New Hotels in Berlin

Berlin, January 2025 Anyone coming to Berlin can expect a cosmopolitan city full of attractions and experiences. And there is much more to discover than just the tourist hotspots: Berlin's hotel landscape is also full of special places. Exclusive, curious, traditional or cool - the city's hotels alone are worth a visit.

In 2024, Berlin had more than 730 accommodation establishments. Together, they make up one of the world's most modern hotel markets. The industry is as creative and innovative as the metropolis itself. Individuality is very popular and sustainability is becoming increasingly important. All this comes together with Berlin authenticity. From chic Charlottenburg to hip Friedrichshain - the hotels are as diverse as the neighbourhoods in which they are located. Typical Berlin.

New hotels - Berlin's new openings and reopenings

A future highlight of Berlin's hotel industry is being built on the riverside promenade of the Neukölln shipping canal: the Estrel Tower will be the tallest hotel building in Germany with 45 floors at 176 metres. The 522 rooms, suites and serviced flats are just one part of the entire ensemble. Coworking spaces, a gallery and spa are just as much a part of it as 3,800 square metres of event space and 9,300 square metres of office space. On the 43rd floor, guests can enjoy a restaurant, the Estrel Skybar and the terrace with a spectacular view over the city. The Estrel Tower will literally be a highlight for events, meetings, art and society and a new flagship for Berlin's tourism and MICE industry. The opening is planned for the end of 2025.

The Radisson Collection Hotel in Mitte was previously known for its huge ‘Aquadom’ aquarium in the lobby. After two years of renovation, the hotel will reopen in January 2025. In place of the aquarium, the 16-metre-high ‘Living Tree’ now stands in the middle of the building. More than 2,000 plants grow on the stylised tree with a diameter of 6.5 metres up to the roof, creating a fascinating sight and a pleasant indoor climate at the same time. The new ‘San Éna’ restaurant promises indulgence with modern Greek cuisine. And the panoramic view of Berlin Cathedral and the city skyline from the upper floors is as marvellous as ever.

There is also news from the traditional Hotel am Steinplatz in Charlottenburg. The hotel, which has existed since 1913, has been called ‘Roomers Berlin’ since January 2025. And something is also happening at the associated ‘Restaurant am Steinplatz’: Berlin gastronomy great The Duc Ngo, who also designed the ‘Golden Phoenix’ restaurant at the opulently elegant boutique hotel Provocateur in Charlottenburg, is responsible for the new French brasserie style.

After a three-year break, the Hotel Sylter Hof in Tiergarten has been open again since October 2024. Just a few minutes' walk from Kurfürstendamm, KaDeWe and the Gedächtniskirche, it offers affordable, high-quality accommodation in a central location. The new operator is the Titanic Group, which also operates four hotels in the city under its own name.

Have you ever spent the night in a former prison? There are two such special places in Berlin. In Lichterfelde, The Knast is currently being built, a boutique hotel that is due to open in 2025. It already has a restaurant, a bar and an event location. The Hotel Wilmina in Charlottenburg, which has been converted from a former women's prison, has already opened. The family-run hotel with 44 rooms and suites, a roof terrace, spa and gym was carefully transformed into a contemplative retreat by Grüntuch Ernst Architekten. The former Schleusenhof is home to the Lovis restaurant, where guests can enjoy contemporary German dishes made from regional and seasonal produce.

Accor will be represented at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport with two hotels under the ibis and ibis budget brands. The two hotels, each offering 114 rooms, are scheduled to open in spring 2025. Guests will have a park-and-fly option with parking spaces - thanks to the nearby S-Bahn connection, the hotels are directly linked to the airport.

Berlin as a hotspot for design hotels

The former Park Plaza on Kurfürstendamm has been welcoming guests as the Radisson RED Berlin Kudamm since mid-2024. The new design concept is a skilful mix of historical details and cool, modern design. The 133 rooms appeal to price-conscious and lifestyle-orientated guests alike.

The sly Berlin in Friedrichshain has 150 rooms and suites spread across five interconnected buildings. Highlights include a 220 square metre, light-flooded greenhouse in the inner courtyard and the sauna on the hotel roof, from where guests have a spectacular view of the city.

The historic yet always modern Orania Hotel in Kreuzberg is a feast for the eyes and ears. The hotel bar hosts free concerts five days a week. Opened in 1913 as Café Oranienpalast, the Orania now calls itself Berlin's coolest grand hotel. The 41 rooms and suites convey a warm, cosy living room atmosphere.

