Berlin for Children
Berliner Bonbonmacherei
(candy studio)
Oranienburger Straße 32 (Heckmann Höfe), Mitte
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44 05 52 43,
www.bonbonmacherei.de
Wed-Sa 12pm-8pm (July-Aug closed)
A candy store where you can have a look in the kitchen.
Berliner Gruselkabinett
(horror cabinet)
Schöneberger Straße 23a, Kreuzberg
At the Anhalter Bahnhof, bunker entrance at the square
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26 55 55 46, Sund - Tue. 10am-7pm, Fri 10am-8pm, Sat12am-8pm, closed on
Wednesdays.
History of the bomb shelter, spectacular medical scenes, abhorrence and
horror…
FEZ Berlin
Children, youth and family centre
An der Wuhlheide 197, Köpenick
Infotelefoon:
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530 71-123, www.fez-berlin.de
Tue-Fr 11am-6pm, Sa 1pm-6pm, Su 10am-6pm (longer during the summer),
mornings only for schools, individual visitors recommended from 1pm,
Sa/Su family days (Sa 1pm-6pm, Su 10am-6pm)
The relaxation and recreation centre manages sport accommodation, an
outdoors swimming pool, an animal park, ateliers, an eco garden and an
outdoors theatre.
Filmpark Babelsberg
August-Bebel-Straße 26-53, ingang Großbeerenstraße
14482 Potsdam
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(0331) 721 27 55, www.filmpark.de
Beginning of April- end of Oct. daily 10am-6pm (arrive before 5pm).
Studio tour, imitation decors from popular series and movies, animal and
stunt shows and lots of action.
Kinderinsel
Eichendorffstraße 17, Mitte
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41 71 69 28, www.kinderinsel.de
In the children’s island your little ones are very well taken care of,
per hour, per day or even at night. Very diverse program, with
interactive tours, theatre, or computer courses.
LOXX
Miniaturwelten
Meinekestraße 24, Charlottenburg
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44 72 30 14, www.loxx-berlin.de
Daily 10am-6pm
The largest digitally controlled PHS-scale model railroad in the world
goes along all striking buildings in the miniature capital (900 m2).
Museums:
Information about the complete offer for children and young people in
the Berlin museums: MD info line junior:
✆90
26 99 467
Mo-Fr 9am-4pm, Sa/Su/holidays 9am-1pm
Botanischer Garten/Botanisches Museum
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, Dahlem
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83 85 01 00. Opened daily. Museum 10am-6pm, garden Mo-Fr from 9am, Sa/Su
from 10am, closes at sunset
One of the largest naturalistic gardens in the world.
Deutsches Technikmuseum
Trebbiner Straße 9, Kreuzberg
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902 54-0, www.dtmb.de
Tue-Fr 9am-5.30pm, Sa/Su 10am-6pm
Large museum with locomotives, windmills, oldtimers, steam engines,
planes, computer and radio technology, ships and much more. In the
nearby Science Center SPECTRUM (Möckernstr. 26,
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90 254-284) you can try or watch over 250 experiments.
Ethnologisches Museum/Musea Dahlem
Lansstraße 8, U1 Dahlem-Dorf
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830 14 34, Tue-Fr 10am-6pm, Sa/Su 11am-6pm
The museum invites you to a journey through all continents.
The accessory Junior Museum organizes exhibitions with interchanging
themes (Tue-Fr 11am-6pm, Sa-Su 1pm-6pm).
Freilichtmuseum Domäne Dahlem
Königin-Luise-Straße 49, Dahlem
U1 Dahlem-Dorf
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666 30 00, www.domaene-dahlem.de
Daily, except on Tuesdays, 10am-6pm
A farm in the centre of the city with animals, carriage tours, market
days and exhibitions about agriculture and nutrition then and now.
Labyrinth Kindermuseum Berlin
Osloer Straße 12, Wedding, U8 Pankstraße
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49 30 89 01,
www.labyrinth-kindermuseum.de
Tue-Sa 1pm-6pm, Su 11am-6pm
Do-Museum: trying out, playing and discovering…
MACH
mit! Museum for children
Senefelderstraße 6, Prenzlauer Berg
U2 Eberswalderstraße
✆
74 77 82 00, www.machmitmuseum.de
Wed-Su 10am-6pm
A former church became a museum, playground and study area:
interchanging exhibitions and workshops.
Highlight is a tall maze of climbing frames with different levels.
Museum für Kommunikation Berlin
Leipziger Straße 16, Mitte, U2 Mohrenstraße
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202 94-0, www.museumsstiftung.de
Tue-Fr 9am-5pm, Sa-Su 11am-7pm
Robots welcome the visitors and point out the many possibilities inside
the interactive museum. You’ll also find true valuables there, like the
postage stamp ‘blue Mauritius’.
Museum für Naturkunde
Invalidenstraße 43, Mitte, U6 Zinnowitzer Straße
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20 93 85 91,
www.museum.hu-berlin.de
Tue-Fr 9.30am-5pm, Sa-Su 10am-6pm
From stuffed animals to insect scale models, from minerals to
meteorites: the collection contains all stages of the development of
life. The Saurier hall is closed until 2007.
Sea Life Berlin & AquaDom
City Quartier ‘DomAquarée’ (in the Radisson SAS Hotel)
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 5, Mitte,
www.sealife.de
Daily 10am-6pm, April-Aug. 10am-7pm
In the 1800 m2 large fresh and salt water aquarium you can admire over
3000 fishes and other water creatures. The gigantic Atlantic basin and
the unique AquaDome are very popular. In a glass elevator in the 25 m
high cylindrical aquarium, you slide along beautiful reef sceneries.
Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde
Am Tierpark 125, Lichtenberg
Entrance at Schloss Lichtenberg as well
Am Tierpark 39-47
✆
51 53 10, www.tierpark-berlin.de
Daily 9am-4pm, March/Oct. until 5pm, during the summer until 6pm.
About 9800 animals live on the extensive terrains (160 ha).
Zoologischer Garten & Zoo Aquarium
Hardenbergplatz 8: entrance Löwentor (lion’s gate)
or Olof-Palme-Platz: entrance Elefantentor, (elephant’s gate)Charlottenburg
✆
25 40 10, www.zoo-berlin.de
Daily 9am-5pm, in the springtime until 5.30pm, in the summertime until
6.30pm.
The zoo with the most animal species in Europe (1500 species, about
14,000 animals) is located right in the centre. The oldest zoo in
Germany.
Top attractions of the aquarium (extra entrance or combi ticket) are the
Amazon aquarium, the mangrove basin and the shark basin.
Children’s theatre:
Theater an der Parkhaus
(Hans-Rodenberg-Platz 1,
✆
55 77 52 52, Grips-Theater (zie p. 90), Schaubude
Puppentheater (Greifswalder Str. 81-84,
✆
423 43 14), Hans Wurst Nachfahren (Gleditschstr.
5,
✆
216 79 25).
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