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<Together with citizens we started today at the Konkordiapark with the sowing of flowering meadows. In this way, we want to turn a total of 10,000 square meters of green space into colorful favorite [...]

Saxony’s government supports Chemnitz 2025

Saxony's government was assembled in Chemnitz today - for an external cabinet meeting. The main topic: The support of the Free State in our application for the Capital of Culture. The Saxon State Government [...]

Flowering meadows for Chemnitz

Together with citizens of the city we will sow flower seeds in a large area. The aim is to create the basis for colourful flowering meadows in various parts of the [...]

Starting signal for the Cultural Capital Road

Chemnitz 2025 is not only about the promotion of culture in Chemnitz. Chemnitz 2025 stands for much more. The candidacy for the title European Capital of Culture 2025 also stands for the [...]

POCHEN – Price of the future

Biennial for multimedia art will take place in autumn 2020 in the Wirkbau Chemnitz. After the kick-off in 2018 on the topic "Wismut", the multimedia biennial POCHEN will take place in its [...]

Opinions! (II)

What do you think is the biggest problem that needs to be solved in our city? Do you also have the feeling that you have no say in the decisions? Do you think [...]

Opinions (I)

What do you think is the biggest problem that needs to be solved in our city? Do you also have the feeling that you have no say in the decisions? Do you think that [...]

Night of Light

The event industry was the first to be affected by the Corona crisis economically - and will be one of the industries that will have to struggle with it for the longest. With Night [...]

Club culture during Corona: United We Stream at the Atomino

Club culture is facing probably the greatest challenge in its history. Nightlife has been shut down for weeks to stop the spread of the corona virus. Since then, many thousands of [...]

Have a seat! – Zietenpark continues to grow

The take a seat project in Zietenpark from last year has become independent: Instead of rubbish and undergrowth, there are now beds, benches & a table tennis table. And since this week there are [...]

We have a dream!

Chemnitz 2025 - THE economic stimulus programme If we win the title “European Capital of Culture 2025”, it's THE economic stimulus programme for Chemnitz. What we are now investing [...]

KARAT at the window: First hotel concert in Chemnitz

The first hotel concert: KARAT presented an exclusive program in the pentahotel on Saturday evening. Because of the Corona restrictions the band had to cancel their 45th anniversary tour. In order to keep live [...]

The engine for our economic future.

Chemnitz 2025 - DAS Konjunkturprogramm If we win the title "European Capital of Culture 2025", it is DAS economic stimulus package for Chemnitz. What we invest now in [...]

Microproject – Bicycle cinema in your backyard

Thanks to dedicated cycling enthusiasts, the "Strong> Fahrradkino" will take place again this summer. And this is possible despite Corona: In a private backyard frame, with distance and always disinfected handlebars. [...]

Have a seat! – Own initiative at the Karl-Marx-Kopf

<Reconquering public space: Ulrike Voigt, together with numerous friends and family, has designed the surroundings of the Karl-Marx-Kopf according to her ideas. Thus, self-built benches made of pallets were created. The green area was [...]

Opinions!

<What do you think is the biggest problem that needs to be solved in our city? Do you also have the feeling that you can't have any say in the decision making process? [...]

Welcome to the gallery tour

Discover art in the middle of the city: How about an open-air gallery tour? A total of 99 Citylight locations in Chemnitz are currently promoting the diversity of regional art. On the city map [...]

Gallery “Chemnitz2025″ on Citylight posters

Do you remember? Less than two months ago, walking through the city became the new leisure activity. What else could we have done? The restaurants, the cultural institutions, the gyms - everything was [...]

More time for the application

Working in the home office. Exchange with project partners, cultural actors, international experts - all only in video conferences. This has also made work very difficult for us and the other applicant cities in the [...]

Europe at home by Gladsome

The photographer: Philipp Gladsome was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1989 and grew up in Chemnitz. From [...]

Workshop: How strong is our region

Wow! Our cultural region is amazing! We have evaluated the strengths of our cultural region. In a workshop yesterday we presented the results of a survey. Conclusion: There is a lot to discover and many [...]

Europe at home by Gladsome

<The photographer: Philipp Gladsome was born in 1989 in Karl-Marx-Stadt and grew up in Chemnitz. From [...]

Seven silver letters

The unassuming Brühl Boulevard runs through the middle of Chemnitz. It has been the backdrop for many of the city’s hopes, the place where plenty of visions have foundered but at least as many [...]

Kultur.Sichtbar – Emergency aid programme for Chemnitz artists and cultural workers

www.chemnitz.de/KulturSichtbar This is the URL where you can get the immediate help of the city of Chemnitz for people working in the arts and culture. "Kultur.Sichtbar" is the name of the municipal special programme [...]

Europe at Home:

Chemnitz is part of an exciting European cultural project in the digital world: Europe At Home. At the invitation of Faro (application for the title European Capital of Culture 2027), cities have come together [...]

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Countdown to the submission of the second bid book

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The first decision was made on 12 December 2019. Together with Magdeburg, Nuremberg, Hanover and Hildesheim we are on the shortlist and are therefore invited to submit a detailed second bid book by September 21, 2020. On the 22th of October, a part of the European jury will visit Chemnitz and get an on-site explanation of our plans, while we will travel to Berlin on October 26st to present our complete application. In the following jury meeting the decision will be made: On 28 October 2020, the jury will announce which German city will become European Capital of Culture 2025.