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Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
July 17 to 19, 2026: Events, festivals, exhibitions and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
Europa erzählen – über Grenzen hinaus
Date details
- Date Wednesday, 26/August/2026 19:00
- Venue Humboldt Forum: Saal 1
- Address Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Hackescher Markt
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S9
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S Hackescher Markt
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Underground
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U Museumsinsel
- U5
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U Rotes Rathaus
- U5
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U Hausvogteiplatz
- U2
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U Unter den Linden
- U5
- U6
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U Museumsinsel
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Bus
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U Museumsinsel
- 100
- N5
- 300
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Berliner Schloss
- 147
- U2
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- N42
- S7
- 100
- 200
- M1
- N2
- N5
- N8
- N40
- 300
- N60
- N65
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Werderscher Markt
- 147
- U2
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Neumannsgasse
- 147
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U Rotes Rathaus
- 200
- N2
- N8
- N40
- N42
- N60
- N65
- U2
- 300
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Staatsoper
- 100
- N5
- 300
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Nikolaiviertel
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- N8
- N40
- N60
- N65
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S Hackescher Markt
- N42
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Fischerinsel
- 200
- 248
- N2
- N42
- 147
- U2
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
- M1
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Universitätsstr.
- M1
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Jüdenstr.
- 248
- 300
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S+U Alexanderplatz Bhf/Memhardstr.
- M1
- U2
- N2
- 100
- 200
- N5
- N8
- 300
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U Unter den Linden
- 100
- N5
- 300
- 147
- N6
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U Spittelmarkt
- 200
- N2
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U Museumsinsel
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Tram
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Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
- M6
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Spandauer Str./Marienkirche
- M1
- M4
- M5
- M6
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S Hackescher Markt
- M4
- M5
- M6
- 50
- M1
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Georgenstr./Am Kupfergraben
- 12
- M1
- M6
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Universitätsstr.
- 12
- M6
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Monbijouplatz
- M1
- M5
- M6
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Am Kupfergraben
Telling the Story of Europe - Beyond Borders
Public Discussion with the Recipients of the 2026 Goethe Medal
Porträt Prodromos Tsinikoris – Porträt Prodromos Tsinikoris
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An Evening with Michael Pärt, Anita Raja and Prodromos Tsinikoris
Europe is not a fixed place. It is a story that is constantly being rewritten—in languages that translate one another, in sounds that cross borders, in biographies that unfold between two or more homelands. This story -encompasses flight and new beginnings, migration and putting down roots, loss and transformation. It is not always comfortable, but it is alive, and it is told by people who are willing to listen more closely.
The recipients of the 2026 Goethe Medal are among these people. The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, the Italian translator and cultural mediator Anita Raja, and the Greek-German theater director Prodromos Tsinikoris have each demonstrated in their own way through their work how experiences of living on the margins can give rise to forms of understanding.
What connects a composer who made exile in Berlin his home, a translator who made German-language literature accessible to an Italian audience, and a director who grew up in Wuppertal as the child of Greek migrant workers and now shapes the European theater scene? It is the conviction that culture emerges where borders are understood not as barriers but as thresholds.
On August 26, Anita Raja, Prodromos Tsinikoris, and Michael Pärt, director of the Arvo Pärt Foundation, will come together for the first time and exclusively as part of the award ceremony for a public discussion, two days before the presentation of the Goethe Medal in Weimar. In Hall 1 of the Humboldt Forum, they will speak with Shelly Kupferberg about art, language, exile, memory, and the question of how Europe can be portrayed today.
For more information on the Goethe Medal and this year’s laureates, please visit the Goethe-Institut’s website.
Afterward, all guests are cordially invited to a reception.
Participants
Michael Pärt
The award recipient, Arvo Pärt, is unable to attend for health reasons; his son Michael Pärt, director of the Arvo Pärt Center, will speak on his behalf.
Anita Raja has dedicated her life to translating the voices that need to be heard: Christa Wolf, Georg Büchner, Ingeborg Bachmann—works that deal with resistance and memory.
Prodromos Tsinikoris
In his documentary theater projects, Prodromos Tsinikoris gives a voice to those who are too often overlooked in Europe’s official narratives: homeless people, migrant workers, and the victims and survivors of Nazi crimes.
Shelly Kupferberg
Journalist and author Shelly Kupferberg will moderate the discussion with the Goethe Medal recipients.
Arvo Pärt
After emigrating from Soviet-occupied Estonia, Arvo Pärt’s music took on new artistic dimensions, shaped by his life in Berlin. It moves people all over the world in a way that speaks louder than many words.
- admission free, with registration
- German
- Hall 1, Ground Floor
Europe is not a fixed place. It is a story that is constantly being rewritten—in languages that translate one another, in sounds that cross borders, in biographies that unfold between two or more homelands. This story -encompasses flight and new beginnings, migration and putting down roots, loss and transformation. It is not always comfortable, but it is alive, and it is told by people who are willing to listen more closely.
The recipients of the 2026 Goethe Medal are among these people. The Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, the Italian translator and cultural mediator Anita Raja, and the Greek-German theater director Prodromos Tsinikoris have each demonstrated in their own way through their work how experiences of living on the margins can give rise to forms of understanding.
What connects a composer who made exile in Berlin his home, a translator who made German-language literature accessible to an Italian audience, and a director who grew up in Wuppertal as the child of Greek migrant workers and now shapes the European theater scene? It is the conviction that culture emerges where borders are understood not as barriers but as thresholds.
On August 26, Anita Raja, Prodromos Tsinikoris, and Michael Pärt, director of the Arvo Pärt Foundation, will come together for the first time and exclusively as part of the award ceremony for a public discussion, two days before the presentation of the Goethe Medal in Weimar. In Hall 1 of the Humboldt Forum, they will speak with Shelly Kupferberg about art, language, exile, memory, and the question of how Europe can be portrayed today.
For more information on the Goethe Medal and this year’s laureates, please visit the Goethe-Institut’s website.
Afterward, all guests are cordially invited to a reception.
Participants
Michael Pärt
The award recipient, Arvo Pärt, is unable to attend for health reasons; his son Michael Pärt, director of the Arvo Pärt Center, will speak on his behalf.
Anita Raja has dedicated her life to translating the voices that need to be heard: Christa Wolf, Georg Büchner, Ingeborg Bachmann—works that deal with resistance and memory.
Prodromos Tsinikoris
In his documentary theater projects, Prodromos Tsinikoris gives a voice to those who are too often overlooked in Europe’s official narratives: homeless people, migrant workers, and the victims and survivors of Nazi crimes.
Shelly Kupferberg
Journalist and author Shelly Kupferberg will moderate the discussion with the Goethe Medal recipients.
Arvo Pärt
After emigrating from Soviet-occupied Estonia, Arvo Pärt’s music took on new artistic dimensions, shaped by his life in Berlin. It moves people all over the world in a way that speaks louder than many words.
- admission free, with registration
- German
- Hall 1, Ground Floor
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