a children's playground and a bathing area, and village lanes for walks and bike rides.
Schlachtensee is a long, narrow lake at the edge of the Grunewald forest, known for its clear water. Kids wade in from grassy meadows and small sandy patches along the shore, while stand-up paddlers glide past. A path runs all the way around under the trees.
The Alte Fischerhütte on the east bank is a historic inn with a beer garden, a playground and boats for rent.
Strandbad Wannsee is the largest inland lake lido in Europe: 1.2 km of sandy beach on the Wannsee, backed by listed modernist buildings.
Families rent wicker beach chairs (Strandkörbe), and the sports and play area has a playground, beach volleyball courts and a football pitch. There is a snack bar, and a separate nudist (FKK) section.
Domäne Dahlem is a working organic farm and open-air museum on an old manor estate. It breeds endangered livestock: Red Höhenvieh cattle, German Saddleback pigs, Pomeranian sheep, longhaired goats, Konik and Exmoor ponies, and rare hens and ducks.
Kids can walk the fields and orchards and visit the Culinarium museum about food and farming. A farm shop and country inn sit by the courtyard.
