Free and Outdoors - Activities and Events in Bremen

The Breminale on the Osterdeich is clearly one of Bremen's favourite open-air cultural festivals. Over five days in July, music, art and culture provide all visitors with particularly enjoyable summer moments - and all for free.

Experience art for free: Discover Bremen's art in public spaces during a walk at over 25 different stations. The almost six-kilometre-long ArtPeeks route takes you in just over two hours to exciting works of art that will inspire you to marvel, speculate and discuss.

In early summer, Bremen's squares are transformed into rings and the streets into circus tents when the traditional La Strada takes place. Look forward to three days of theatre, dance and artistry on the Marktplatz, Domshof and in the Wallanlagen. The annual open-air programme is free of charge.

The summer festival gets the high summer going in the beautiful Hanseatic city. In addition to numerous stalls and an enjoyment mile, several live bands and show acts provide an entertaining programme in the open air on various squares in the city.

As an Official Street Art City, Bremen has plenty of street art to offer. Discover over 400 street art spots in the Hanseatic city for free and on your own.

At the beginning of August, fans of maritime folk, rock, shanties, ships and the sea will get their money's worth at the Festival Maritime in Vegesack. Musicians from the international maritime music scene present their songs from the sea.

We continue with a popular open-air highlight in Bremen's Neustadt: SummerSounds invites you to enjoy music, a summer garden and regional delicacies. Around 8,000 visitors celebrate for free and outdoors in the hilly Neustadtstwallanlagen.

100% Bremen: The Übersee-Festival with the best live music from Bremen is coming up in the summer. For two days, more than 20 regional acts will thrill the audience on a total of three stages.

Summer is drawing to a close and a sure sign of this is the Musik und Licht am Hollersee (Music and Light at Hollersee) event in September. Classical music resounds in the light of torches around the lake in the Bürgerpark. Find a spot and enjoy the spectacle for free.

A stage for the whole city: enjoy the colourful programme that takes place free of charge on the Domshof every year during the summer months. For three months you have the opportunity to experience a colourful programme in the middle of the Domshof, with music, dance, regional delicacies, games and workshops for children and events such as a fashion show or a rap battle.

In November, the market square is transformed into a sea of lights made of colourful lanterns when Bremen's largest lantern parade passes through the city centre. A beautiful light show for young and old.

Bremen's free little zoo in Bürgerpark delights everyone, young and old alike. Around 14 different animal species, which are native to our climate, live in the animal enclosure and most of them are protected from extinction. Marvel at the guinea pigs, dwarf donkeys and alpacas. There are also small playgrounds and plenty of places to sit and relax.

And if you are very lucky, the free-range peacocks and bantams will join you on your walk.

The Bremen audio guide takes you through Bremen's historic city centre free of charge. You can walk through the 13 stations at your own pace and put together your own city tour. The perfect starting point is the market square. Once you have arrived here, nothing stands in the way of an exciting tour.