WABE, Cultural center and heritage monument in Berlin, Germany.

WABE is the largest municipal cultural venue in the Pankow district, built in 1986 as an octagon on the grounds of the IV. Städtische Gasanstalt at the corner of Danziger Straße and Greifswalder Straße. It forms part of the Ernst-Thälmann-Park cultural centre, whose other members are Theater unterm Dach, TanzZwiet, Galerie Parterre Berlin and the Kunstwerkstätten with the Jugendtheateretage. The surviving administration and regulation buildings of the gasworks were converted for the culture house.

The IV. Städtische Gasanstalt began operating on this site in 1873, and by 1898 it produced up to 300,000 m³ of town gas a day; the sixth and last gas holder was connected in 1908. Production resumed in 1945 with three nearly undamaged holders, and in 1952 the works became a gas coking plant. It closed in 1983 when Berlin switched to natural gas; the surviving administration and regulator buildings were converted into the cultural centre, and the WABE octagon was built in 1986.

The WABE is one of several institutions in the Kulturzentrum Ernst-Thälmann-Park, alongside Theater unterm Dach, TanzZwiet, Galerie Parterre Berlin and the Kunstwerkstätten with the Jugendtheateretage. Its programme covers concerts, theatre, festivals and exhibitions. The name is an acronym of the German words for the site's earlier use, a municipal gasworks.

The venue is easily reached by Berlin's public transportation system, with several bus and tram stops located nearby. Checking the schedule of events beforehand helps visitors plan when to visit and what to see.

The WABE is an octagon built in 1986, not a preserved gasworks building: the gas holders were demolished and the surviving administration and regulation buildings were converted for the Ernst-Thälmann-Park cultural centre. The site's gasworks past reaches back to 1873, when the IV. Städtische Gasanstalt opened.