Bundespressestrand, Former urban beach in Berlin-Mitte, Germany

Bundespressestrand was a 5,000 m² urban beach on the Spree in Berlin-Mitte, open from 2003 to 2011. It was covered with 120 tons of märkischer sand and had a two-story pavilion with a 300 m² ground-floor bar, a 180 m² covered upper level and a 90 m² outdoor terrace. The site also held a dance floor, a volleyball court, a children's playground and beach chairs.

The beach club opened in 2003 next to the Federal Press Conference building and operated until 2011. This project emerged during a period when the government district was being reshaped and brought leisure into the heart of where power was centered.

The name refers to the adjacent Bundespressekonferenz, the association of Berlin-based political journalists. The beach was run by the agency walks+talks under Johanna Ismayr. In 2007 the band Wackes released a maxi-CD titled "Bundespressestrand". Press reports counted Wolfgang Gerhardt, Franziska van Almsick, Christian Wulff and Barbara Schöneberger among its guests.

The site lay between Margarete-Steffin-Straße to the north and Kapelle-Ufer to the south, with Alexanderufer to the west and Unterbaumstraße to the east. From 2005 the beach stood north of the Kronprinzenbrücke, separated from the Spree by the Kapelleufer, so there was no direct access to the water. Two small pools there were converted into fountains after the Gesundheitsamt Mitte found no water-treatment system.

At an IFA promotion held at the beach, Siemens let visitors use 156 washing machines and dryers to do their laundry, a joke aimed at the Chancellery, which Berliners call the "washing machine". The site also hosted a Tagesspiegel photo exhibition titled "Angie on the beach".