UNDERGROUND DANCEFLOORS, MEXICAN BRUNCH & OPEN STUDIOS: BERLIN AT ITS PUREST WITH CC’S CALENDAR TIPS

This weekend is an ode to pure Berlin: a guide from the museum to the underground, from the club to the art, then into a courtyard and, with international flavors on your lips, all the way to the Landwehrkanal. Here are CC’s Calendar tips for a very Berlin October.
Today (01.10.), Gropius Bau hosts a Late Shift built around Gabriele Stötzer’s exhibition Dabei sein und nicht schweigen. Conversations and performances revolve around justice, self-assertion and unbowed spirits. Heike Geißler, Julia Grosse and Minh Duc Pham are among those taking part. Stötzer herself has combined artistic work with political resistance ever since her activism against the GDR regime. Something quiet but beautiful awaits you from Friday (02.–04.10.) at Karlshorst’s trotting track. At Design Börse Berlin, everything revolves around design classics. Mid-century, Bauhaus and other pieces with a magnificent past wait to be discovered. The perfect spot, then, for anyone who can always find room for one more piece at home.

From Friday (02.–12.10.), Tag der Clubkultur celebrates Berlin’s club scene with around 130 events. Under the motto “Stay Core”, it asks what holds club culture together when spaces disappear and costs rise. A few tasters: to kick things off, Borderscapes traces the links between the Wall, techno and global border regimes. At Heels & Lashes, performances, drawing and personal stories from sex workers come together. And at Beate Uwe, DJ workshops for FLINTA*, panels and flagship projects by Femquency connect and forge alliances. A special moment of dance remembrance then opens on Saturday (03.10.) at Kraftwerk with Tanzflächen der Wiedervereinigung (“Dance Floors of Reunification”). In its underground rooms, the exhibition looks at Berlin club culture around the time of reunification and is open to the public until the end of November 2026.

And because every night out makes you hungry, you should head straight to Maybachufer afterwards. Over the weekend (03.–04.10.), Elotl takes over the kitchen at Freunde für Immer for a Mexican brunch. On the table: chilaquiles con mole, enchiladas and panuchos, and of course specialty coffee, matcha and other alcohol-free drinks. Known for being especially loud to bite into are the croques from Kroque Berlin. At the grand opening on Saturday (03.10.), the new location on Senefelder Straße opens with sandwiches, cocktails and music from Gigi Gonzalez and Divadorable. One more DJ is being kept secret for now. Just so you know, there will be photos and filming too, in case that affects your outfit.

One reason to head towards Gendarmenmarkt on Sunday (04.10.) is the Konzerthaus and its free open day. In the Great Hall, the Konzerthausorchester under Oscar Jockel plays excerpts from “Fidelio”, followed later by Schubert and new works for the Konzerthaus hyperorgan. Outside on the stage, meanwhile, ney, santur and trumpet meet hip-hop beats, alongside future pop from Madanii. For children, there are instruments to try out, a sound memory game and much more.

You are just as welcome at Wedding on Sunday (04.10.), at Open Studios, more than 50 artists and designers open up their studios and workshops in the historic Gerichtshöfe. Paintings, sculpture, photography, digital works and performances are on show, along with the artists themselves. They will also lead tours of the site! In between, it is worth taking a break in the large inner courtyard. Where is your favorite place to linger in Berlin?

Text: Emma Zylla / Photos: Katharin Ahrend, Cashmere, Jascha Müller-Guthof, Andrea Rojas, Gropius Bau

Gropius Bau, Niederkirchnerstr.7, 10963 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Spätschicht x Gabriele Stötzer 01.10.2026 20–22h

@gropiusbau

Trabrennbahn, Treskowallee 159, 10318 Berlin–Karlshorst; map
Design Börse Berlin 02.–04.10.2026

@designboerseberlin

Tag der Clubkultur
02.–12.10.2026. Find the full program here.

@tagderclubkultur

Kraftwerk, Köpenicker Str.70, 10179 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Tanzflächen der Wiedervereinigung 03.10.–09.11.2026

@dancefloors_after_89
@tresorberlin
@tresorfoundation
@kraftwerkofficial
@ohmberlin
@clubcommission

Freunde für Immer, Maybachufer 8, 12047 Berlin–Neukölln; map
Mexican Brunch 03.–04.10.2026 10–16h

@_elotl_
@freundefuerimmerberlin

Kroque, Senefelder Str.4, 10437 Berlin–Prenzlauer Berg; map
Grand Opening 03.10.2026 11–21h

@kroque_berlin
@josuekshl
@gigigonzalez8_
@divadorable_

Konzerthaus Berlin, Gendarmenmarkt 2, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map
Tag der offenen Tür 04.10.2026 11–17h. Find the full program here.

@konzerthausberlin

Gerichtshöfe, Gerichtstr.12–13, 13347 Berlin–Wedding; map
Open Studios 04.10.2026 12–20h

@gerichtshoefe

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Cafes

BOMA — A GATHERING PLACE FOR ART, LUNCH CREATIONS & SPECIALTY COFFEE

In a city where one opening follows the next, it’s worth asking what still makes a place feel exciting and unique. Perhaps it’s that first impression — the “ah, someone really thought about this” moment, the revelation of a concept, an intention that rings true from menu to interior. Boma in Prenzlauer Berg does exactly that. By weaving together food, memory, heritage, culture, and art, it has become a place with soul.

