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19 POTSDAM 1 Admire the work of influential painter
PALACE NIGHTS Marc Chagall at Museum Berggruen.
SATURDAY
2 Sip a cool beer or two in the shade at Prater,
One summer night each the oldest beer garden in the city.
year, the Schloss
Sanssouci in Potsdam celebrates the bygone 3 Feast on international delicacies at the Street AQUARELLA: COURTESY OF AQUARELLA; BEER FESTIVAL: COURTESY OF INTERNATIONALES BERLINER BIERFESTIVAL; BERLIN LACHT, ZACHTACULAR: COURTESY OF BERLIN LACHT; CABARET: MICHAEL KARGUS ALS MC UND ENSEMBLE
era of the Prussian kings in all their pompous Food Thursday event at Markthalle Neun. © JAN SOBOTTKA / WWW.CATONBED.DE; YOUNG EURO CLASSIC: COURTESY OF YOUNG EURO CLASSIC, KAI BIENERT; HUMBOLDT BOX: © SERGEJ HOROVITZ; POTSDAMER SCHLOESSERNAECHTE: © KLAUS BAEDICKER; ICE CREAM: © ISTOCK.
glory. From 5pm until late, the royal palaces
will be brilliantly illuminated and the 4 Get ink inspiration all weekend long at the
expansive gardens filled with Baroque big Tattoo Convention at Arena.
musicians, costumed characters, and culinary
delights. There will be a medley of 5 Fancy a big night out? Enjoy decadent
performances, including the captivating dinner, drinks, & dancing at Bar Tausend.
Quidams street artists, with figures made of
silk, light, and air, all culminating in a 6 Sing along with one of Berlin's fave Sunday
fireworks display at midnight. pastimes: outdoor karaoke in Mauerpark.
www.potsdamer-schloessernacht.de
7 Kafka fans: You can marvel at the original
manuscript of The Trial at Martin-Gropius-Bau.

8 Catch a film at CineStar Potsdamer Platz,
which specializes in movies in English.

9 See Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit
musical CATS (in English!) at Admiralspalast.

10 Take a refreshing dip at Badeschiff, a
swimming pool floating in the Spree River.

11 CABARET 11 Beloved pop & rock singer Pink plays a big
FROM FRIDAY show at Waldbühne tonight.
Travel back in time with
the world-famous 12 Cheer on your fave wrestling stars at
Grandslam Wrestling at Zitadelle Spandau.
musical Cabaret. Based on a novel by
English author Christopher 13 It's summer's musical highlight: Daniel
Isherwood, who lived in Berlin Barenboim and his orchestra at Waldbühne.
during the Roaring Twenties,
Cabaret is the story of the carefree 14 See singer-songwriter Regina Spektor
nightclub-singer Sally Bowles and of perform her musical magic at Tempodrom.
the city's sensual excitement under
the darkening skies of the waning 15 "Godmother of punk" Patti Smith rocks the
Weimar Republic. Performing all crowd at Zitadelle Spandau tonight.
month long at Tipi am Kanzleramt.
www.tipi-am-kanzleramt.de 16 Watch a movie under the stars at Freiluftkino
Kreuzberg, an open-air cinema.
18 YOUNGEURO
CLASSIC 17 The Tanz im August festival continues with a
FROM FRIDAY show from choreographer Michael Clark.
Every summer for 17 days,
the Konzerthaus on 18 The Young Euro Classic festival begins at
Konzerthaus with a youth orchestra concert.
Gendarmenmarkt fills up with music enthusiasts
who've come to take in a good dose of 19 Fill up on culture with the Long Night of the
Beethoven, Mozart, and Strauss Museums event: one ticket, 70+ venues.
as well as contemporary pieces
performed by the best 20 For antique fans, the Sunday flea market on
symphonic youth orchestras Tiergarten's Straße des 17. Juni is a must.
in the world. The musicians
are all young and 21 Hear some cool music at the Experimontag
extremely talented, event at Kreuzberg's Madame Claude bar.
providing high-
quality sound and 22 Admire the famous bust of Nefertiti, queen
impeccable of Ancient Egypt, at the Neues Museum.
technical skills.
Do not miss 23 Attention pop lovers: the annual Pop Kultur
Tchaikovsky's Violin festival begins today at Kulturbrauerei.
Concerto op. 35 on 28
August. www.young- 24 Craft beer fans: check out the unbelievable
euro-classic.de range of brews on tap at Hopfenreich bar.

8 WHERE BERLIN I AUGUST 2017 25 After a summer break, the Philharmonie
returns with a smashing Haydn concert.

26 NYC rock band Interpol headlines at thePure
& Crafted Festival at Rummelsburg.

27 It's Germany vs. France in tonight's big
basketball game at Mercedes-Benz Arena.

28 Admire etchings by artist Lucian Freud,
grandson of Sigmund, at Martin-Gropius-Bau.

29 Legendary hip hop group Cypress Hill raps
this evening at Zitadelle Spandau.

30 Marvel at the amazing acrobats and more in
the Berlin Circus Festival in Tempelhof Park.

31 Cool down with a dip in Schlachtensee, one
of the city's most popular lake outings.

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