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I Research Text Summer in Berlin Enjoy the Open Air! Berlin, May 2016 It’s a well-known fact that anything is possible in Berlin, and in the summer you can do it all outdoors! From the Arena to the Citadel – right from the very first days of summer, Berlin is full of great places to party, eat, drink and enjoy the open air. Whether it’s football or a festival, cinema or classical music, dance or theatre, Berlin does it all outdoors. There are public sports screenings and open-air theatres, boating and bathing, dancing in the streets, picnics in the parks and open air movies. That’s summer 2016 in Berlin: summer.visitBerlin.com . Celebrate the Summer When the first rays of summer sunshine come, Berlin starts to party. It starts on 4/5 June at the Torstraßen Festival and the legendary Bergmannstraßenfest from 24-26 June, with cooking, music and dancing in the streets. For a whole month, from 23 June to 24 July, you can enjoy the summer with crêpes and baguettes at the annual German-French Fair, and on 23 July, thousands of LGBT people take over the streets of Berlin for Christopher Street Day, with colourful parades and events to demonstrate for equality and against discrimination. www.torstrassenfestival.de , www.kiez-und-kultur.de/bergmannstrassenfest/ , www.volksfest-berlin.de , csd-berlin.de Football Fiesta Berlin has been famous for its football viewing parties since the 2006 World Cup. And with Euro 2016 taking place this summer, fans from all nations will be following the matches live in the open air! Germany’s biggest fan party takes place in front of the Brandenburg Gate along Straße des 17. Juni, and this year it kicks off on 12 June with Germany’s opening match. All Germany’s first round matches and every game from the quarter-finals onwards will be broadcast here on the big screens, accompanied by live acts and hundreds of thousands of cheering fans. You can also enjoy the football outdoors at many bars and cafés, parks and gardens around the city. www.visitBerlin.de/en/event/07-10-2016/fanmeile-am- brandenburger-tor-zur-uefa-euro-2016 , www.visitBerlin.de/en/event/07-10-2016/uefa-euro- 2016-public-viewing I Can Hear Music: Berlin Sounds Even Better in the Open Air! As well as festivals and football, throughout the summer there are outdoor concerts and music events everywhere in the city. Rock Music and Dancing in Berlin: The annual Fête de la Musique is a very special free festival: on 21 June, choirs, DJs, bands and soloists play all over the city long into the night. Rock fans can look forward to the Rock im Grünen free festival on 29/30 July at the Parkbühne Biesdorf. The East Side Music Days from 26-28 August turn the streets to a stage, inviting anyone who makes music to sing and play on the streets between the East Side Park and Oberbaumbrücke. Music fever returns to the city for the Pop-Kultur festival from 31 August to 2 September, which combines concerts, performance, readings and talks with visitBerlin / Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH Press Contact Press Office [email protected] Am Karlsbad 11 Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 956 D-10785 Berlin Fax: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 968 visitBerlin.com press.visitBerlin.com facebook.com/Berlin blog.visitBerlin.com facebook.com/visitBerlin twitter.com/BerlinTourism I Research Text music industry insiders. The Lollapalooza Festival at Treptower Park on 10/11 September rounds off the summer with music, art and North and South American-style street food. www.fetedelamusique.de , www.rockimgruenen.de , eastsidemusicdays.com , www.pop- kultur.berlin/ , www.lollapaloozade.com/festival/ Totally Classical: With the spectacular Deutscher Dom and Französischer Dom as backdrops, you can enjoy classical music at the Classic Open Air on Gendarmenmarkt from 21 to 26 July. And if that’s not enough, the Berlin Philharmonic Open Air on 27 August and the Feuerblumen und Klassik Open Air on 3 September mean that the air in Berlin is filled with classical sounds until late in the summer. www.classicopenair.de , www.berliner- philharmoniker.de/konzerte/kalender/details/23428/ , gruen- berlin.de/nachricht/feuerblumen-und-klassik-open-air-2016 Something Special : Whether it’s in the woods, on the waterside or in a renaissance fortress – you can enjoy music in many unusual places in Berlin. The open air highlights of 2016 include the concerts at the Waldbühne as well as the events at the Citadel Music Festival from 27 May to 28 August. At Jazz am Hafen from 1-3 July, CSD on the Spree on 21 July and the Festival Berlin Beats & Boats on 9 July, there will be music at the capital city’s attractive waterfronts. www.waldbuehne-berlin.de , citadel-music-festival.de , www.partner-fuer- spandau.de/Jazz-am-Hafen_928_0.html , shop.csd-auf-der-spree.de , www.berlin-beats- boats.de Summertime Arts, Culture, and Cinema At the Open Air Gallery on 5 June and 3 July, the Oberbaumbrücke between Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg will be a meeting place for artists and art enthusiasts. The open air exhibition gives artists from all over the world a platform for their creative works. From 15 June, the new open air exhibition “Revolution und Mauerfall” in the courtyard of the Stasi headquarters will be a magnet for anyone with an interest in history. At the summer arts festival “48 Stunden Neukölln” from 24-26 June, the motto this year is “FED UP”, and visitors can experience an artistic look at hunger and excess. Then, on 16 July, the Pop Up Art Festival at the Open Air Club IPSE takes a cultural, musical and culinary trip across Iceland. www.openairgallery.de , revolution89.de , www.48-stunden-neukoelln.de , popartfestival.de The Berlin art and flea markets are also popular open-air meeting places for small arts and crafts. In fine weather, every Sunday, the Mauerpark and its large flea market in Prenzlauer Berg transform into a show stage for karaoke stars, street performers, and acrobats. A real tip for art lovers is the weekend art and flea market on the Straße des 17. Juni. Apart from new handy crafts, visitors will find a great wealth of antique treasures here. The Stoffmarkt am Maybachufer (fabric market at Maybachufer) is a must-see for fashion artists and decorators. Every Saturday, it has everything for sewing and also something to snack on. Every second Sunday, this location also offers a cheerful summer atmosphere with knickknacks, art, and music at the nowkoelln flea market. www.mauerpark.info , www.berlinertroedelmarkt.com , www.neukoellner-stoff.de , www.nowkoelln.de visitBerlin / Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH Press Contact Press Office [email protected] Am Karlsbad 11 Tel.: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 956 D-10785 Berlin Fax: +49 (0)30 26 47 48 – 968 visitBerlin.com press.visitBerlin.com facebook.com/Berlin blog.visitBerlin.com facebook.com/visitBerlin twitter.com/BerlinTourism I Research Text In the evenings from May to September, the Berlin Freiluftkinos (open air cinemas) will also provide cinema and outdoor entertainment. On 4 and 5 September, the Berlin sky itself will become a screen, when the fabulous Pyronale firework show will light up the night sky over the Maifeld at the Olympiastadion. www.freiluftkino-berlin.de , www.pyronale.de/en A trip Outside the City Berlin is an urban island surrounded by nature. Why not take a summer trip to enjoy culture in the beautiful countryside of Brandenburg? One of the highlights of the year is the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg from 24 June to 13 August. In a picturesque setting, singers from more than 40 countries perform at the world’s most famous open air festival for young opera talent. Visitors to the Potsdamer Schlössernacht on 20 August will be enchanted by the sight of the beautiful royal Prussian residences on a balmy summer night. Every two years, the UM Festival invites you to villages in the Uckermark where you can enjoy music, literature and art. This special meeting of culture and nature takes place this year from 9-11 September. www.kammeroper-schloss-rheinsberg.de/index.php , www.potsdamerschloessernacht.de , www.um-festival.de Picnicking in the Parks and Gardens Berlin has more than 2,500 public parks and gardens where you can take a breather on a hot summer day, get some fresh air and lay out your cloth for a nice long picnic. The biggest of these is the Tempelhofer Feld – the second-largest urban green space in Germany – where a gentle breeze blows across the wide open green field and the sunset is just like at sea. Barbecues are allowed in designated areas and there is also plenty of room for skateboarders, inline skaters and kite surfers to go up and down the runway of the 380- hectare airfield. www.thf-berlin.de If you prefer a picnic among majestic flower beds, rippling fish ponds and shady hedges, the beautiful baroque garden of Schloss Charlottenburg is the place for you. The Britzer Garten, which held Germany’s national garden show in 1985 is another ideal place to take a break among topiary, rose beds and flower shows. Chosen in 2002 as one of Germany’s best gardens, it is a place where children can play creatively, and there are exhibitions on flora and fauna. www.spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/schlossgarten-charlottenburg/ , gruen- berlin.de/britzer-garten For three years now, the Mörchenpark has counted among the most-loved popular oases in Berlin's creative scene: A sustainable community garden has grown directly at the former site of the legendary Bar 25 on the River Spree.