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Berlin Fashion Week: quiet moments at Château Royal

by Team RetreatPublished

From 30 June to 3 July 2025, Château Royal, our partner hotel in Berlin-Mitte, was the official hotel of Berlin Fashion Week. Under the name “Runway Recharge” we ran a station there for the guests of the house, most of them working in fashion.

Runway at Berlin Fashion Week

What we offered

Château Royal is a few minutes from our practice on Mauerstraße. The station ran without appointments; whoever came by was seen. Four short applications were on offer: lymphatic drainage, a neck massage, chilled ice globes for the face and eye area and, on request, an infusion.

Roll-up banner of the Runway Recharge station at Château Royal
Figure 1: our “Runway Recharge” station at Château Royal, June 2025.

The three short applications each took only a few minutes, which is where the second half of the name came from: a five minute reset. Anyone who wanted to could talk with us about skin and recovery. No treatments were carried out at the hotel: anyone who wanted more, a longer infusion for instance, was driven over to our practice. There the usual rule holds: the conversation first, then the decision.

Why this, and not more

For the people who carry it, a fashion week is above all work: long days, little sleep, a lot of light and a lot of make-up. A few cool minutes change little about that, but they interrupt the day. That was the point.

Interior of Château Royal in Berlin-Mitte
Figure 2: inside Château Royal (photo: Felix Brüggemann).

Understand first, then treat

If you would like to place any of this in the context of your own health: the next step is a conversation.

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Das Château Royal liegt zwischen Brandenburger Tor und Museumsinsel und verkörpert den Geist des modernen Berlins – kosmopolitisch, kreativ und charakterstark.

Mit 93 Zimmern und Suiten, einer Bar und einem Restaurant, geschmückt mit Werken zeitgenössischer Künstler:innen, verbindet es handwerkliche Präzision mit moderner, junger Energie.

In enger Zusammenarbeit mit lokalen Partnern – darunter auch The Retreat – bietet das Boutique-Hotel ein Erlebnis, das authentisch berlinisch und zugleich wohltuend persönlich ist. Mehr Erfahren

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