Summer festival in the old police station: art and culture for everyone!

Summer festival in the old police station: art and culture for everyone!

In recent years, the former police station at Woltmershauser Straße 71 in Bremen has changed into a creative hotspot. After the area was moved to Dötlinger Straße in 2020, artists, initiatives and clubs moved into the vacant building and fulfilled with life. Under the name "etc.pp", the house has been used since the beginning of this year, which not only offers space for art, but also provides creative and social encounters. For example, Weser-Kurier On Friday, June 13, from 16 to 10 p.m. will take place.

The summer festival, which invites you to explore the studios and common rooms, a colorful mix of art, everyday culture and a self -organized city life. Visitors can look forward to coffee and cake, a painting and sign campaign as well as music and stimulating conversations. In a project room, the exchange is promoted on various topics, while in the courtyard handicraft campaigns for the little ones are on the program. The police are also on site: it offers a bicycle registration for the growing cycling community.

insights into the project

The summer festival not only gives insights into the various initiatives, but also shows how the “living room for everyone” takes shape as an open thinking room on the ground floor. Pusdorf.info emphasizes that a small picture exhibition can be found on the first floor with homemade cakes and on the second floor an artist opens her studio, in which an exhibition is planned. The creative hustle and bustle is accompanied by a special light installation with the title "unground", which stages the hallway between the floors.

The use of the former police station illustrates how old buildings can be transformed into new, lively rooms for the community. This type of intermediate use plays an increasingly important role in the transformation of urban areas. An example from Vienna shows that the activation of vacancies and the provision of affordable rooms for creative and social projects have high demand. In this sense, the “Wieneu+” project in Vienna pursues similar goals by creating innovative solutions for the use of empty buildings. Here synergies are formed between different urban administrations to support creative initiatives.