Media service for Berlin Freedom Week
Press material for Berlin's first Berlin Freedom Week from 8-15 November 2025
Berlin Freedom Week: A week of freedom with more than 130 events at over 80 venues
From 8 to 15 November 2025, Berlin – the city of freedom – invites you to the first Berlin Freedom Week: a new city-wide celebration dedicated to freedom and democratic exchange. Marking the 36th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German capital will become an international stage for committed voices, bold ideas and shared visions. The week features conferences, talks with contemporary witnesses, workshops, film screenings and interactive formats for all generations – open to Berliners and international guests alike. Berlin Freedom Week creates space for reflection, dialogue and encounter – in a city that stands for the value of freedom like no other.
Details and programme: berlin-freedom-week.com
Instagram: @berlinfreedomweek
Berlin Freedom Conference: The central highlight of Berlin Freedom Week on 10 November
Over 60 international speakers from politics, business, civil society and the media will discuss in keynotes and panels how freedom and democracy can be defended and strengthened in the face of growing autocracies.
Details and programme: berlin-freedom-conference.com
Instagram: @berlinfreedomconference
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Press events and media accreditation for Berlin Freedom Week and the Berlin Freedom Conference
You can apply for accreditation for Berlin Freedom Week (8-15 November 2025) and Berlin Freedom Conference (10 November 2025). If you are interested in press events, interviews or a visit during Berlin Freedom Week, please send us your accreditation request by e-mail to presse@visitBerlin.de. Thank you for your interest in Berlin Freedom Week!
Press events at a glance
Opening of the first Berlin Freedom Week
Sat, 8 November 2025, 9 - 9:40 a.m.
Location: In front of the Berlin House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin), Niederkirchnerstraße 5, 10117 Berlin
Opening of the World Liberty Congress
Sat, 8 November 2025, 10 - 11 a.m.
Location: In the Berlin House of Representatives (Abgeordnetenhaus Berlin), Niederkirchnerstraße 5, 10117 Berlin
The press can follow the opening from the press gallery.
Press conference for the opening of the Berlin Freedom Conference
Mon, 10 November 2025, 9:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Location: SKY Lounge in the Gasometer, EUREF-Campus 3, 10829 Berlin
Participation in the Berlin Freedom Conference (berlin-freedom-conference.com) for media representatives possible on request
Mon, 10 November 2025, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Location: Gasometer, EUREF-Campus 3, 10829 Berlin
Initiators
The patron of Berlin Freedom Week is Berlin's Governing Mayor Kai Wegner. The first Berlin Freedom Week is being initiated by visitBerlin, the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation and the World Liberty Congress, the Berlin Commissioner for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship and the Robert Havemann Society. Media partners are POLITICO, DIE ZEIT, WELT, Tagesspiegel, Radio3 and WALL; sponsors of the first Berlin Freedom Week are the Deutsche Postcode Lottery, Airbnb, Berliner Sparkasse and Jacob Waitz Industrie GmbH.
The Berlin Freedom Conference is a joint initiative of visitBerlin, the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation and the World Liberty Congress. It is supported by the LOTTO Foundation Berlin and sponsored by Airbnb and Berliner Sparkasse.
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