Marzahn-Hellersdorf is often calmer and greener than many people expect.
Families value its wide paths, many playgrounds, good residential courtyards, and plenty of space for children in everyday life.
Kita access is also strongly family-focused in Marzahn-Hellersdorf: the district has many centres, roughly from many dozens to well over a hundred, quality is usually solid to good, and the chances of finding an opening feel a bit more positive in some quarters.
The JOKER is an open youth leisure center in Hellersdorf operated by KIDS & CO that offers a wide range of sports, play and creative activities in accessible spaces and is aimed at young people in the district.
The Drachen Kids daycare center in Berlin-Hellersdorf opened in 2020 and cares for up to 85 children from around one year old until they start school. The facility focuses on open, situational work and on promoting health and physical activity; 24 places are available in the nest area.
The dreieins bilingual daycare center in Berlin-Kaulsdorf offers German-English care using an immersion approach (each group has a German-speaking and an English-speaking specialist), promotes creativity, movement and age-appropriate educational activities, and cares for children until they start school.
Small, manageable daycare center with mixed-age groups (from around age 1 until school entry). The facility operates a partly open concept and follows an educational approach oriented toward situations and inclusion.
The Kita Seespatzen in Kaulsdorf (Grottkauer Str. 33) is operated by the provider Inklusion Bildung und Soziales gGmbH and offers care for infants and preschool-aged children. The facility has a designated capacity of 60 places.
The daycare center Traumzauberhaus in Kaulsdorf offers places for 90 children (from 1 year to school entry) and follows the situational approach as well as the sound pedagogy of Peter Hess. The infant and preschool areas provide individualized support in partly open educational spaces and have their own garden.
The Kummerower Ring daycare center is a modularly constructed, two-story timber building (MOKIB) in Hellersdorf with an educational focus on science, the environment, and sustainability. The facility has space for a total of 136 children and offers extended hours of care, from early morning until evening.
The Emma und Lukas facility at Stendaler Straße 29 (operator: FJT Kita gUG) provides care for up to 70 children aged approximately 1 to 6 years in five groups. The daycare focuses on talent development and a bilingual daily routine (German/English) and has extended opening hours on weekdays.
Small, family-run daycare center in a town villa (Landréstraße 9) with 30 places. It is part of Jugendwerk Aufbau Ost (JAO) and serves a mixed-age group of children from around two years old until school entry. The main focuses are health, language development integrated into daily routines, and democratic education.
ARTur is a multilingual daycare in Marzahn-Hellersdorf with a focus on intensive language support (German) and on supporting the heritage language; it runs two groups (Kakadu for infants and toddlers and Ara for older children) and uses the KiGaRoo daycare management system.
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.
