Marzahn offers two distinct focal points for a trip: international garden culture at the Gardens of the World and history around Alt-Marzahn, the museum and the mill. If you are looking for a holiday apartment, you can start by choosing according to your interests: should your stay focus mainly on the themed gardens, or more on exhibitions and historic buildings? The local sights provide specific points of reference, while Berlin, as the wider destination, adds other topics to the mix.
Garden culture at the Gardens of the World
The Gardens of the World in Berlin-Marzahn Recreation Park cover 43 hectares. Visitors can experience garden culture from around the world in nine themed gardens; the park grounds also include extensive meadows, flowerbeds and walking paths. The nine gardens give the visit a clear thematic focus, while the meadows, flowerbeds and paths draw attention to other parts of the grounds. If you want to include a cultural garden stop as a deliberate part of a city break, you can make this variety a focus in its own right.
Alt-Marzahn and district history
The Angerdorf (village green settlement) of Alt-Marzahn has existed since the 13th century. The Marzahn-Hellersdorf District Museum is housed in a former village school and focuses its research and educational work on the history of the district and the localities of Biesdorf, Hellersdorf, Kaulsdorf, Mahlsdorf and Marzahn. A permanent exhibition is complemented by changing themed exhibitions, bringing changing topics into view alongside the broader district-wide perspective. The Marzahn KulturGut is located in a former three-sided farmstead; this historic building type provides another cultural-historical point of reference for a visit.
Post mill and village church
A guided tour of the Berlin-Marzahn post mill offers a practical insight into how things were done in the past: visitors learn how grain becomes bread. The mill is the village’s fourth post mill and has stood there since 1993. Reservations for the tour are recommended. The mill is therefore a good choice if, alongside exhibitions, you are looking for an explanation of a working process as part of your exploration of history.
Two dates stand out at Marzahn Village Church: the listed building dates from 1870–1871, while the baptismal font dates from around 1620. These two dates place the listed building and a single object in different historical periods. The village church thus offers a different way to explore history than the district exhibitions or the working process at the mill.
Berlin as a wider destination
Across the wider destination of Berlin, other parks broaden the choice. Tiergarten is Berlin’s largest and most visited inner-city park; it is suitable for walks, outdoor activities and picnics. People picnic, sunbathe and play sports at Tempelhofer Feld, a large public park. Volkspark Friedrichshain adds sports and playgrounds, outdoor cafés and a barbecue area for summer days. The parks offer different focal points and can be distinguished thematically from the Gardens of the World in Marzahn.
Discover more destinations: Friedrichshagen, Rahnsdorf, Köpenick, Tiergarten, Berlin-Reinickendorf, Weißensee, Steglitz, Charlottenburg
Go to the overview of the wider destination: Berlin.
