Summer in Berlin - Open Air City

Summer in the city - in Berlin that means fun, and there's something for every taste. Take a refreshing drink at a beergarden or a beach bar, or go for a swim in one of the city's many bathing beaches (clothing optional). After dark take in a movie at an open-air cinema. Check back soon for a guide to the coolest summer hotspots.

Open-air bathing

• Strandbad Wannsee: Wannseebadweg 25 (Tel. 803 54 50), 8am -8pm, €4 / €2.50, after 5.30pm €2
• Sommerbad Kreuzberg: Prinzenstraße 113 (Tel. 616 10 80), 7am - 7pm, €4 / €2.50
• Kombibad Seestraße: Seestraße 80 (Tel. 45 50 82-0), 8am 8pm, €4 / €2
• Sommerbad Pankow: Wolfshagener Straße 91 (Tel. 47 49 72-0), 9am - 7pm, €4 / €2.50
• Kombibad Gropiusstadt: Lipschitzallee 27 (Tel. 60 97 19-0), 7.30am - 7pm, €4 / €2.50 (€2 before 9.30 am and after 5.30pm)
• Kombibad Mariendorf: Ankogelweg 95 (Tel. 74 06 78 30), 7am - 7pm, €4 / €2.50
• Strandbad Müggelsee: Fürstenwalder Damm 838 (Tel. 674 98 13), 9am - 6pm, free
  
• Strandbad Weißensee, Berliner Allee (Tel. 925 32 41), 10am - open end, €4 / €2.50.
• Strandbad Orankesee: Gertrudstraße 7 (Tel. 986 40 32), 9am 7pm Uhr, €4 / €2.50.
• Strandbad Wendenschloss: Möllhausenufer 30, (Tel. 651 71 71), 7.30am - open end, €2.50 / €1, children 9yrs or less 50 cent.

Penguin's favourite: Strandbad Müggelsee

Beach Bars

Berlin may not have much in the way of actual sea, but it's full of sand and has miles of river banks - what better excuse for a beach bar (Strandbar)? They're open from the end of April / beginning of May and are great alternatives to the traditional beergardens.

• Mitte
  • Capital Beach
  • Bundespressestrand
  • Strandbar Mitte
• Friedrichshain
  • Bar25
  • Oststrand
  • Space Beach
  • YAAM
• Kreuzberg
  • Kiki Blofeld
• Other
  • Oranke am See