Explore Berlin’s green side with this updated guide to the best parks to visit in Berlin. From iconic landscapes and hidden gems to lakeside resting spots, here’s your ultimate park-hopping itinerary.
🌳 1. Tiergarten
Berlin’s sprawling central park and second-largest urban green space (210 ha). Ideal for picnics, waterways, statues, and jogging routes – plus landmarks like the Siegessäule and Cafe am Neuen See.
🌲 2. Grunewald
One of Berlin’s largest forested parks with lakes and hiking trails. A favourite for nature lovers, runners, and anyone craving a peaceful escape from the city bustle.
💧 3. Rummelsburg
Lakeside charm at Rummelsburger Ufer, with strolling paths along the Spree and views back across to the city — perfect for a lazy afternoon.
🎡 4. Volkspark Friedrichshain
Berlin’s oldest public park (49 ha), home to the Märchenbrunnen, open-air cinema, table‑tennis, ping‑pong, and lovely picnic lawns.
🚉 5. Gleisdreieck Park
Once railway wasteland, now a vibrant urban park (31.5 ha) with skate zones, playgrounds, rose gardens, and wild "Gleiswildnis" – a local award-winner. Excellent for families and urban explorers.
🌸 6. Viktoria‑Luise Park
A tranquil neighborhood park with a central fountain, shady trees, Jugendstil surrounding architecture — ideal for a relaxed morning stroll.
🌿 7. Humboldthain
Historic WW2 flak tower ruins set on grassy hills with rose gardens, playgrounds, climbing walls and panoramic views over Wedding.
🌼 8. Bürgerpark Pankow
A 12 ha verdant park along the Panke river, featuring meadows, rose gardens, a café, and family-friendly play areas. Quiet and local-feeling.
🌺 9. Botanischer Garten
One of the world’s most biodiverse botanical gardens, spanning 43 ha in Steglitz. Perfect for wandering exotic greenhouses and seasonal flower shows.
🏛️ 10. Anhalter Bahnhof Park (Elise‑Tilse‑Park)
Built on the former railway lands, offering raised terraces, wildflower meadows, and historical traces – an urban oasis in Kreuzberg.
🚂 11. Nordbahnhof Park
A former railway embankment turned park near Friedrichstraße station – narrow, leafy, and great for a quiet break amid city energy.
🏞️ 12. Monbijoupark
Small but charming 4 ha green space by the Spree near Museum Island. Features a children’s pool, beachfront bar, and scenic views across the river.
🏝️ 13. Pfaueninsel
A UNESCO-protected island palace park in the Havel River, known as “Peacock Island.” Lush forests, historic architecture, and roaming peacocks await.
🛩️ 14. Tempelhofer Feld
The former Tempelhof Airport turned unmissable community park. Massive open space for bike rides, picnics, kite flying, urban gardening, rollerblading, mini‑golf, and BBQs.
🎭 15. Körnerpark
Neukölln’s hidden gem: a landscaped neo-baroque jewel box park with fountains, an orangery café/gallery, weekend concerts, and ornate pathways.
🌺 16. Britzer Garten
A horticultural masterpiece originally created for the 1985 Bundesgartenschau. Spanning 90 ha of flower beds, rhododendron woodlands, playgrounds, lakes, and a rose garden. Entry fee applies.
🌏 17. Gärten der Welt
Explore nine themed international gardens (Japanese, Balinese, Korean, etc.) in Marzahn, plus a cable car — ideal for an all-day botanical journey. Entry fee applies.
