Berlin
This musical and visual extravaganza, starring slightly nutty and energetic guys dipped in Smurf-blue latex suits, performs at its own permanent theatre,…
Must-see entertainment in Germany
Friedrichshain
'Space for arts and ideas' is the motto of this progressive performance space in an old riverside pump station. Its programming blurs the boundaries…
Hanover
This 49,000-capacity football stadium is home turf for the Hannover 96 football club. You can pick up available tickets at the ground on the same day for…
Berlin
This teensy, alternative cinema has a stealth location in the back of the graffiti-festooned courtyard of the Haus Schwarzenberg culture centre. It…
Kreuzberg
This beloved open-air cinema screens international current-season, classic and cult flicks in digital quality on the courtyard lawn of the Kunstquartier…
Cologne
For more than 30 years, this well-respected venue has treated music fans to up to 400 concerts a year – mostly jazz, but also folk, indie and pop – on…
Berlin
Back in the 1990s, Sascha Waltz transformed the Sophiensaele into Berlin’s number-one spot for experimental and avant-garde dance. Dance is still big here…
Berlin
A marriage of art nouveau charms and high-tech theatre trappings, this intimate venue in a 1920s-style old ballroom hosts 'contemporary circus' shows that…
Munich
One of the world's best opera companies, the Bavarian State Opera performs to sell-out crowds at the Nationaltheater in the Residenz and puts the emphasis…
Prenzlauer Berg
With space for only 32 cineastes, there’s not a bad seat in the Lichtblick, one of Berlin’s smallest cinemas. It's run by a collective and known for its…
Berlin
This event venue is part of the historic former Wedding crematorium and presents mostly experimental music, dance and other performances in the former…
Kreuzberg
Germany’s most avant-garde and trailblazing theatre comes with a mission to explore changes in the social and political fabric of society, often by…
Berlin
The company founded by Bertolt Brecht in 1949 is based at the neobaroque theatre called Theater am Schiffbauerdamm, where his Threepenny Opera premiered…
Frankfurt am Main
Since 1976, when it began staging live bands (rock, soul, et al), the legendary ‘Batsch’ has seen ’em come and go. Its main premises are in the…
Berlin
Summers in Berlin just wouldn’t be the same without this chilled spot for big-name rock, jazz and comedy acts as well as symphonies under the stars. The…
Berlin
Europe’s largest revue theatre puts on innovative, high-tech and visually stunning shows that are an artistic amalgam of music, dance, costumes,…
Bremen City
Bremen's main company has several theatres in the one complex: Theater am Goetheplatz, where well-known 1970s film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder honed…
Kreuzberg
The old Magnet Club space was reborn as Musik & Frieden, but still presents a winning mix of concerts and parties alongside the occasional comedy night or…
Berlin
Many Berliners live and die by the fortunes of the local soccer team, Hertha BSC, which has seen its shares of ups and downs in recent years, but has…
Kreuzberg
This smallish, frill-free indie and alternative venue, in the crimson-lit catacombs below Schlesisches Tor U-Bahn station, presents genre-spanning gigs by…
Hamburg
Hamburg’s huge Barclaycard Arena (previously sponsored by O2) was extensively refurbished for the 2006 football World Cup, and is home to Bundesliga club…
Munich
This leading ensemble has gone alternative in recent years, staging Shakespeare, Schiller and other tried-and-true playwrights in 21st-century garb and…
Leipzig
Leipzig's famous boys’ choir performs Bach motets and cantatas at 6pm on Friday and 3pm on Saturday at the Thomaskirche, and sings during Sunday services…
Berlin
Steered by Max Reinhardt from 1905 until 1932, the DT still ranks among Germany's top stages. Now under artistic director Ulrich Khuon, the repertoire…
Friedrichshain
With space for 1500 in the former cultural hall of a Cold War–era train repair station, Astra is one of Berlin's bigger indie concert venues, yet it often…
Düsseldorf
Reopened in 2015 by saxophonist Peter van der Heusen, this narrow Altstadt burrow presents live and recorded jazz and related sounds every night that it's…
Hanover
Hanover's newest premium cinema complex is one of Germany's largest, with 10 screens, luxury seating and state-of-the-art, well, everything. Usually shows…
Kreuzberg
In a former red-brick post office, this retro-styled venue draws an easygoing crowd with concerts and parties that don’t chase the latest trends. Expect a…
Frankfurt am Main
Tucked away in the southeastern corner of Konstablerwache, Nachtleben has a cafe with a terrace on the ground floor and hosts concerts that showcase…
Munich
A venerable theatre with an edgy bent, the Kammerspiele delivers provocative interpretations of the classics as well as works by contemporary playwrights…
Friedrichshain
Big bad Berghain's little sister has taken over the former staff canteen of the giant ex-power station. The space holds up to 200 people and mostly puts…
Friedrichshain
The East German film elite once held its movie premieres in this 1960s cinema, whose glamourous get-up of chandeliers and glitter curtains is a show in…
Berlin
Cool cats of all ages come out to this jazz and acoustic music venue, where the audience sits within spitting distance of the performers. Big names like…
Berlin
Fancy taking in a piano concert in a former bus and tram repair station in industrial Wedding? The brainchild of Christoph Schreiber, this unusual…
Kreuzberg
One of Berlin’s finest music venues has set up in the gorgeous slender-columned and brick-vaulted stables of a 19th-century Prussian regiment. The low-key…
Düsseldorf
No German language skills are needed to enjoy the enchanting line-up of acrobats, comedians, magicians, artistes and other variety acts performing under…
Dresden
Small, smoky and smooth, this converted space has concerts featuring regional talent almost nightly (usually jazz, but also blues and rock), then turns…
Fairy-Tale Road
Founded in reaction to mainstream theatre in the 1950s, Göttingen’s Junges Theater has long since professionalised, and enjoys a high reputation…
Bremen City
The local Bundesliga team Werder Bremen is less a football team than a sporting religion. Worship takes place at the Weserstadion, where a seat costs €35…
Fairy-Tale Road
Started as a cabaret and culture venue in 1971, Apex offers the perfect combination of art gallery, performance venue and restaurant. The food (served 6pm…
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