Wehringhausen Öffne Dich! — Neighbourhood Sustainability Festival

A Premiere for Wehringhausen

Wehringhausen Öffne Dich! is a new neighbourhood festival taking place for the first time on Saturday, July 4, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The festival originates from the "Klimapositives Wehringhausen" project, supported by the Hagen-based association Hatopia — Nachhaltigkeitszentrum e.V., and is realised in cooperation with the neighbouring WirrWarr — Zentrum für Kreativität.

Concept: The Neighbourhood as a Stage

The core idea: Wehringhausen — Hagen's densely populated district characterised by its Gründerzeit architecture — opens its usually closed-off spaces for one day. Backyards, creative spaces, shops, pubs, restaurants, and community centres become stages, workshops, pop-up galleries, and meeting points. Residents themselves shape the programme — as hosts, artists, cooks, or simply as conversation partners.

Sustainability as the Guiding Principle

The festival is part of Wehringhausen's climate protection initiative "Klimapositives Wehringhausen". Topics such as sustainable mobility, repair cafés, urban gardening, swap stations, vegan cuisine, and energy advice find their place here — embedded in a vibrant neighbourhood culture rather than in workshop rooms. The concept follows a growing movement in German major cities: climate protection is lived in the urban quarter, not centrally mandated.

Wehringhausen as Hagen's Hip District

Wehringhausen is located west of Hagen's city centre and, with its Gründerzeit facades, high proportion of migrants, and active creative scene, is one of the most vibrant districts in Hagen (independent city, approx. 188,000 inhabitants, in the southeastern Ruhr area/northern Sauerland region of North Rhine-Westphalia). Lange Straße — home to co-werk and WirrWarr — forms the cultural backbone of the quarter.

Registration and Participation

Interested parties can contact the organisers — registration is online via wirrwarr-wehringhausen.de, by email to [email protected], or in person at co-werk (Lange Str. 22, 58089 Hagen) on Tuesdays between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM.