Couchsurfing

Since  I'm in Berlin, this has been one of the main source of free activities. Random people creates activities free to join, based on their own interests.
Activities like: frisbee playing, volleyball, soccer, pub crawls, Spati crawls, movies, BBQ, visit to abandoned places, ....


Fully reccommended to people who likes to do stuff but does not know people in Berlin yet.
Feel free to create your own activities too.
More Information:  http://www.couchsurfing.org/search/activity/in/current

Brown Bears

One of the most surprising things in Berlin is how huge rooms are. Recently I was living in a massive 30 sq meters room with high ceilings. Another story is to build a 30sq meter enclosure and fit 2 bears in there.

 I'm not familiar with the story of this 2 brown bears but finding them enclosed in the middle of Berlin is quite sad. 

 

Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6llnischer_Park#B.C3.A4renzwinger
Address: Rungestraße 3-7 (Köllnischen Park), 10179 Berlín
Best time to visit: All year round.
How to Get there:  U8: Heirich-Heine-Straße ; U2: Märkisches Museum

Deutscher Bundestag Dome

The roof terrace and dome of the Reichstag Building can be visited, and offer spectacular views of the parliamentary and government district and Berlin’s sights.



Admission is free; advance registration required.

 

Online registration and date request: https://visite.bundestag.de/BAPWeb/pages/createBookingRequest.jsf?lang=en
Official Website: http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/visits/kupp.html
Address: Platz der Republik 1, 11011 Berlin
Best time to visit: All year round.
Opening Hours:  Daily from 8.00 to 23.00
How to Get there:  S1,S2,U55: Brandenburg Tor ; U55: Bundestag

Volkspark Friedrichshain

Beautiful park located in the former East Berlin. Great place for jogging, cycling, skating, volleyball Beach playing, walking and even rock climbing.

Actually the rock climbing place are few small stones, good enough to improve your technique. Do not expect anything fancy. There is also a Beach Volleyball area, but I think it's only available during summer time. There is a Tennis pitch but not sure if it's private.

There is a pretty funny Propaganda looking statue, apparently being a Monument to the Spanish Civil war. The shinier colour fist makes the statue more impressive. Check also for the Fairy Tale Fountain. 

 

Address: Volkspark Friedrichshain, 10243 Berlin
Best time to visit: All times, all year long
How to Get there:  Tram: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 20

                             Busses: 100, 142, 200, 257, 340
                             U 5 till Strausberger Platz
                             S 4, 8, 85 till Landsberger Allee
                             (10 minutes walking distance in all cases)

Wikipedia Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkspark_Friedrichshain
Official Berlin Information Site: http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt/berlin_move/en/laufstrecken/laufstrecke11.shtml

East Side Gallery

This is one of the MUST places in Berlin. Around 1.5 km of the original Berlin Wall are here. Nice to walk around there at any time of the day. Week ends tent to be more busy, nights are almost empty.

The wall has been painted by artist from all over the world. Some of the pains are cheesy, some satirical and some funny. 

 

Adress:  Mühlenstraße 6, 10243, Berlin
Best time to visit: All year round. Any time of the day. It's also good to visit it at night time
How to Get there:  U1, M10,S7,75,S5,S3: Warshauer Str
Wikipedia Site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Side_Gallery
Official site: http://www.eastsidegallery-berlin.de/

Tempelhofer Airport

 Not Many cities can claim that they've turned an old unused airport into a massive Park in the middle of a City.

Tempelhof Airport (check Wikipedia article to know more about it) was closed in 2008 and the space was made free for people to walk, play football, windsurf, kitesurf, barbecue, .... even gardening.

This is a perfect place to spend the day biking, running, doing wind sports, or just laying down in the grass.

The landing strips still have the paintings on and some of the traffic signs and road names are preserved.

There are also couple of planes exhibited.

 

I'm not sure if there is a way to get closer to them, but both models that I've seen are behind a fence. 

Random people seem to gather there for soccer games, specially on the week ends.
Apparently there park starts getting busier and more interesting during spring ans summer.

There is a BBQ area but I did not check it yet. I might update this post by summer when I can personally check that out.

Wind sport lovers will find this place awesome. Grab anything that creates wind resistance plug it into a board with wheels and here you go, you got a land version of any famous wind activity such as windsurfing and kytesurfing. 

Its amazing to see the people on the picture below performing up to 1.5 meters, or maybe more, jumps with this equipment and falling into hard ground.

 

 Inline skating, biking,... just name it and it can be done there. The landing strip are fully available for any sport and there are massive patches of grass for the ones who prefer soft ground for running, jumping, ....

There is also a funny garden on the side closest to Neukoln. Apparently locals created they own patches of garden to grow some stuff. All the garden and furniture is made from recycled materials and  second hand furniture. Very original. Looking forward to walk through during spring time when flowers bloom. 

Best time to visit:

You can visit the park all year long but best timing is spring and summer. Keep in mind that the park closes at night. The schedules changes depending on the months. The official website shows the opening hours.

Getting there:

There are several access points to the Park.See map below. You can get off at any of the following U Bahn and S Bahn Stations. 

U6: Paradestr

U6, S41,S42: Tempelhof 

U8: Leinestr

More Information:

Official site: http://www.tempelhoferfreiheit.de

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Tempelhof_Airport
Address: Tempelhof Airport (THF), Mühlenstraße 15-17, 12247 Berlin (see Google Maps Link below)