After extensive refurbishment, there is a new aesthetic gem directly on Museum Island: the Telegraphenamt in the building of Berlin's former main telegraph office. Its 97 rooms and suites and the Root restaurant in the hotel's atrium tastefully combine tradition and modernity. There is also a chic bar, the rustic ‘Dieselhaus’ beer pub and a café with a patisserie. Sports and wellness can be enjoyed in the 1,200 square metre fitness studio and spa. For events, there is space for up to 1,000 guests under the fully glazed roof. Catering is provided exclusively by the renowned Borchardt restaurant.

While other hotels offer more or less normal pools, the Oderberger in Prenzlauer Berg shines with the listed swimming hall of the Oderberger Straße municipal swimming pool, which was completed in 1902. This jewel in the neo-renaissance style is unique and popular with hotel guests and external visitors alike. The 70 rooms, suites and flats and the fireplace bar also exude historical flair.

You can find more design hotels in Berlin on this page.

Creative and innovative hotel scene

The Meininger Hotel Berlin Mitte in the Humboldthaus on Oranienburger Straße has been remodelled and now has the Downstairs Comedy Club in the basement. The host is comedy star Felix Lobrecht, known among other things as co-author of the successful podcast ‘Gemischtes Hack’. He performs there himself, and guests from the comedy scene also make appearances in the basement club.

At the futuristic and colourfully styled nhow Berlin on Oberbaumbrücke, you can sleep in two gaming rooms - or not. The rooms are equipped with everything gamers could wish for, from a special chair, illuminated table, high-performance gaming PC with two screens to a PlayStation 5. nhow Berlin is also the first music hotel in Europe to offer two fully equipped recording studios. And for practising, Room Service simply brings your guitar, keyboard or Bluetooth loudspeaker to your room.

The Hotel Numa Arc in Friedrichstraße directly at Checkpoint Charlie has no reception or buffet. Behind the neo-Renaissance façade is a contemporary boutique apartment building with 158 flats in seven different categories.

The boutique hotel Neuer Fritz is a place of tranquillity in the heart of Berlin. Close to the legendary Berliner Ensemble, founded by Bertolt Brecht, it offers a breathtaking view of the Spree, Museum Island and the television tower. The 45 rooms and suites are artfully furnished with great attention to extravagant details.

Berlin's extraordinary hotels

Spend a night in space - this extraordinary sleeping experience is possible at Hausvogteiplatz in the centre of Berlin. At Space Night, guests spend the night in a futuristic sleeping capsule. There is a choice of capsules for one or two people. Back on earth, they can enjoy a well-rested sightseeing tour of Friedrichstrasse, Gendarmenmarkt or Potsdamer Platz.

The Shipotel Berlin hotel ship is located between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain. Just like on a real passenger ship, there are first and second class cabins. And if you want to get a little closer to the elements, you can spend the night in a tent on the roof. The Shipotel Berlin also includes the Floating Lounge event location, where comedy shows take place regularly.

The Park Inn am Alexanderplatz is already a classic, but the attraction is new: since summer 2024, Europe's highest swing has been located on the roof terrace at a height of 120 metres. On the High Swing, those with a head for heights from the age of 14 can swing at lofty heights above Alexanderplatz and experience a view over the entire city.

There are more unusual and special hotels here.

Luxury: high-calibre addresses and exclusive service

Berlin's hotels are world class. Renowned magazines such as Vogue and TimeOut even dedicate their own lists of best hotels to them.

Germany's Leading City Hotel 2024 at the World Travel Awards is the Waldorf Astoria Berlin. According to the same ranking, it is also home to Germany's most beautiful suite. The Presidential Suite on the 31st floor covers 280 square metres and features a fireplace, two balconies and a grand piano, among other things. Each room in the suite has floor-to-ceiling windows for a 360-degree view of the whole of Berlin.

The World Travel Awards also recognise Germany's leading luxury hotel in the capital: it is the Ritz-Carlton at Potsdamer Platz.

The Forbes Travel Guide presents the ‘Oscars of the travel industry’ every year. In 2024, the best hotel in the city was the Hotel de Rome. It received five stars, the highest rating awarded by the US travel and business magazine.

The Hotel Luc am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte translates Berlin's Prussian heritage into the present day. The five-star hotel of the Marriott hotel chain bears the seal of quality of the exclusive Autograph Collection. The 70 rooms and 22 suites are elegantly furnished in intense Prussian blue. Whether in the 160 square metre maisonette suite or in the Luc room with balcony and view of the French Cathedral - the Berlin of the past and present are very close here.

