Rethink, Rebuild, Reshape!
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| Free of charge with time slot tickets, booking is expected to open from 28 September 2026. |
| Please book one ticket per person (including infants and accompanying adults). |
| from 3 years |
| English, German |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
Code Week Hands-On Festival
How can robots help protect the environment? How much energy is involved in dancing? How can we spot fake news? And what can we learn about colonialism from VR games?
Under the motto “Rethink, Rebuild, Reshape!”, this one-day hands-on festival as part of the Europe-wide Code Week focuses on the themes of the environment and sustainability, digital responsibility, and colonialism and decolonisation. A diverse range of activities in the fields of coding, robotics, gaming and making raise questions about social responsibility and a future worth living – and they’re suitable for children aged 3 and over!
Stiftung Humboldt Forum and Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins (VÖBB) are organising a colourful festival programme for children, young people and adults for the fifth time in 2026: on 10 October from 11 am to 6 pm, on Schlossplatz, on the ground floor and first floor of the Humboldt Forum. Check it out!
Ticket information
It is necessary to book a free 90-minute time slot ticket to visit the hands-on activities in the Workshops (ages 3 and up) and in Hall 2 (ages 12 and up).
The ticket entitles you to enter either the Workshops or Hall 2 at the beginning of the booked time slot. Please check our website in advance to find out about the respective program and arrive at the venue on time.
Tickets are available online or at the box office in the foyer of the Humboldt Forum. Remaining tickets are available at the box office on the day of the event. Children aged 12 and under may only take part in the activities if accompanied by an adult. Please book one ticket per person (including toddlers).
Programme
Activities for children aged 3 and up in the Workshops – with time-slot tickets
Discover how to protect houses from earthquakes with Lego Education, learn how AI works with Pac-Man, help Dash and Spike sort rubbish, and keep the oceans clean with Kubo and BlueBot.
In the Workshops on the first floor of the Humboldt Forum, a wide variety of hands-on stations invite visitors to gain their first experiences of programming in a playful way and to try out child-friendly digital tools and robots.
Activities for ages 12 and up in Hall 2 – with time-slot tickets
Experience climate change up close in VR, recover stolen artefacts from museums playing Relooted, test your media literacy in the Newstest, try out AI for crisis situations, and use it to design your own version of a green Schlossplatz.
Hall 2 on the ground floor of the Humboldt Forum offers a varied programme where adults and teenagers ages 12 and up can discover new technologies, play games, hack and get creative together.
Lots more activities, free of charge and open to everyone – just pop in!
Join in the discussion at the Political Nail Salon about self-presentation, self-optimisation and social media, and test your knowledge of the festival’s themes during the quiz sessions with Tom & Darren (between 2 pm and 5 pm) in the Mechanische Arena. Discover VR installations and games on Indigenous rights, knowledge and languages in the Virtual Reality Lounge in the foyer of the Humboldt Forum. At 1 pm and 5 pm, the TikTok Public Viewing invites you to experience the latest TikTok trends together on a big screen rather than alone on your smartphone: the audience decides by majority vote which videos are shown and when to swipe on to the next one. On Schlossplatz, the Stadtbibliothek Mitte’s Maker Mobil pulls up and brings the popular cooking simulation game Overcooked into the real world. In the Humboldt Labor on the first floor, the ‘Living in Balance’ dome projection explores the Anishinaabe’s (North America) indigenous knowledge of the stars, linking stories about stars, planets, moons and seasons with teachings on living a respectful and balanced life in harmony with nature and the environment. Further open, hands-on activities invite families with children to tinker and get creative.
Partners
A collaboration between Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss and Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins, which has also been organising the Code Week Regio-Hub Berlin since 2025. The Code Week Regio-Hub Berlin is a nationwide initiative by Körber Stiftung and Code Week Germany.
You can find many more events taking place in Berlin as part of the Europe-wide Code Week here: https://www.codeweek.de/regio-hubs/berlin
