Hamburger Tag der Familien

One day, seven districts, hundreds of locations

The Hamburger Tag der Familien is not a central festival in a single square, but a decentralised day of action: parents, children, and grandparents can visit offers across the city that are usually less visible on weekdays. Advice centres, family centres, daycare centres, associations, cultural institutions such as museums and the Hamburger Kunsthalle, church communities, neighbourhood offices, sports clubs, and local initiatives open their doors.

2026: Children's rights as a focus

The 2026 motto is "Children have the right to say what they think and feel!" – a direct reference to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, specifically Articles 12 and 13: the right to freedom of expression and participation. Participating institutions are asked to curate their offers around this theme – workshops, creative formats, discussion rounds, play activities, participatory installations that take children seriously as speaking and thinking actors.

Free of charge and without commercial content

A central rule of the organiser: all offers on the Tag der Familien are free for participants. Commercial sales stands are excluded – thus, the day consciously distinguishes itself from typical neighbourhood festivals or Volksfeste. Participating organisations submit their programme offers to the BSFB in advance and are listed in the official programme booklet and on hamburg.de.

In the federal state of Hamburg – city-state as a social space

As a city-state, Hamburg has its own social and family authority – the Authority for School, Family and Vocational Training (BSFB) – which reports directly to the Senator, without an intermediate municipal level. This allows the Tag der Familien to be coordinated centrally while simultaneously covering the entire spectrum of city districts: from Blankenese via Eimsbüttel and Eppendorf to Bergedorf, Wilhelmsburg, and Neugraben. The day is one of the city's most important socio-political visibility formats – no wonder that the SHMH museums and St. Marien-Dom participate just as much as the small local initiatives.

Core hours 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Most offers run during the core hours between 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM; individual institutions have broader time windows (museums follow their regular opening hours). The complete programme with a map and filters by district will be published on hamburg.de at the end of July/beginning of August 2026.