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Berlin's Christmas Garden is brilliantly illuminated

In Berlin, festive lights light up the night in the Botanical Garden. For the fourth year running, Berlin's Christmas Garden enchants visitors during the Advent season and beckons them on a trip through a magical world.

A journey through the Christmas forest

This year again, the Christmas Garden opens during the Advent season in Berlin with countless lights. Under the theme "The magical journey begins at dusk" it takes visitors through the illuminated Botanical Garden. On their quest for the light of Christmas, they follow the dark paths into the magic garden.
Bright starry night

In the Christmas Garden, there are small and large light installations, with entire landscapes or individual Christmas motifs that illuminate the cold winter nights. In this place, poinsettias reflect their light on the surface of a small lake. They seem to float in the air and show visitors the way through the dark park.
Dance of colors

Many installations in the Christmas Garden change, vary in colour, alternate between light and darkness and thus with changing light sources bring the garden to life. Each individual installation is accompanied by music. Particularly impressive is the spectacle here on the meadow, where thousands of lights dance to the beat of the music.
Shining islands

Not all paths and places are illuminated. Between the different stages, visitors walk through darkness. Therefore, the individual stages are all the more striking like this pavilion. They provide orientation and tempt visitors to linger. After that, the journey continues through the night to the next island of illumination.
A path to the stars

Moon and stars accompany visitors on their way through the Botanical Garden. Not only the real celestial bodies, but also light installations that transform the treetops into their own version of the night sky. Brightly lit ladders lead up to the tree trunks. Here the stars are literally within reach.
Glowing birds

The magical journey through the Christmas Garden also leads past these glittering animal sculptures. Blue swans and white ravens transform the darkest parts of the park into magical places. They look like mythical creatures and transport visitors into another world.
Enchanting Glockenspiel

As the German Christmas song says: "Sweeter the bells never did ring..." when a hundred little bells in changing colors break the silence. At this stage, visitors walk through a downpour of bells, seeing nothing but colorful lights to the left and right. With every movement they bring the magic of Christmas to life and let the bells ring.
Fairy-tale trees

Golden trees, shining branches — more than a million light sources put visitors in a festive mood. The oaks and beeches are transformed into weeping willows. Their branches are hung with long chains of lights through which you have to make your way in order to move forward.
A hundred light points

A glittering gate leads into a canopy of lights. The golden dots cut through the darkness. Numerous chains of lights encircle the tent. Those who walk through here do not remain mere observers of the installation, but rather feel like part of it.
A visit from the north

True to the motto "The magical journey begins at dusk", Scotland's most famous representative has also made a long journey to visit the Christmas Garden: Nessie, the Loch Ness monster brightly emerges from a dark lake and illuminates the surface of the water. It is magical.

A journey through the Christmas forest

This year again, the Christmas Garden opens during the Advent season in Berlin with countless lights. Under the theme "The magical journey begins at dusk" it takes visitors through the illuminated Botanical Garden. On their quest for the light of Christmas, they follow the dark paths into the magic garden.
Bright starry night

In the Christmas Garden, there are small and large light installations, with entire landscapes or individual Christmas motifs that illuminate the cold winter nights. In this place, poinsettias reflect their light on the surface of a small lake. They seem to float in the air and show visitors the way through the dark park.
Dance of colors

Many installations in the Christmas Garden change, vary in colour, alternate between light and darkness and thus with changing light sources bring the garden to life. Each individual installation is accompanied by music. Particularly impressive is the spectacle here on the meadow, where thousands of lights dance to the beat of the music.
Shining islands

Not all paths and places are illuminated. Between the different stages, visitors walk through darkness. Therefore, the individual stages are all the more striking like this pavilion. They provide orientation and tempt visitors to linger. After that, the journey continues through the night to the next island of illumination.
A path to the stars

Moon and stars accompany visitors on their way through the Botanical Garden. Not only the real celestial bodies, but also light installations that transform the treetops into their own version of the night sky. Brightly lit ladders lead up to the tree trunks. Here the stars are literally within reach.
Glowing birds

The magical journey through the Christmas Garden also leads past these glittering animal sculptures. Blue swans and white ravens transform the darkest parts of the park into magical places. They look like mythical creatures and transport visitors into another world.
Enchanting Glockenspiel

As the German Christmas song says: "Sweeter the bells never did ring..." when a hundred little bells in changing colors break the silence. At this stage, visitors walk through a downpour of bells, seeing nothing but colorful lights to the left and right. With every movement they bring the magic of Christmas to life and let the bells ring.
Fairy-tale trees

Golden trees, shining branches — more than a million light sources put visitors in a festive mood. The oaks and beeches are transformed into weeping willows. Their branches are hung with long chains of lights through which you have to make your way in order to move forward.
A hundred light points

A glittering gate leads into a canopy of lights. The golden dots cut through the darkness. Numerous chains of lights encircle the tent. Those who walk through here do not remain mere observers of the installation, but rather feel like part of it.
A visit from the north

True to the motto "The magical journey begins at dusk", Scotland's most famous representative has also made a long journey to visit the Christmas Garden: Nessie, the Loch Ness monster brightly emerges from a dark lake and illuminates the surface of the water. It is magical.

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Date 19.11.2019
Number of pictures 10
Author Lisa Marie Jordan
Related Subjects Berlin, Cruise holidays, Christmas, Travel, The Romantic Road, Tourism, Nature, Advent
Keywords travel, Berlin, Christmas Garden, Christmas, light show, botanical gardens
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