Families beware: Why wander far away when our capital city Berlin with kids Is it a seemingly endless adventure playground? Anyone who has vacations should make extensive use of them, and the city's theaters and museums offer numerous opportunities for this. Berlin also offers an almost inexhaustible variety of natural areas and parks for families who want to explore the green parts of the city. For the small energy high in between, Berlin's playgrounds offer plenty of opportunities to romp around.

Your stay in Berlin depends primarily on accommodation. Our hotels aletto Kudamm & aletto Potsdamer Platz are the perfect starting point for exploring the various corners of the capital.

Theatre with children in Berlin

Whether classics such as Grimm's fairy tales or modern productions: The colorful variety of genres on Berlin's theatre stages will spark fantasy fireworks, especially among kids. There is something for every age group during a stay in Berlin: While the very young are introduced to the colorful world of theatre, older children receive new food for thought. How about Pippi Longstocking in a new guise, for example? The Astrid Lindgren stage at FeZ in Köpenick offers 559 seats and performs the most famous children's classics by the Swedish author. Families find a big world for little music lovers at ATZE in Wedding. In Germany's largest musical theatre, the ensemble regularly offers changing musical narratives of modern stories and fairy tales for children between 4 and 12 years of age. After the performance is before the performance: The children can arrange their impressions in terms of sustainable theatre education. For toddlers, but also their older siblings, the GRIPS theatre in Mitte offers a diverse program aimed at both children and young people. Carefully, but without hesitation, politically controversial topics are also included in the repertoire and offer material for discussion far beyond the time spent in Berlin. Get a taste of acting air with a sustainability factor!

Games, fun & rest: Berlin parent-child cafés

Anyone who is active must also take a break. It's best for families to stop off at one of Berlin's many cozy parent-child cafés, which have sprung up like colorful mushrooms in recent years. Café Kiezkind in Prenzlauer Berg is worth a visit just for its ambiance. The large indoor sandbox ensures fun even in bad weather conditions. A variety of toys in all colors and shapes are just waiting to be conquered for the next game marathon. You can join in or enjoy coffee in the meantime — in any case, your kids will have fun and won't be alone for long. Don't you want to miss out on culinary delights either? Then Café Kreuzzwerg is just the right place for you. It's not just your children who will enjoy the varied treats here. That's Berlin for kids and adults! If you have a birthday girl with you during your stay in Berlin, be sure to celebrate in one of the capital's numerous parent-child cafés. You won't find a better place for a children's birthday party.

Are museums boring? Not in Berlin!

Learning through play: That is the motto of Berlin's numerous museums for children. In MachMit! Museum in Prenzlauer Berg, curiosity and the spirit of research are very important even among the youngest children: Changing exhibitions provide curious young researchers with new insights, while little acrobats can test their climbing skills under safe conditions on the climbing rack, which is over 7 meters high. Your children can find out what the time before the invention of the smartphone looked like in the in-house museum printing house. Touching and trying for yourself is the most important credo of the museum, which has settled in the converted Elias Church. Within walking distance of our aletto Kudamm, the museum “The Story of Berlin” focuses on its visitors. Young and older visitors are guided through the 800-year history of the German capital in 23 thematically arranged rooms and literally take a look behind the scenes — the perfect leisure fun for families! During your stay in Berlin, the Berlin Puppet Theatre Museum in Neukölln is also a clear recommendation for children and the whole family. In addition to the performances that take place over the weekend, the flashlight tour in particular is very popular. The exhibitions over the weekend take place under the beam of a single flashlight. This provides a special thrill for all participants and will also send shivers down the spines of your children. The museum is a half-hour journey by public transport from Aletto Kudamm. So you can easily reach it from the hotel and then take a look at the other sights of the neighboring districts.

Berlin for kids and the top class: playgrounds in the capital

Of course, your visit to Berlin can be combined particularly well with a stay on a playground. For example, the “Zeppi” on Zeppelin Square in Wedding offers a particularly wide range of climbing opportunities. The fact that the youngest children feel so at home here is not least due to the fact that Berlin children were asked what play equipment and activities they particularly wanted before the playground was built. Water games, courses and climbing were at the very top of the course, so that the playground was specially expanded to include these elements. It's no wonder that the “Zeppi” is a particularly popular meeting place for small and big 'play kids'.

From Aletto am Kudamm, it takes half an hour to drive to the Indian Village playground. The village is actually two villages. One half is more suitable for small children, while the second half offers numerous “Indian-style” climbing opportunities for older children.

The Indiana Bones playground is particularly spacious and offers many climbing and playing opportunities. Indiana Bones is located in Wilmersdorf, you can reach it within 20 minutes by bus and train.

This is Berlin with children as it should be. By the way: If bad weather is announced, you can still experience a lot. In our blog, you'll learn about the coolest indoor activities for the whole family.

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