guests in 2025
Together 29.4 million overnight stays. About 4.5 million guests came from abroad, with 12.1 million nights.
Source: Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg, Tourismus BerlinBerlin, Germany
Berlin, 12.4 million guests.
In 2025 Berlin hosted 12.4 million overnight guests, and the Netherlands is its third largest foreign market. Add a 7.5% city tax, local tipping habits and the dates that fill your tables.
12.4mguests in 2025
786,422nights by Dutch guests
7.5%overnight tax (City Tax)
Source: Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg, Tourismus Berlin, Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen, FAQ Übernachtungsteuer
What you need to know here.
Figures and rules for Berlin, each with its source.
nights by Dutch guests
The third largest foreign market in 2025, after the United States (1.28m) and the United Kingdom (1.27m). A Dutch-language booking page is well worth having here.
Source: Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg, Tourismus Berlinovernight tax (City Tax)
Since 1 January 2025 the rate is 7.5%. Since 1 April 2024 business stays are taxed as well.
Source: Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen, FAQ Übernachtungsteuerrestaurant tip
visitBerlin says service and VAT are included in prices; for good service 10 to 15 per cent of the bill is usual.
Source: visitBerlin, etiquette and tippingpreferred way to pay
visitBerlin writes that Berliners prefer to pay cash and that smaller shops and cafés sometimes only take cash. An online deposit still takes the no-show risk away.
Source: visitBerlin, money and currencydata protection authority
The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information supervises companies and associations based in Berlin.
Source: Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und InformationsfreiheitAcross Germany
Busy days, the next twelve months.
Public holidays and events between 16 October 2026 and 16 October 2027. Plan your rota and your deposits around them.
December 2026
- 25Fri
- 26Sat
January 2027
- 1Fri
- 15Fri
February 2027
- 10WedEvent
Berlinale
to 21 FebruaryThe 77th film festival; 350,000 tickets were sold in 2026.
Berlinale, festival dates for 2027
March 2027
- 8Mon
- 26Fri
- 29Mon
May 2027
- 1Sat
- 6Thu
- 17Mon
September 2027
- 26SunEvent
Berlin Marathon
The first GENERALI BERLIN-MARATHON. The 2026 edition reported more than 86,000 athletes from 162 nations.
Berlin-Marathon, Pressemitteilung 1. Oktober 2026
October 2027
- 3Sun
How TableFlow works here.
TableFlow comes from Nijmegen in the Netherlands and runs in the founder's own ten venues.
Works
- Bookings on your own website, with the widget in six languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
- Confirmations and other guest emails, with default texts in those same six languages.
- Deposits, quotes with a deposit and gift cards through your own Mollie account, in euros.
- Guest profiles, email campaigns, quotes and guest feedback work the same everywhere.
Not yet, or different
- The Mollie payment page for a gift card still opens in Dutch.
Sources
- Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg, Tourismus Berlin checked on 16 October 2026
- Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen, FAQ Übernachtungsteuer checked on 16 October 2026
- visitBerlin, etiquette and tipping checked on 16 October 2026
- visitBerlin, money and currency checked on 16 October 2026
- Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit checked on 16 October 2026
- Bundesregierung, Entlastungen für Pendler und Gastronomie checked on 16 October 2026
- berlin.de, public holidays checked on 16 October 2026
- Grüne Woche checked on 16 October 2026
- Berlinale, festival dates for 2027 checked on 16 October 2026
- Berlin-Marathon, Pressemitteilung 1. Oktober 2026 checked on 16 October 2026
- Mollie Help Center, Can I use Mollie's services in my country? checked on 16 October 2026
