Freiluftkino Hasenheide is featured in our Cee Cee No.2 Book, which is available for purchase here.

Lights dangle over the entrance and illuminate the path to two small wooden ticket booths. Once you’ve bought your ticket, go through the metal gate, guarded by dense trees, and emerge into an amphitheater with a huge screen. Since 1945, a former summer theatre has stood next to a petting zoo and a mini-golf course in the Volkspark Hasenheide in Neukölln, which opened in the mid-twenties. While originally used for theatrical performances and concerts, the amphitheater became an open-air cinema in the 80s. As there is only room for projectors without a teller system, a 10-minute break in each show means that you can visit the small snack bar to pass the time while you look forward to the second half of the film. Arthouse productions rub elbows with Oscar winning blockbusters in the diverse selection of films. Coming up this weekend are two we can stand behind: The Lobster, playing on Friday night and Lion, screening on Saturday. Keep your fingers crossed for sunshine! (Text: Stephanie Johne / Photos: Daniel Farò)

Freiluftkino Hasenheide, Volkspark Hasenheide, 10967 Berlin-Neukölln; map
May-September, check website for screening times

Körnerpark is featured in our Cee Cee No.2 Book, which is available for purchase here.

In 2016, Körnerpark turned 100 years old. The green space has seen generations of Berliners walking, running, picnicking, relaxing and wandering through its grounds over the last century. Tucked away in a residential nook of Neukölln, the park resembles a large, sunken palatial garden with flower beds, fountains and an orangery in which the Galerie im Körnerpark and its café reside. Ready to mix up your park routine this summer? Swap the dusty ground of Templehofer Feld for the lush long grass of this little corner of green paradise. Total tranquility is only a picnic blanket, a novel and a cold drink away. Oh, and for when afternoon drifts into evening, there’s pizza by the slice and gelato nearby, plus a host of understated but excellent Emser Kiez cocktail bars that await just around the corner. (Text: Antonia Harris / Anna Dorothea Ker / Photos: Daniel Farò)

Körnerpark, Schierker Str.8, 12051 Berlin-Neukölln; map