Traditionally, a “boma” in southern Africa refers to a gathering place. Boma, as a neighborhood living room, is a modern, urban interpretation of that concept.

Behind it is Tracey Jane Harker, Boma’s founder, who hails from South Africa and has called Berlin home for the past three years. As a chef on superyachts, she spent the last ten years traveling to some of the most extraordinary places in the world, and has since made it her mission to bring the cultural and culinary diversity she encountered onto her menu. The interior draws on the stark landscape of South Africa’s Karoo, where she once owned a self-sufficient farm with olive and citrus trees — one of her favorite places, the atmosphere of which she translated into Boma with the Berlin circular-design studio Materialista. The result is a space where time slows down a little, and where guests want to stay for hours.

The menu is created based on what’s freshest at the market that day. The food is unfussy, yet deliberately combines components from the most far-flung corners of the world: Korean gochugaru beurre noisette meets Egyptian dukkah and Parmigiano Reggiano, all on one plate. Alongside it, expect specialty coffee, matcha from Kyo Atelier, and the city’s only rooibos latte, served as the house specialty.

Boma’s philosophy, “Ubuntu,” also reflects the young founder’s cultural heritage. The South African concept of empathy and collective responsibility forms the foundation of Boma, visible in how guests are welcomed and how the space collaborates with local creatives and independent producers. Alongside handmade South African specialties, pick up olive oil from Signor Oil, products from 7000 Islands, and wines from Sotamesa and A Taste of Opera, and buy rotating works by local artists straight off the wall! Berlin’s founders and creatives work together in support of one another, because the idea is as simple as it is beautiful: the individual can only thrive if the community thrives too, and vice versa.

On the first Thursday of every month, Boma hosts a Cape Town-inspired event series featuring local artists, South African snacks and live music. Updates on pop-ups and collaborations are shared on Boma’s Instagram, and you can also look forward to the upcoming Boma Supper Club!

Text: Jessica Röhr / Photos: Adi Christian

Boma, Winsstr.9, 10405 Berlin–Prenzlauer Berg; map

@boma_berlin

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HIGH PROTEIN STORE — JUIT BRINGS HEALTHY FROZEN FOOD TO MITTE

It’s time to admit that, in all this self-care mania, we’ve set ourselves unrealistic standards. Because who, alongside a full-time job or studies, the gym, yoga, seeing friends, keeping the flat clean, and eight hours of sleep, actually has time to cook fresh, nourishing food every day as well?

Pretty much no one, and that’s officially no longer a problem. Berlin start-up Juit offers an alternative to pricey delivery orders and highly processed frozen food.

Dishes like honey-lime chicken, wagyu meatballs with sesame teriyaki, and linguine with avocado & lime are freshly prepared from top-quality ingredients, then shock-frozen straight into your freezer drawer, ready in eight minutes flat from the microwave. If the words “frozen” and “microwave” still make you break into a cold sweat, rest assured, shock-freezing preserves the vitamins, nutrients, and flavor of the ingredients. You can filter over forty ready-to-heat dishes by preference: vegan, vegetarian, meat, fish, high protein, low calorie — whatever you and your body need right now.

Alongside convenient online ordering for delivery to your home, you can now also drop by the Juit Store in Mitte. Whether during your lunch break, between appointments, or as post-gym fuel, pick the dish of your choice from one of the fridges (here, too, everything is pre-filtered by ingredients, calories, and protein), then use the microwaves on site to enjoy right away.

Developed by chefs and nutrition experts using natural, regional ingredients, the result is a product that asks you to sacrifice neither time nor taste. Juit offers up to 62g of protein per portion, high-quality Wagyu from German pasture farming, creative combinations with an ideal macronutrient balance, and the simplest possible preparation. Self-care can also mean accepting support. Juit has done the cooking so you have time for everything else the week has in store.

Maybe for you, that’s the Berlin Marathon this week? Juit has you covered there too. From 25.–28.09, the Zimmerstraße store will transform into the Juit x Therabody Recovery Lounge, featuring JetBoots, Theragun and SmartGoggles for post-run recovery. On Monday (28.09.), swing by the store with your hard-earned marathon medal and receive a discounted Juit meal plus a free Dryll electrolyte drink.

Text: Jessica Röhr / Photos: Robyn Steffen

Juit, Zimmerstr.69, 10117 Berlin–Mitte; map
Order online here.

@juit

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Culture, Medienpartnerschaft

MUBI FEST IS BACK

From 02.-04.10.2026, Mubi Fest returns. Like last year, the hub is Silent Green, this time joined by Kino Arsenal. The program pulls you in, picks you up, and takes you straight to the cinema.

We’re kicking things off with the Berlin premiere of Coward, a queer Mubi Release. Its protagonist, Pierre, is desperate to find his place amid the trenches and frontlines of the First World War. At the front, he meets Francis, who is staging a play there. As the world collapses around them, a tender love story unfolds.

