Lichtenberg offers a good mix of water, parks, residential quarters, and practical family amenities.
Many localities feel relaxed, have playgrounds within walking distance, and give children enough room for everyday life.
Kita access is also good in Lichtenberg: the district has many centres, roughly from many dozens to well over a hundred, quality is generally good, and the outlook for open places looks a little better in some parts.
Newly built daycare center (MOKIB) on Frankfurter Allee Süd with 136 places; the pedagogical focus is language and participation. The three-story timber building serves children aged 0 to 6 years and offers full-day care.
The Rhinspatzen daycare center in Lichtenberg is a newly equipped, accessible childcare facility with 127 places for children from 11 months to school entry. It operates with mixed-age groups, emphasizes participation and health education, and offers daily outdoor time and freshly prepared meals.
Bilingual Montessori children's house near Ostkreuz that cares for up to 60 children aged about 1 to 6 years in three groups (one nest group, two elementary groups). The facility follows Montessori pedagogy in a German-English immersion environment and has regular opening hours on weekdays.
Daycare center operated by the independent provider FREUDE Kindergärten Süd-Ost in Lichtenberg (Rhinstraße 59a). The facility provides nursery and preschool care (total capacity 40 places) and runs a practice-oriented program with regular projects and outings.
Multilingual integration daycare center in Karlshorst (Dönhoffstraße 2), operated by Zweimalzwölf gUG. The facility is intended to provide 25 long-term places and focuses on inclusion and multilingualism (German, Russian, Ukrainian).
New daycare facility of Kindergärten NordOst on Gudrunstraße (opening 2025) with 185 places and a pedagogical focus on democratic education; around 60 children under three are cared for on the ground floor, and 125 children aged three up to school entry are cared for on the upper floor.
The daycare kieke mal in Lichtenberg is part of the INDEPENDENT LIVING Foundation and offers movement-oriented, intercultural childcare. The facility, opened in 2020, cares for up to 120 children from around six months until school entry. Opening hours are weekdays from 06:00 to 18:00.
Bilingual MITRA facility in Lichtenberg with a strong focus on multilingual support (German and Russian, supplemented by Ukrainian and Romanian). The daycare serves preschool-aged children (approximately 1-6 years) and has a spacious outdoor area.
The kindergarten Tausendfühler (operator: Kindergärten NordOst) in Lichtenberg cares for children aged 0 to 6 years and offers full-day care from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The facility emphasizes exploratory learning and states on the operator's website that it currently has available places.
The Ahrenshooper Spatzen daycare center (operated by pad gGmbH) provides care for a total of 75 children (30 in the under-3 group, 45 in the preschool group) and accepts children from 10 months of age until they start school. The facility follows the situational approach and an open-concept working model, emphasizing participation and respectful interaction.
Use the Postal Code filter and check opening hours. Contact multiple facilities in parallel.
Many centers accept children from 8-12 months. Details are in the age groups (Under 3/Over 3) on profile pages.
Languages vary by center. Check the "Languages" field on the center profile page.
