Intercultural Weeks Greifswald

Nationwide Action with Local Programming

The Intercultural Weeks are a Germany-wide initiative that has been implemented locally with local programmes every year in September and October since the 1970s. In Greifswald, the Greifswald Migration Network coordinates the programme together with the city's integration officer. Associations, educational institutions, religious communities, university initiatives, and cultural centres are involved.

Motto 2026: »dafür!« (for it!)

The nationwide motto »dafür!« (for it!) focuses on a positive stance towards diversity, democracy, and an open society – deliberately formulated not as an 'anti-' movement, but as an active affirmation of living together in a diverse urban society.

Programme: Films, Concerts, Lectures, Sports, Cooking

The Greifswald programme typically includes film evenings with subsequent discussions, concerts featuring music from the countries of origin of participating communities, academic and political lectures, sports events, communal cooking, and get-together evenings. Almost all events are free of charge.

Multilingual Programme Booklet

The programme booklet is published multilingually at the start of the festival – typically in German, Ukrainian, Arabic, Polish, Persian, and English – and is distributed throughout the city. @interkulturellewoche.hgw provides information on current programme items on Instagram.

Local Context

Greifswald is part of the Vorpommern-Greifswald district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The university and Hanseatic city near the Polish border has a growing migrant population – the Intercultural Weeks provide a particularly visible stage for this diversity once a year.