2. B ER LIN NATIONAL PUB LIC
HOLIDAYS
• 1s t January - New Year
• 10th April - G ood Friday
• 13th April - E as ter Monday
• 1s t May - Labor Day
• 21s t May - As cens ion Day
• 1s t June - Whits un Monday
• 3rd October - Day of G erman Unity
• 25th December - C hris tmas
• 26th December - B oxing Day

3. New Year’s eve party
• Bi
ggest open- r par i the w ord
ai ty n l
• Brandenbur G ate
ger
• M or than a m ii peopl
e lon
l e
• M usi,dancng and spec ul fiew or
c i tac ar r ks

4. International Green Week
• Food,agrc tur ,and hor c tur
iul al tiul al
i
ndustres
i
• 1 to 25 Januar
6 y
• Establi
shed i 1
n 926 (74th ti e)
m
• Fr pr
esh oduc fi m eats,
ts, sh,
and daiy pr
r oduc ts
• w i beer spii specal es
ne, , rts i ti
• BI M ARKT or
O gani pr
c oduc sec on
ts ti

5. Late Night at the Museums
• 31 January
st
• 1 0 m useum s and c tur i tuti
0 ul al nsti ons
• Al ost 40 0 km ²
m
• Exhi ti
bi ons,c l ti and ar obj ts
ol ons
ec t ec

6. Berlinale International Film Festival
• 5 to 1 Febr y
5 uar
• 1of the m ost i por
m tant fi festi s
lm val
• L gest publ l attended fi festi
ar i y-
c lm val
w ordw i
l de
• 40 0 fi s ar show n i sever sec ons
l
m e n al ti

7. M aer usi 20 0 9
zM c
• 20 to 29 M ar h
c
• c poser fr Russi and adj ent
om s om a ac
countres
i
• Str tur and c eptualthi ng,r
uc al onc nki educ on
ti
and sparseness of m usialm ateral
c i,
deconstr ti of hi ialr
uc on storc efer es
enc

8. Carnival of cultures
• M ay 29 to June 1
• peopl fr ar
e om ound the w ord l
• Tr ti
adi onalcothes,food and m usi fr
l c om
di ent ethni c m uni es
ffer c om ti

9. International Berlin Beer-Festival
• 1to 31August
• l
ongest beer garden i the w ord (2km )
n l
• 1'
6 beer r ons'
egi
• l r k m usi,pop,fol and c
i oc
ve c k ountr m usi
y c

10. 23rd Jewish Cultural
• August 29 to Septem ber 6
• ar sts fr I aeland G er any
ti om sr m
• Si e 1
nc 986
• m usi,theater m ovi r
c , es, eadi ngs,and
c ebr ons
el ati

11. Christopher-Street-Day (CSD)
• 27th June
• gays,l ans,bi
esbi sexual and tr
s ansgenders
• M anifestati for equalrghts
on i

12. Berlin-Marathon
• 1 th and 20 th Septem ber (ti 1
9 l 974)
l
• 42. ki eter
1
95 l om s
• pr ofessi onalathletes and am ateur
spor en
tsm

13. Popkomm
• 1 to 1 Septem ber
6 8
• i nati
nter onalpl atfor for the m usi and
m c
enter nm ent i
tai ndustry
•latest industr tr
y ends i num er
n ous c er
onc ts