Zoo Berlin

Berlin, Germany

About Zoo Berlin

Zoo Berlin is Germany’s oldest zoological garden and home to the world’s largest variety of species. Almost 20,000 animals of around 1,400 species live in the 33-hectare zoo. They include elephants, giraffes, gorillas, and Germany’s only giant pandas.

Giant pandas at Zoo Berlin

Jiao Qing & Meng Meng, Zoo Berlin’s current panda pair arrived in 2017.

The first giant panda in Berlin, Happy, stayed for only 2 months in 1939 on his tour through Germany.

Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt received a panda pair as gift for the German people from the Chinese Party- and Stateleader Hua Gofeng. Bao Bao & Tjen Tjen arrived in November 1980. Tjen Tjen died in 1984 and Berlin got a new female, Yan Yan, on loan in 1995. Yan Yan died in 2007, Bao Bao in 2012 and was the oldest male giant panda in captivity.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Bundeskanzler Angela Merkel opened Berlin’s new state of the art Giant Panda Exhibit “Panda Garden” on July 5, 2017.

Current Giant Pandas

Previous giant pandas

Latest News

Zoo Berlin

German twins named Meng Xiang & Meng Yuan

2019-12-09

The first-ever twin panda cubs born in Germany — in Berlin Zoo — were named Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan after they turned 100 days old on Monday. At a press conference held in Berlin Zoo with the two cubs wheeled out in a glass-cased “panda bed”, Chinese Ambassador to Germany Wu Ken said that, […]

Germany’s first panda cubs were born at Zoo Berlin

2019-09-02

Magical moments are currently taking place behind the scenes of the Panda Garden at Zoo Berlin. Using her large, powerful paws, a first-time panda mum lovingly snuggles her tiny pink newborn into the warm, soft fur of her face. On Saturday evening, Berlin’s panda populationdoubled as Germany welcomed its first-ever panda offspring – two of […]

Giant Panda Global Awards 2017: Ceremony on February 8, 2018

2018-02-07

Are you looking forward to find out which of your favorite institutions, pandas and people won a Giant Panda Global Award? Stay tuned, the results of the Giant Panda Global Awards 2017 will be released on thursday February 8, 2018 at 14:00 during the Official Award Ceremony at Zoo Berlin.

The demanding diet of a giant panda

2017-11-22

The arrival of Zoo Berlin’s panda pair created a whole new task for their staff: providing a continuous supply of bamboo. Every day, each bear eats between ten and 30 kilos of the plant. But few people are aware of just how complex dealing with a bamboo diet can be. In Germany, bamboo is most […]