Genghis Khan: treasures of Mongolia.
until Sun 18 Apr | 10:00
James-Simon-Galerie
from 14 €
The best things to do in Berlin this week
The best things to do in Berlin this week, Thursday 29 October to Wednesday 4 November: 66 events, among them 17 in film, 15 in exhibitions and museums, 10 in concerts, 8 in festivals and street parties, 7 in tours and walks, 4 in theatre and 5 others.
looking back: the German Colonial Exhibition of 1896.
until Sat 23 Oct | 14:00
Museum Treptow
Free
Exhibition on club culture after the Wall fell.
Thu 29 Oct | 15:00
Kraftwerk Berlin
Free
Barry Lyndon: Kubrick's period epic with Ryan O'Neal.
Thu 29 Oct | 16:45
Babylon
Naza: Yuval Abraham's documentary on Israel's war in Gaza.
Thu 29 Oct | 17:45
9 cinemas
Kowalczuk and Evert: dialogue tour on removed GDR monuments.
Thu 29 Oct | 18:00
Zitadelle Spandau
Free
Jazzfest Berlin 2026 with Anthony Braxton and Camila Nebbia.
Thu 29 Oct | 18:00
Jazzfest Berlin: EROSÃO, film, Braxton and Hawkins live.
Thu 29 Oct | 18:00
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Free
Sound Metaphors Festival: Alessandro Cortini, Grand River.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
Berghain
36 €
Jazzfest Berlin: multi-day jazz festival across the city.
Thu 29 Oct | 19:00
The Exorcist: Horror Film by William Friedkin.
Thu 29 Oct | 21:30
2 cinemas
Karoline Wallace with Signe Emmeluth: Eon at Jazzfest.
Thu 29 Oct | 22:30
Quasimodo
from 19 €
Ruin and Rush: 1920s Berlin with Kirchner, Dix and Höch.
until Sun 3 Jan
Neue Nationalgalerie
Focus Japan: Japan's performing arts at the Festspiele.
until Sun 17 Jan
Berliner Festspiele
Art and migration in Kreuzberg since 1960.
until Sun 17 Jan
Gropius-Bau
15 €
Ryuichi Sakamoto: his first major retrospective in Europe.
until Sun 20 Jun
Hamburger Bahnhof - Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
16 €
Not All Travellers Walk Roads: exhibition.
until Sun 6 Dec
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
10 €
Die Magie der Straße: masterpieces of street photography.
until Sun 29 Nov
F3 - Freiraum für Fotografie
7 €
The Magic of the Street: Masterpieces of street photography.
until Sun 29 Nov
F3 - Freiraum für Fotografie
Der Holocaust – Was wussten die Deutschen?: exhibition.
until Wed 30 Dec
Topographie des Terrors
Free
Alltag Zwangsarbeit & Baracke 13: Tour of the former camp.
until Sat 27 Mar
Dokumentationszentrum NS-Zwangsarbeit
„We resisted as best we could.“ – Resistance at Ravensbrück.
until Sun 4 Apr
Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand
Free
Linie 1: Musical revue about big-city life in Berlin.
until Sat 9 Jan
GRIPS Theater
13 €
Kintsugi!: Contemporary circus by Machine de Cirque.
until Sun 17 Jan
Chamäleon
from 39 €
Tosca: Puccini's opera of jealousy, by Alvis Hermanis.
until Fri 5 Feb
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
Performing Arts Season by the Berliner Festspiele.
until Fri 22 Jan
Gropius-Bau
Entlang der Berliner Mauer: bike tour with Berlin on Bike.
until Sun 15 Nov
Berlin on Bike - Radtouren & Verleih
35 €
Staatssicherheitsinhaftierung: portraits by André Wagenzik.
until Wed 6 Jan
Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Free
Portraits: Botticelli to Lempicka.
until Sun 14 Mar
Gemäldegalerie
16 €
Contested Kinship: Colonial and Nazi violence compared.
until Sun 11 Apr
Deutsches Historisches Museum Pei-Bau
7 €
Eva Frankfurther – Das Leben malen.
until Sun 14 Feb
Kunsthaus Dahlem
Jazzfest Berlin: four days, 130 musicians from 25 countries.
Thu 29 Oct
Gropius-Bau
Jazzfest Berlin: contemporary jazz from over 25 countries.
Thu 29 Oct
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Seminar with a guided tour of the Sachsenhausen Memorial.
Fri 30 Oct | 09:00
Minor gemeinnützige GmbH
Theater der Dinge: festival for figure and object theatre.
Fri 30 Oct | 10:00
Spirited Away, Miyazaki's animated film.
Fri 30 Oct | 11:45
Hackesche Höfe Kino
Free
Paths of Glory: Kubrick's anti-war film with Kirk Douglas.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:15
Babylon
Jazzfest Berlin with Camila Nebbia, ElSaffar, Wilkins.
Fri 30 Oct | 18:30
Haus der Berliner Festspiele
32–42 €
The Secret Agent, feature film.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Kino in der Königstadt
An Evening with Fran Lebowitz: biting talk, in English.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:30
Urania
from 70.46 €