Edition 2025 Finished Literature Poetry Crime fiction

Hamburger Krimifestival

Name: Hamburger Krimifestival 2025
Start: 2025-11-11T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-15T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Kampnagel

Hamburg — Kreisfreie Stadt Hamburg (02000) • 11 Nov 2025 — 15 Nov 2025

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2025

Edition 2025 — Finished

Edition 2025 — Krimifestival Hamburg

The 18th edition of the Hamburger Krimifestival once again gathered around 40 crime authors at Kampnagel. Readings, workshop discussions, and panels characterized the festival days – a continuous manifestation of the genre in a city often reduced to fiction and poetry in literary terms.

2025 Review

In 2025, the festival also ran for five days at Kampnagel. The alliance of Heymann, Hamburger Abendblatt, and Literaturhaus Hamburg organized a dense program with top authors from Germany (Fitzek, Neuhaus, Kutscher), Scandinavia, and the English-speaking world. Workshop discussions on the writing process, panels on true crime, and research methods complemented the classic readings.

In the Hamburg-Nord borough, Kampnagel is the central venue for theater, performance, and literature – the Krimifestival is one of the most popular programs in the house's annual calendar.

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Published by Valentin Contard, festival listings writer. Reviewed, corrected and approved by Christophe Contard, editor-in-chief. Updated on 18 May 2026.

Where it takes place — Krimifestival Hamburg

Kampnagel

Jarrestraße 20, 22303 Hamburg

Contact Krimifestival Hamburg

Web www.krimifestival-hamburg.de

Tel +49 40 270 94 94 9

Krimifestival Hamburg at a glance

Literature Poetry Crime fiction Multidisciplinary International Kreisfreie Stadt Hamburg