Cool things to do in Berlin with under-fives

Berlin is about as child-friendly as European cities come and it didn’t take long to work out where all the cool kids hang out.

Enter the world of our most marvellous writer at the Roald Dahl Museum

Babu, being a complete weirdo, gravitated towards the chest of drawers containing various gruesome artefacts.

Little ones were encouraged to immerse themselves in the tale, joining in vocally and physically, and dragging their grown-ups with them.

I made the fairly confident assumption that we wouldn’t be making sexually explicit pottery with our children.

Pack in plenty of wintry fun this month, from grotto visits and festive theatre to yuletide markets and seasonal cinema.

I was in a crappy mood and thought maybe a good singalong would lift me out of it – and if it didn’t then I was feeling too wretched to care anyway.

This month, remember, remember the 5th of November with family-friendly firework displays and get festive with seasonal skating at Somerset House.

Let them scare themselves silly with spooky screenings, disturbing dress up, haunted house parties and monstrous messy play.

When the smoke, sirens and society in general become suffocating, get yourself down to one of the capital’s many city farms.

We were more than happy to be left to our own devices in a room full of fabric offcuts and plain white tees.