Is Spreepark (former GDR amusement park) worth it with kids?
With kids, Spreepark (former GDR amusement park) needs the right timing and tolerance.
The eerie ruins — a toppled Ferris wheel, dinosaur statues swallowed by forest — made this a cult lost-Berlin pilgrimage, and Grün Berlin's staged revival is now turning it into something you can actually visit rather than trespass. The concrete current state (2026): the refurbished Eierhäuschen reopened in 2023 as a destination with a restaurant, summer garden and the Spreepark Art Space, open to the public; the wider park is accessible only via booked guided construction-site tours and 'Spreepark Laboratory' events, with the two main entrances and a spinning restored Ferris wheel slated for 2026 ahead of a fuller 2027 opening. The catch: you still can't just wander in, it's out in Treptow, and 'urban-decay-in-transition' won't be everyone's idea of a day out.
- Price
- ~€10 guided / varies by zone
- Time
- 2–3 hr (incl. travel)
- Last verified
- 2026-06-17
- Former GDR amusement park (Kulturpark Plänterwald, opened 1969; closed 2001) being redeveloped by Grün Berlin into an art, culture and nature park, with a full opening targeted for spring 2027. · spreepark.berlin
- The listed Eierhäuschen reopened at the end of 2023 as a restaurant with summer garden and the Spreepark Art Space; the restored 45m Ferris wheel is set to start turning again in spring 2027. · iamexpat.de