Wandlitz Indoor Art Market

Wandlitz in Barnim

Wandlitz is a municipality in the Barnim district, located about 30 kilometers north of Berlin on the edge of the Barnim Nature Park. The municipality comprises several districts (Wandlitz, Basdorf, Klosterfelde, Lanke, Schönwalde, Stolzenhagen, Zerpenschleuse) and an attractive landscape of lakes and forests. Typical for Brandenburg, the club and cultural life here is supported by volunteer structures and small but fine formats.

Kulturbühne „Goldener Löwe“

The venue for the indoor art market is the Kulturbühne „Goldener Löwe“ at Breitscheidstraße 18 in Wandlitz — a small venue run by an association, which hosts concerts, readings, exhibitions, and the art market throughout the year. The architecture (renovated hall with a wooden character) provides a warm setting for the workshop atmosphere of an art market.

Crafts and Indoor Format

Unlike the summer open-air art market in the center of Wandlitz (July), the November event is clearly indoors — an advantage in winter weather and at the same time a different program concept: more concentrated, selected, and independent of the weather. Exhibitors present ceramics, painting, jewelry, textile art, and other sectors of applied crafts; the format targets the pre-Christmas business and gift seekers.

Brandenburg's Craft Scene

Brandenburg has a broad craft scene — from the Baruth Glassworks to the Bornsdorf potteries and the many individual workshops in the medium-sized and small towns. The Wandlitz Indoor Art Market is a platform where this scene brings its works to a mixed urban and rural audience — and thus part of the decentralized cultural work that characterizes the state of Brandenburg.