Waldbühne

The Waldbühne (Forest Stage) is an open-air amphitheatre at the western edge of Berlin’s Olympic Park. It was built for the 1936 Olympic Games under the architect Werner March, in a natural hollow of the Murellenschlucht, and modelled on the theatres of ancient Greece. It opened in August 1936 as the Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne, a Nazi-era name that was dropped after the Second World War. Its steep tiers hold about 22,000 people. After the war it served as an open-air cinema and a boxing arena before becoming a concert venue in the 1960s, and the tented roof over the stage was added in 1982. From May to September it hosts rock, pop and classical concerts. The Berliner Philharmoniker play an open-air concert here every summer.