May 12-18: Street Food Festival, Women's Run, Museum Day, and more!
Things to do in Berlin - Week of May 12!
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What’s in store for you this week:
👩🏻❤️💋👨🏻 Kennt ihr schon...? ü30 Special
🤖 A MAZE. / Berlin 2026
🌮 Bites & Bikes Street food Festival
🏃♀️ Vitamin Well - Women’s Race
🎶 Lights Up: The Unscripted Musical
🏛️ International Museum Day 2026
🎤 Refugio Library Spoken Word Open Mic
📅 Spotlight - Sponsored
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🎫 This Week’s Giveaways
We have 2 tickets to 👩🏻❤️💋👨🏻 Kennt ihr schon...? for two subscribers. To enter the raffle, hit the ❤️ button (top or bottom of this email/post) and send an email to this email address with the subject line “DATING”.
We are giving away 5 double passes (plus a food tour) to 🌮 Bites & Bikes Streetfood Festival for five subscriber to go with +1. To enter the raffle, hit the ❤️ button (top or bottom of this email/post) and send an email to this email address with the subject line “Food Festival”.
We have 3 tickets to 🎶 Lights Up! The Unscripted Musical for three subscribers. To enter the raffle, hit the ❤️ button (top or bottom of this email/post) and send an email to this email address with the subject line “Lights Up”.
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1. Kennt ihr schon...? ü30 Special
Offline-Dating der anderen Art. Ihr habt genug vom Swipe-Chaos und endlosen Chats? Dann lernt euch endlich wieder persönlich kennen. Kein Standard-Dating, sondern Raum für echte Persönlichkeiten. Eure Freund:innen stellen euch in maximal 5 Minuten dem Publikum vor – charmant, spontan, ehrlich und mit jeder Menge Spaß! More info.
⭐ They are giving away 2 free slots for presenting singles!
💵 €15+
📅 13 May (Wed)
📍 Werkhain
2. A MAZE. / Berlin 2026
The 15th edition of this Berlin festival brings together people who make and think about independent and arthouse games, playful media, and related digital work. The event is a mix of in-person and online programs, with talks, showcases, and space to play and meet. It is aimed at developers, artists, and anyone curious about game culture outside the mainstream blockbuster lane. More info.
💵 €20
📅 13 May (Wed) - 16 May (Sat)
📍 Various venues
⭐ partnership
3. Bites & Bikes Street food Festival
A two-day Street Food Festival in Jules | B-Part! Expect international stalls, vegan and gluten-free options at many stands, and live music alongside a market-style layout. It is the first festival in Berlin built around food served from cargo bikes, with room for kids, local producers, and side conversations on food and sustainability. More info.
💵 €3+fee
📅 16 May (Sat) - 17 May (Sun)
4. Vitamin Well - Women's Race
Berlin’s women-focused running day returns in May with several distances, from a timed or untimed 5K to a 10K, walking and Nordic walking options, a girls’ run, a short Bambini run for children, and a competitive 10K. The classic route threads through Tiergarten from Straße des 17. Juni past major landmarks and back to the same start and finish line. More info.
💵 €6-€42
📅 16 May (Sat)
⭐ partnership
5. Lights Up: The Unscripted Musical
Lights Up! is an unscripted musical comedy where your suggestions become the show. It’s “pure magic on stage” as the characters, songs, plot, and choreography are all conjured live, from nothing, by a cast of professional musical theater performers. Since their 2023 Edinburgh Fringe debut, Kaleidoscope have toured the UK and Europe, earning a reputation for fearless, virtuosic, unpredictable theatre. More info.
💵 €12-15
📅 17 May (Sun), 18.00
6. International Museum Day 2026
International Museum Day is a worldwide initiative with a yearly theme; this year’s motto is "Museums as Bridge Builders / Museums uniting a divided world". In Berlin it highlights how many museums shape research, preservation, and public life. Participating institutions across the city take part on the Sunday, often with special programming, while many sites treat admission as free or reduced for the day. The program.
💵 Usually free
📅 17 May (Sun)
📍 Various locations
Submitted Event
7. Refugio Library Spoken Word Open Mic
Refugio Library is running a spoken-word open mic at Refugio Café in Neukölln. The event includes guest Sinthujan Varatharajah, who works as an essayist, researcher, and political geographer, alongside an open floor where people can step up in any language they like. The room is informal, aimed at listeners and readers who want live text rather than a polished stage show. More info.
💵 Free
📅 15 May (Fri)
Restaurant Suggestion:
Tenur - Kurdish Restaurant (⭐4/5)
This is a Kurdish restaurant in Kreuzberg that recently updated its menu. It used to focus more on grilled dishes, but now offers a wider variety of food from across the region, including Kurdish specialties, Arabic mezze, and Turkish dishes. The owner is extremely friendly and welcoming, which adds a lot to the experience. The atmosphere feels very traditional, with Kurdish and Turkish music playing in the background, paintings of Kurdistan on the walls, and tablecloths that resemble regional handicrafts. The food is solid, with both meat and vegetarian options available. We tried the Manti with meat, which are small dumplings filled with meat and served in a yogurt sauce. We also had Kutilk, a Kurdish dumpling dish with veal filling, also served with yogurt sauce. They bring warm bread to the table as well. Prices are around €20 per person including a soft drink, and they accept both cash and cards.
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