Long Night of Museums

When? January 28th, 2012

Where? Rotes Rathaus, 10178 Berlin

Admission? €10 to €15

Contact? www.lange-nacht-der-museen.de

On almost 400 square kilometres – between Glienicke Palace, the Museum at the Waterplant Friedrichshagen and the Museum of Local History Reinickendorf – more than 100 museums and cultural institutions are giving access to their exhibitions, collections and art objects throughout the night, enriched by a variety of events.

There will also be concerts, readings, theatricals and much more.

Internationale Tourismus Börse - ITB

When? March 7th - 11th, 2012

Where? Messe ICC, Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin

Admission? to be confirmed

Contact? www.itb-berlin.de

With more than 180,000 visitors, among these 108,000 trade visitors, and over 10,000 exhibitors from 180 countries ITB Berlin is the leading B2B-Platform of all tourism industry offers. In addition, the world’s largest tourism convention Market Trends & Innovations provides unique opportunities to benefit from the leading think tank of the global tourism industry. All levels of the value added chain are present: Tour operators, booking engines, destinations, airlines, and hotels up to car rentals.

Carnival of Cultures

When? May 25th - 28th, 2012

Where? Blücherplatz 1, 10961 Berlin

Admission? Free

Contact? www.karneval-berlin.de

Just as every other year, Berlin is going to proudly present the Carnival of Cultures, which will take place between May 25th and May 28th in 2012, with a four-day street-festival, the Parade (28th of May) and various parties throughout the whole city.

Approximately 5.200 protagonists will perform on- and off-stage during the programme of the street festival and will participate in the Parade on Sunday. The city expects about 1.4 million visitors from all over the world, who will join this gigantic summer-festival.

DMY - International Design Festival

When? June 6th - 10th, 2012

Where? Platz der Luftbrücke 5, 12101 Berlin

Admission? Free

Contact? www.dmy-berlin.com

DMY Berlin is a contemporary design platform founded in 2003. It developed from a visionary nucleus of leading creative thinkers from the Berlin design scene, whose expertise lay in the recognition and transformation of current as well as coming trends in culture and design.

DMY holds the yearly DMY International Design Festival in Berlin in summer, which has established itself into a scene-meeting place, trend barometer, design laboratory and playground over the years.

Christopher Street Day Berlin

When? June 2012

Where? Straße des 17 Juni

Admission? Free

Contact? www.csd-berlin.de

The Berliner CSD will be 34 in June 2012. Thirty-four years in which the Community has been developing its diversity and its political aims. But discrimination towards gays, lesbians, transgenders and bisexuals still exists. A proud number of 500,000 people went onto the streets last year. The event as the biggest gay-lesbian “holiday” will this year once again be an appropriate platform to add the right weight to long overdue demands.

The CSD is held in memory of the first big uprising of homosexuals against police assaults in Greenwich Village (New York, USA) on June 27, 1969. The so-called Stonewall Riots took place in the bar Stonewall Inn. The first German CSDs took place in Bremen and Berlin in 1979.

ILA Berlin Air Show 2012

When? September 11th - 16th, 2012

Where? Airport Berlin-Schönefeld

Admission? €11 to €17

Contact? www.ila-berlin.de

The Berlin Air Show will present a wide-ranging review of advanced aviation and space technology on the ground and in the air. Increasing specialisation in the aerospace field has led to a growing emphasis on a number of specific areas of business, a development to which the ILA has responded by creating various segments designed to reflect the present market situation. These include Commercial Aviation, Space Flight, Defence and Security, Equipment, Aero Engines and Materials, as well as General Aviation. With some 100 accompanying conferences the ILA 2012 will be augmenting its already dominant position as the leading international trade show and conference event for the aerospace sector. During the first three days admission to the ILA will be restricted to trade visitors only.