• Start at Bärenschaufenster, the entrance next to Tierpark U5 station, where the ticket booths and handcart hire are
• Book online, even for babies: tickets are cheaper online, and kids under 4 need a free ticket booked in advance
• Animal houses close early, 30 minutes before the park gates, so do the tigers and the monkey house first on a late visit

Tierpark Berlin spreads across 160 hectares of parkland around the 18th-century Friedrichsfelde manor house, making it Europe's largest animal park. Kids can watch tigers in the renovated Alfred Brehm House, spot red pandas and snow leopards on a cloud-forest trail, and see giraffes and zebras on an African savanna.

Between animals there's a petting zoo with goats and ponies, a seaside-themed water play area, and the Fabelwald woodland playground.