Hale County, Tag für Tag is a collaboration with C/O Berlin, inspired by the current exhibition “The Heart of the Matter”. Mubi and the gallery are screening the film by RaMell Ross. The theme remains the same: How is Black life represented in photography and film, and who holds the power to define it? Ross created a poetic documentary that follows the Black community in rural Alabama over five years.

At midday, we pick up where the previous evening left off at the Mubi Live Podcast, a conversation with director Lukas Dhont. His work is shaped by a fine-tuned sensitivity to themes such as gender, sexuality and empathy, and Coward is no exception. Talking with Mubi podcast host Rico Gagliano, he discusses surprising inspirations and his career so far.

For fans of fashion and excess, next up is Making Marie Antoinette, the documentary about Sofia Coppola’s iconic film, directed by none other than her mother, Eleanor. At the talk When Artwork and Trailers Become Iconic, Mubi’s Creative Studio explains what makes a good trailer. What does it take to captivate an audience in just a few minutes? Afterwards, actor Langston Uibel and Matthijs Wouter Knol (Director of the European Film Academy) swap notes on their favorite trailers.

If Saturday (03.10.) still isn’t enough for you, head to what is probably the year’s best sapphic production. Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is pure ecstasy: fake blood on pastel and clever play with clichés. This contemporary take on 80s slasher horror aesthetics offers meta layers galore, dyke drama, a truly great scene with Kentucky Fried Chicken and, of course, gay icon Gillian Anderson alongside Hannah Einbinder, with wonderfully offbeat chemistry.

We start Sunday (04.10.) in the snow. Nuisance Bear is a documentary about the troubles of the polar bear. It makes the bear its protagonist and, along the way, upends prevailing conventions of nature documentaries. An Inuit guide leads us through the film and through the question of who shared landscapes actually belong to. Clear answers are in short supply.

The finale is the animated film Bouchra. Bouchra, a Prada-wearing lesbian filmmaker and coyote, sets out to make a film about her life in New York. In doing so, she confronts the tangled dynamics of past relationships and reaches out to her mother, who still lives in Casablanca. Moving between live action and 3D animation, the film bids farewell to old ideas and representations of queer identity and generational crises, without glossing over them.

That’s just the tasting menu; the full program is on the website. So, take a look, book your tickets, and head to the cinema. It’s going to be a celebration.

Text: Inga Krumme / Credits: Mubi, Sofia Coppola

Mubi Fest
02.–04.10.2026. Find the full program here.

@mubideutschland

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Guests, Restaurants

RRAM: NOSTALGIC THAI CUISINE — RECOMMENDED BY GRETA BUSCHHAUS

Anyone looking for Tom Kha Gai and mango sticky rice will search in vain. But there’ll be no disappointment, because what they will find is far better: Thai home cooking. Rram is the result of extensive research in Thailand, spanning three-Michelin-star restaurants to street stalls, drawing on generational recipes and testing and refining authentic Thai cuisine.

You can taste and feel the nostalgia this restaurant concept is built on. If you do it right (order several dishes), the small table will overflow with delicacies: from minced pork with Thai basil to grilled corn with datterini tomatoes.

Rram doesn’t think of its cuisine as a collection of individual dishes, but as an interplay. To me, they also work brilliantly on their own, but the more, the merrier! That principle of interplay runs through the restaurant: tables are set with vintage-look plates in floral, ornamental patterns, Deutschrap plays in the background, and Thai posters hang on the walls.

Meat-eaters shouldn’t leave without ordering Panaeng Moo (smoked panaeng curry with pork cheek, chili and Thai basil). Plant-based eaters are far from forgotten. 33.3 percent of the menu is vegan — even the fish sauce has been “veganized.”

Rram is a triumph thanks to the creativity of chef Don Santanaviboon, who, at just 31, has now opened his third restaurant with this one. As a fan of his previous restaurants, Tossakan and Maiyarap, I’d venture to say, with Rram, he’s outdone himself. Word is getting around, and anyone wanting to go should book straight away. And those still missing those supposed Thai classics, try mango sticky rice and tom kha gai in cocktail form: Cream & Mamuang and Tom Kha Sour.

Text: Greta Buschhaus / Photos: Rram

Six years ago, Greta Buschhaus moved from London to Berlin and has lived in Mitte ever since. She works as a journalist, mostly covering political topics. In her private life, she’s drawn to restaurants across the city.

Rram, Torstr.173, 10115 Berlin–Mitte; map

@rram.berlin

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UNDERGROUND DANCEFLOORS, MEXICAN BRUNCH & OPEN STUDIOS: BERLIN AT ITS PUREST WITH CC’S CALENDAR TIPS

BOMA — A GATHERING PLACE FOR ART, LUNCH CREATIONS & SPECIALTY COFFEE

HIGH PROTEIN STORE — JUIT BRINGS HEALTHY FROZEN FOOD TO MITTE

MUBI FEST IS BACK

RRAM: NOSTALGIC THAI CUISINE — RECOMMENDED BY GRETA BUSCHHAUS