Gut Leben hosts seminars, retreats, offsites, team workshops and weddings, with four indoor rooms for groups of 20 to 50, weddings for up to 80 guests and outdoor events for up to 200. It is a listed four-sided farm in Birkholz, a village that belongs to Bernau bei Berlin, about 30 minutes northeast of Berlin-Mitte, with 16 studios and rooms on site.
Seminars and company events
The farm sells conferences and seminars, retreats and offsites, and team events and workshops. All indoor rooms carry the same kit: a 220 cm touchscreen, a projector and screen, video conferencing for hybrid meetings, Wi-Fi and flipcharts. Sessions can move outside in good weather, and breaks can include yoga, a herb walk or a wild-herb cooking class. Up to 20 participants can stay overnight in single rooms, in the studios on site and four more units about 100 m away, so a two-day offsite stays in one place.
Weddings and receptions
Gut Leben is an official outpost of the Bernau registry office. Civil ceremonies take place on the last Friday of each month, with three time slots. Non-legal ceremonies are held outdoors or in the Über den Wolken room. Celebrations take up to 80 guests, children included, and the team handles decoration, flowers, cakes and service. Up to 40 guests can sleep on site, using the studios and the holiday apartments across the road. In summer, tents, outdoor kitchens and lights extend the space; in winter, fire bowls, candles and torches light the yard.
Rooms and capacities
Die Werkstatt (75 square meters) has wooden furniture and suits workshops. Über den Wolken (100 square meters) is a lounge with brick walls and soft seating. The Nordscheune with Bar 1828 (90 square meters) has field-stone walls, chandeliers and a bar, and is used for dinners and parties. The ground floor of the Bauernhaus (70 square meters) is a living room with antique furniture. Draußen und Zelte covers the garden of about 7,000 square meters and tents, for outdoor events of up to 200 people. Indoor and outdoor spaces can be combined.
Accommodation
The farm has 16 individually designed studios and rooms, with names such as Das goldene Chalet, Zen, Der Pfau and Das Gelbe Studio, plus four holiday apartments nearby. Breakfast is included, served individually or as a buffet for groups. Wellness areas are open to guests.
Catering
Gut Leben runs its own kitchen and catering. Menus use regional, mostly organic produce on a farm-to-table basis, served as a plated menu, a buffet or live cooking. An in-house master confectioner bakes the cakes, including wedding cakes, sold in the Lille Café, and a flower studio prepares table decoration and bouquets.
History and setting
The farm dates back to 1828, the year that gives Bar 1828 its name, and the Nordscheune is its oldest building. The whole ensemble is under heritage protection and was restored with old timber, historic brick, clay and lime. It belongs to the Landlust Hotels group and won the Brandenburg Tourism Award 2025. Alpaca walks and the Berlin to Usedom cycle route start at the door.
Getting there
The resort is at Birkholzer Dorfstraße 9, about 30 minutes by car from Berlin-Mitte. Bernau station, served by S-Bahn line S2 and regional trains, is the nearest rail stop, and Berlin Brandenburg Airport is the nearest airport.
