Tiergarten
Berlin's largest inner-city park — 210 hectares of woodland and lawns between Brandenburg Gate and Zoo Station, dotted with monuments, beer gardens and the Victory Column at its heart.
Berlin Wall Trail Bike Tour
Cycle sections of the 160-kilometre Berliner Mauerweg, the marked trail tracing the Wall's entire former route — a guided bike tour covers the most historically dense stretch in a few hours.
Viktoriapark
A hilltop Kreuzberg park with a genuine 24-metre artificial waterfall, a war memorial, a working vineyard and one of the best free skyline views over the neighbourhood.
Grunewald Forest & Wannsee
Berlin's largest forest and one of Europe's biggest inland lidos, side by side in the city's leafy southwest — swim, hike or just escape the sightseeing pace for a few hours.
Mauerpark
A former Wall death-strip turned Sunday institution — a sprawling flea market followed by Bearpit Karaoke, where anyone who wants the microphone gets it in front of a crowd of hundreds.
Markthalle Neun
A restored 19th-century covered market hall in Kreuzberg, home to Street Food Thursday — the market that launched Berlin's street food scene and still draws crowds every week.
Spree River Sightseeing Cruise
A relaxed boat cruise past Museum Island, the government quarter and the East Side Gallery — one of the easiest ways to see a huge amount of central Berlin from a single seat.
Türkischer Markt (Turkish Market at Maybachufer)
A twice-weekly canal-side market in Neukölln piled with cheap produce, fabric, olives and flatbread — a genuinely local, largely tourist-free slice of Berlin's Turkish and Middle Eastern community life.