A roundup of travel notes from Berlin

Knut the baby polar bear

All eyes at the Berlin Zoo this summer will be focused on an adorable baby  polar bear named Knut. Born in December 2006, the zoo’s newest addition has already made the cover of Vanity Fare magazine. Contact: Berlin Zoo, Hardenbergplatz 8, 10787 Berlin, tel. +49/30/25 40 10, www.zoo-berlin.de, open daily 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Adults €11; children €5.50.

New Natural History Museum

After undergoing a E17.7 million overhaul, Berlin's Museum of Natural History will reopen five newly designed and reconstructed exhibit halls this July. Its renowned dinosaur hall boasts the world's tallest mounted dinosaur skeleton, the Brachiosaurus Brancai. Contact: Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, www.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de. Open Tuesday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., weekends and holidays 10 a.m.-6 p.m., adults €3.50 for adults, children €2.
 

Taking It to the Streets

The young and young at heart won’t want to miss the techno music at Berlin’s inaugural B-Parade on July 21. Others may want to avoid the city on this day, when a lively dance parade will take to the streets with floats and electronic tunes. Contact: www.bparade.eu