Things to do
Berlin in the rain: 10 ideas that work in any weather
It is raining and your plan for the day is washed out? In Berlin that is no reason to stay in your hotel. Here are ten ideas that are even better in the rain than in the sun.
Underground bunker tours from 18 euros, the weather does not matter down there
In the warm indoor pool from 4 euros, sauna from 22 euros
Evenings karaoke, a reading stage or comedy
Rain is part of Berlin, and Berliners rarely let it spoil the day. Here are ten ideas from our articles that work in any weather, from morning to late at night. The linked article tells you what each one costs and how to get there.
During the day
01 Bunkers and escape tunnels
Berliner Unterwelten e.V. leads tours through air-raid shelters in Gesundbrunnen U-Bahn station, the Fichtebunker in Kreuzberg and to a real escape tunnel on Bernauer Straße. Most tours cost 18 euros, and tickets are sold online only. More.
02 Swimming beneath columns
At Stadtbad Neukölln from 1914 you swim among columns and mosaics, and in Charlottenburg's Old Hall from 1898 beneath a glass roof. 90 minutes cost 6 and 4.50 euros respectively. More.
03 Sweating
Music under water at the Liquidrom in Kreuzberg from 22 euros for 90 minutes, or a whole day at Vabali by the main station. Read the swimwear rules first. More.
04 Light art in the dark
At Dark Matter in Lichtenberg, Christopher Bauder shows his light installations, with Winterlights added from 4 November 2026 to 14 February 2027. More.
05 Spies and old arcade machines
A laser maze and lie detector at the German Spy Museum on Leipziger Platz, Pong and the Pain Station at the Computer Games Museum on Karl-Marx-Allee. Both are open daily from 10 am to 8 pm. More.
06 An escape room
At Miraculum in Kreuzberg, escape rooms hide behind a second-hand bookshop, 75 minutes per game, from 45 euros per person. More.
07 Where Berliners eat
A long lunch is never wrong in the rain. Our list separates the classics everyone knows from the places only neighbours usually know. More.
In the evening
08 Karaoke
A private booth at Monster Ronson's in Friedrichshain or King Karaoke in Charlottenburg. Book ahead at weekends. More.
09 Reading stage or comedy
On Sundays at 7 pm the Reformbühne Heim & Welt reads new texts in Prenzlauer Berg, from 5 euros. Stand-up is at Quatsch Comedy Club beneath the Friedrichstadt-Palast. More.
10 A pub with history
Kuchel Eck on Ludwigkirchplatz in Wilmersdorf is a corner pub from 1920, open daily from noon. It is at its cosiest when it rains. More.
And if the rain stays: more ideas for the grey months are in Berlin in winter.