Most visitors search for Bundesliga tickets, land on Hertha BSC, and only then find out that Hertha are in the second division and the Bundesliga club is the one out in the woods in Köpenick. Here is which Berlin game you can actually get into, what it costs, and how to read a fixture list that only fixes the weekend.

The Berlin Marathon puts a closed 42 kilometre loop through the middle of the city. Here are the confirmed 2026 start waves, the 2025 closure pattern, practical crossing advice and the places where watching is worth the effort.

Festival of Lights Berlin 2026 runs from October 9-18. Here is the local walking route through the strongest confirmed preview locations, from Alexanderplatz to Potsdamer Platz.