One of Berlin's most traditional hotels is certainly the Adlon Kempinski Berlin. With its own app, the Adlon now utilises state-of-the-art technology and enables a virtual visit at any time and from anywhere. An augmented reality app was developed together with the Berlin start-up Zaubar. It provides insights into the hotel's eventful history and allows photos and videos to be shared directly on social networks. A page and a butler guide users through the lobby, the Royal Suite and the Michelin-starred restaurant ‘Lorenz Adlon Esszimmer’. The Adlon AR app is available free of charge in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

We have put together even more places for an exclusive break in the capital for you here.

Sustainable hotel concepts

Sustainability is also a trend in the hotel industry and is an important aspect for more and more travellers. Berlin is also one of the top 5 metropolises listed as the most sustainable city destinations in the ‘Global Destination Sustainability Index’. Many hotels in Berlin show a sense of responsibility, develop concepts for environmental and climate protection and inspire with innovative ideas.

For example, the Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin in Moabit donates water for the surrounding city trees during dry periods. The Estrel in Neukölln, Europe's largest conference and congress hotel, grows vegetables and herbs in its own greenhouse, thus saving long transport routes. And in the legendary Circus Hotel am Rosenthaler Platz, there is no conventional air conditioning system, but a cooling concept based on clay. Excess heat is converted into electricity.

Lulu Goldsmeden on Potsdamer Straße shows what it looks like when sustainability is taken a step further. Fairtrade-certified bed linen and almost 100 per cent organic products in the catering are just the beginning. The hotel chain also supports sports clubs in socially deprived areas in its home country of Denmark, for example. At Lulu Goldsmeden, Scandinavian cosiness and Balinese accents combine to create a place of relaxation between Tiergarten and Schöneberg.

The ecological footprint plays a major role in many new additions right from the start. In 2025, the Hyatt Group is bringing a new brand to Berlin: the Me and All Hotel Berlin East Side in Friedrichshain. In the immediate vicinity of the East Side Gallery, the famous painted Berlin Wall, there are 223 rooms and suites, a fitness area and a coworking area. The design is urban-modern and is aimed primarily at young guests and those who value sustainability, energy efficiency and environmental protection. The ‘Greensign Level 4 Hotel’ certificate proves that high ecological standards are maintained here.

Another example of the environmental awareness of Berlin's hotel industry: the hotels of visitBerlin Partnerhotels e. V. are once again taking part in the global Earth Hour this year. On 22 March 2025, the lights in lobbies, bars and other areas will be switched off between 8:30 and 9:30 pm.

Berlin's hotels for congresses and conferences

Berlin can also score points for sustainability in the MICE sector: The capital city shows how to plan and organise meetings, congresses and events sustainably. The visitBerlin Berlin Convention Office's online platform ‘Sustainable Meetings Berlin’ provides practical tips for planning events.

With more than 120 hotels and venues for conferences, congresses, meetings and events, the choice in Berlin is huge.

A highlight is the Estrel Berlin, Europe's largest hotel, congress and entertainment centre. With over 75 conference rooms and 30,000 square metres of event space, an impressive event hall and state-of-the-art technology, it offers ideal conditions for events of all sizes.

One of the classics is the Hotel Adlon Kempinski with its 15 meeting rooms, two ballrooms and three meeting lounges.

‘Europe's Leading Conference Hotel 2024’ in the ranking of the World Travel Awards is the Intercontinental Berlin. Sustainability also plays a major role here: among other things, the hotel has LEED Gold certification for outstanding achievements in the field of ecological construction.

The JW Marriott Hotel Berlin in Stauffenbergstraße is one of the largest event hotels in the city and part of the Berlin Meeting Campus Potsdamer Platz: it offers an event area of almost 6,400 square metres, 48 event rooms and 27 conference suites. The interior design by El Ghomeini in dark green and warm brown tones picks up on the colours of the neighbouring Tiergarten park.

The legendary Bristol Berlin conference hotel is reinventing itself and reopening its doors in 2025. The first 50 newly renovated rooms are inspired by the Golden 20s in Great Britain. They are part of the first phase of the renovation project, with the remaining rooms and suites to follow in the coming months.

