Discover Wilmersdorf: Parks, Culture and Culinary Delights

Wilmersdorf combines extensive green spaces, striking buildings and lively meeting places to create a diverse urban stay. Anyone looking for a holiday apartment in Wilmersdorf can choose between days in the parks, culture and culinary discoveries as the focus of their trip. Particularly varied is the fact that, alongside well-known theatres and architectural monuments, unusual details such as a metro station with partially preserved ceramic decorations, a farmers’ market and a traditional wine fountain are also part of the local landscape.

Green Spaces for Active and Relaxing Days

Volkspark Wilmersdorf is the largest green space in Wilmersdorf. It is part of a roughly two-and-a-half-kilometre-long green belt that follows a glacial channel together with Rudolph-Wilde-Park. Fennsee is the last visible remnant of the former aquatic landscape. The green belt and Fennsee thus point to the area’s landscape history.

In the eastern part of Volkspark, there is a large playground at Hans-Rosenthal-Platz. This lively part of the park is used daily by families, young people and school classes. This makes it possible to plan a varied stay for families with children of different ages: while some may want to spend time in the greenery, the playground provides a separate point of interest.

Preußenpark also creates a distinctive atmosphere. The 55,000-square-metre park has paths leading to a large lawn and is known as a meeting place for Thai-Filipino-German families. Since the mid-1990s, families have increasingly met there for picnics, creating an intercultural meeting place. Anyone interested in food, everyday culture and encounters will find a different way of experiencing Wilmersdorf here than on a traditional museum visit.

Culture Between Schaubühne and Architectural Monuments

Schaubühne has been based in the Mendelsohn building at Lehniner Platz since 1981. The building has been listed as a historical monument since 1979, thereby combining theatre history with architecture. The Protestant Church at Hohenzollernplatz is also an architectural monument. It was built in 1930–33 as a three-aisled basilica with a nave. Auenkirche is considered the mother church of Wilmersdorf, while Schoeler-Schlösschen is described as the oldest house in Wilmersdorf.

The “NoonSong – 30 Minutes of Heaven” series began at the Protestant Church at Hohenzollernplatz on 1 November 2008. It is a service with a vocal concert and free admission held every Saturday at 12 noon. Wilmersdorf is also represented in contemporary art at the Kommunale Galerie Berlin: since 1974, the gallery has been a current forum for all fields of contemporary art in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Anyone can work artistically in the studio of the Kommunale Galerie Berlin.

Special Details and Local Events

Siegfriedbrunnen fountain stands on Rüdesheimer Platz; it was built in 1911 by Emil d. J. Cauer from sandstone. Siegfried is depicted there as a horse driver. Rüdesheimer Platz metro station has octagonal granite central supports and partially preserved ceramic decorations featuring satyrs, fauns, grapes, vine leaves and insects.

A farmers’ market takes place at Hohenzollernplatz on Wednesdays and Saturdays. During the summer months, the Rheingau Wine Fountain is added at Rüdesheimer Platz. The event has been held annually since 1967; winegrowers from the Rheingau-Taunus district serve wines and sparkling wines there. For your travel planning, this creates a clear choice between a market visit on a fixed day of the week and a seasonal wine experience.

Wilmersdorf as a Suitable Base for Your Trip

The choice of a holiday apartment should suit the days you wish to spend on holiday: anyone wanting to spend a lot of time outdoors can include the parks and playground in their plans. Those interested in culture are more likely to focus on theatres, churches, historic buildings and the Kommunale Galerie Berlin. Anyone who enjoys experiencing regional specialities and local meeting places will find several different occasions in the farmers’ market, Preußenpark and the Rheingau Wine Fountain. This keeps the choice of accommodation closely connected to your own pace of travel and preferred experiences, without every day having to look the same.

For more travel ideas, you can also discover Velten, Karow, Schöneberg, Zehlendorf, Rudow, Berlin-Reinickendorf, Adlershof and Kreuzberg.

For the overarching travel overview: Berlin.