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Weekend Tips: What to Do This Weekend in Berlin
June 5 to 7, 2026: Events, festivals, exhibitions and more things to do for your perfect weekend in Berlin. more
NATION OF STRANGERS: UNSERE HEIMAT SIND WIR
Date details
- Date Thursday, 25/June/2026 19:00
- Venue Neuköllner Oper
- Address Karl-Marx-Straße 131, 12043 Berlin-Neukölln
Public transportation
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Underground
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Bus
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U Karl-Marx-Str.
- N7
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Werbellinstr.
- 166
- M43
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U Rathaus Neukölln/Alfred-Scholz-Platz
- 166
- N7
- M43
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U Rathaus Neukölln
- 166
- N7
- M43
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Karl-Marx-Platz
- N7
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Geygerstr.
- M41
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Morusstr.
- 166
- M43
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Berlin, Erkstr.
- 166
- M43
- M41
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Hertzbergplatz
- 171
- M41
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Berlin, Fuldastr.
- M41
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Weichselstr.
- N7
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Herrfurthstr.
- 166
- M43
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U Karl-Marx-Str.
NATION OF STRANGERS
A Literary-Musical Search for a New Home
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“We are all losing home in some way or another. We are all becoming homeless. We are all being unhomed.“
Starting from this thought, the Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran sets out in her new book Nation of Strangers – currently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – on a moving search for meaning: What does home mean in a world where belonging is becoming fragile? Shaped by her own experiences of exile and inspired by encounters along the way, Temelkuran writes with tenderness and poetry, yet also with remarkable precision, about loss, estrangement, and the question of what connects us.
For her, home is more than a place. It resides in the moral, political, and cultural foundations of how we live together. Yet these very foundations are increasingly beginning to falter.
At Neuköllner Oper, Temelkuran’s text becomes the basis for a multi-voiced evening: Actress Agnes Mann reads from the book, while the musicians and performers Mara Snip, Melentini, and Nesrine Belmokh respond with their own texts, songs, and compositions. Their personal perspectives meet the literary source material, creating a vibrant dialogue about origin, loss, and new forms of community.
Afterwards, the participating artists will join Ece Temelkuran in conversation about their approaches to the themes explored during the evening, inviting the audience to reflect further on the questions raised.
An evening weaving together reading, concert, and discussion – and an invitation to renegotiate the meaning of home.
WITH Nesrine Belmokh, Agnes Mann, Melentini, Mara Snip
CONCEPT Ece Temelkuran, Mick Besuch STAGE ADAPTATION Mick Besuch
Starting from this thought, the Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran sets out in her new book Nation of Strangers – currently shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – on a moving search for meaning: What does home mean in a world where belonging is becoming fragile? Shaped by her own experiences of exile and inspired by encounters along the way, Temelkuran writes with tenderness and poetry, yet also with remarkable precision, about loss, estrangement, and the question of what connects us.
For her, home is more than a place. It resides in the moral, political, and cultural foundations of how we live together. Yet these very foundations are increasingly beginning to falter.
At Neuköllner Oper, Temelkuran’s text becomes the basis for a multi-voiced evening: Actress Agnes Mann reads from the book, while the musicians and performers Mara Snip, Melentini, and Nesrine Belmokh respond with their own texts, songs, and compositions. Their personal perspectives meet the literary source material, creating a vibrant dialogue about origin, loss, and new forms of community.
Afterwards, the participating artists will join Ece Temelkuran in conversation about their approaches to the themes explored during the evening, inviting the audience to reflect further on the questions raised.
An evening weaving together reading, concert, and discussion – and an invitation to renegotiate the meaning of home.
WITH Nesrine Belmokh, Agnes Mann, Melentini, Mara Snip
CONCEPT Ece Temelkuran, Mick Besuch STAGE ADAPTATION Mick Besuch
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- Venue:
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- Address:
- Pariser Platz 4, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €11.85
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- Date:
- Thursday, 25/June/2026 17:30 (16 more dates)
- Venue:
- DNA Art House
- Address:
- Wrangelstraße 25, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg
- Price:
- from €18.02
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Abiball 2026
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- Date:
- Thursday, 25/June/2026 18:00 (1 more date)
- Venue:
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- Address:
- Markgrafenstraße 67, 10969 Berlin-Kreisfreie Stadt Berlin
- Price:
- from €94.29
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Never Work Talks: Helen Hester, Anajara Amarante, Olivia Hyunsin Kim
Over the course of two days, the festival’s artistic program will be accompanied by a series of lectures and discussions. We begin on June 24 with a look at a possible future and the question of what a “post-work” society might look like—a world in... moreabout: Never Work Talks: Helen Hester, Anajara Amarante, Olivia Hyunsin Kim
- Date:
- Thursday, 25/June/2026 19:00
- Venue:
- Sophiensaele - Kantine
- Address:
- Sophienstraße 18, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €5.00
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Never Work Talks: Amelia Horgan, Nicole Mayer-Ahuja
Over the course of two days, the festival’s artistic program will be accompanied by a series of lectures and discussions. We begin on June 24 with a look at a possible future and the question of what a “post-work” society might look like—a world in... moreabout: Never Work Talks: Amelia Horgan, Nicole Mayer-Ahuja
- Date:
- Thursday, 25/June/2026 19:00
- Venue:
- Sophiensaele - Kantine
- Address:
- Sophienstraße 18, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
- Price:
- from €5.00
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