The third largest MICE hotel in the city has also been given a makeover. The more than 700 rooms, conference and breakfast rooms of the Hotels Berlin, Berlin on Lützowplatz in City West were renovated over a period of four years. One highlight is the more than 900 doors from old Berlin buildings that serve as headboards for the beds. The Lütze restaurant has also been newly opened with a wide range of lunch options. It serves sandwiches and the famous cinnamon buns from ‘Zeit für Brot’ as well as seasonally changing bowls, soups, salads and desserts.

Further conference hotels and event locations can be found in the Meeting Guide Berlin.

Coworking and coliving in Berlin hotels

The Social Hub at Alexanderplatz is more than just a hotel. It is a creative meeting place for Berlin guests, students, Berliners and companies who want to network and work together. It offers modern hotel rooms, co-working spaces, event rooms, restaurants, bars and lounges.

The Base's coliving concept is also on trend. The Base Berlin One is a creative place to live and work together. With its 318 flats and 43 hotel rooms, it combines long-stay and short-stay areas under one roof. There is also a roof terrace and a café. And all guests also have access to the community areas such as the library, cinema, co-working area and gym.

The Circus has now opened its fourth property in Berlin. It offers serviced flats for guests who want to stay in Berlin for longer. Designed by architect Bernd Albers, the new building near Ostbahnhof is a KfW40 efficiency house, making it one of the most energy-efficient buildings in Berlin. In addition to the fully equipped flats, there is a co-working space, a café and a 700 square metre roof terrace with a rooftop bar - perhaps soon to be the new hotspot in the capital.

Serviced flats at the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain are also offered by the Locke brand, which aims to provide its guests with a different kind of accommodation. Their aparthotels are a mixture of serviced flats and boutique hotel. The private flats with kitchen and living area are almost twice the size of standard hotel rooms. Guests also have access to all hotel facilities and services such as a fitness centre, café, restaurant and cocktail bar.

Future projects in the Berlin hotel industry

In addition to the more than 100 shops and restaurants in the Gesundbrunnen Center in Wedding, a hotel will be added in the next few years on the roof of the shopping centre. A hotel with 155 rooms is planned on the existing car park deck on the fourth floor. A similar concept already exists with the hip The Niu Hide in Lichtenberg. There, the world's first hotel made up of individual room modules was built on a parking deck of the Ring Centre.

The new ‘Spandauer Ufer’ neighbourhood will be built over the next few years, close to the Havel river and with excellent connections to the Spandau ICE train station. In addition to flats, restaurants and shops, two new hotels will also be built: The Hilton Garden Inn will offer four-star comfort in 267 rooms. And on Klosterstraße, the ‘Wyndham’ chain will open a hotel of its budget brand ‘Super 8 by Wyndham’ with 200 rooms. This will certainly also attract visitors to the exhibition centre or the Olympic Stadium. It is just five or three stops away on the S-Bahn.

The Titanic Hotel Group is set to open an extraordinary hotel for car fans on a peninsula in Haselhorst directly on the Havel in 2026: a sea container hotel is being built on the site of Motorworld Manufaktur Berlin where the first DKW cars were built from 1928. The containers, which have been converted into rooms, have already travelled the world's oceans. For their new purpose, they have been upgraded with high-quality materials and side glazing and fulfil four-star standards. Guests who book a car or bike suite can even drive their vehicle directly into their room and are only separated from their vehicle by a glass wall.

With the Prizeotel Berlin-City, the Radisson Hotel Group is opening its first design hotel in Berlin in 2025 near Volkspark Friedrichshain. The 278 rooms were designed by star designer Karim Rashid. The hotel lobby, bar and social space with a co-working area and breakfast restaurant are located on the top floor and offer a view of Berlin's city centre. Sustainability is also a top priority here: the hotel is completely paperless and cashless. Guests who forego daily housekeeping are rewarded with drink tokens. And the hotel donates surplus food to local charitable organisations. All CO2 emissions caused by guests are offset by certified climate protection projects.

Berlin in 15 minutes

Discover the city's most beautiful neighbourhoods on foot or by bike: Berlin is living sustainable tourism. With the concept of the ‘15-minute city’ - an innovation in urban planning - cities and city tourism are being rethought. Whether in Mitte, Kreuzberg or City West, hotels are presented in the various Berlin hotels and neighbourhoods from which tourists can explore the neighbourhood and its cultural and gastronomic highlights within a 15-minute walk. This is a more environmentally friendly way of travelling while getting to know authentic neighbourhood life. The ‘15-Minuten-Stadt’ hotels are aimed at guests visiting the city for the first time and Berliners who want to get to know their city for the first time.

You can find more information about Berlin and hotels at visitBerlin.de.

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