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First weekend on NORDEN Festival

Festival organizers take positive stock with regard to the hygiene concept and release day tickets again for the next weekends.

After the NORDEN Festival was able to start again, festival organizer Manfred Pakusius looks back on the first weekend with satisfaction. "The four days of festival have shown that with a view to the safety and hygiene concept, our intensive planning and preparation, and the close cooperation with the city and the public order office, a great event can be realized." Cautiously, Pakusius and his partner Marno Happ have approached the possible number of visitors. Since the grounds and cultural venues are much larger this year and the flow of visitors is well distributed, the organizers will again be able to offer day tickets at the festival box office.

"We are an intergenerational festival. That also means that visitors arrive at different times," Pakusius says. 2500 people are allowed on the site at one time. "This number was not reached at any point during the weekend. It has also been shown that tickets from the cancelled festival in 2020, which have retained their validity, are often not redeemed. With a clear conscience, we can therefore again offer day tickets for the second and third festival weekends," adds Marno Happ.

The day tickets can be purchased exclusively at the festival box office for the respective day. In order to be able to control the number of visitors exactly, no weekend tickets will be offered.



Box office prices 2021

Single tickets:

Thursday & Friday: 15 €/ 12 € reduced

Saturday & Sunday: 19 €/ 15 € reduced



Family day tickets:

Thursday & Friday: 30 €

Saturday & Sunday: 38 €


Opening hours festival box office

Thursday & Friday: 17.00 - 21.00 

Saturday & Sunday: 11.00 - 21.00 


The first festival weekend offered the whole spectrum of the special NORDEN flair. Besides well-attended concerts by Tonbandgerät, Deine Cousine and Bernd Begemann, numerous workshops for young and old were offered. There was also a large cinema and literature program, in which artists from the Scandinavian region could present their works.
There was a particularly large crowd in front of the literature tent on Sunday. The young climate activist Luisa Neubauer read from her book From the End of the Climate Crisis and attracted many people. In addition to a spectacular lighting concept on the festival grounds, guests could admire a banner exhibition by the Kiel comic strip collective Pure Fruit in the form of a comic strip commemorating the 75th anniversary of Schleswig-Holstein, and the installation around the woodwork of Flensburg artist Johannes Caspersen also attracted many glances. The life-size sculpture in the shape of a polar bear will be enthroned on a pontoon in front of the garden stage for the next two weeks.

In between the individual events, guests could enjoy the view of the Schlei from the beach again and again. A few rain showers did not stop the visitors from spending the day on the Königswiesen and dancing in front of the stages until late at night.

When the festival enters its second round on Thursday, September 02, guests can again look forward to a program full of variety. Among others, Norma, Eros Atomus and Beharie from Norway are expected to perform on the music stages. Many other artists from the Scandinavian region expand the program of the second weekend.
NORDEN Festival 2024 // Fourth Cultural Wave
The FOURTH CULTURAL WAVE continues and the cultural program for the NORDEN Festival 2024 is almost complete. We are full of anticipation and very excited about the upcoming festival weekends in late summer. It's going to be bombastic ?
Believe it or not, we've got HAIYTI lined up for you! In addition, other great artists will be performing on the Schlei and garden stages, interesting readings await you in the culture tent, the Manege im Park will be wild and the first film in the NORDEN cinema has been confirmed. We will also be presenting the first workshops and activities very soon ? ?‍♀️
25 % discount on weekend tickets
Once again we see that the happiest people live in the NORTH ? The UN only recently made this official in the WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT and we think it's right! The NORTH is simply amazing ✨ Reason enough to get your tickets for the NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival 2024 now! We have a very special Easter surprise for you today: From now on you will receive a 25% DISCOUNT ON ALL WEEKEND TICKETS with the code NF24OSTERN! ?
NORDEN Festival 2024 // Third cultural wave
The next cultural wave is here and we definitely haven't promised you too much: NORDEN 2024 is going to be awesome! ? We've been digging for a long time and finally got the go-ahead: JUPITER JONES are coming to NORDEN Festival 2024 with a full band. There's also a fixed date for a heavy SECRET HEADLINER - you can really look forward to that!
Impressive people and exciting readings await you in the culture tent - it's guaranteed not to be boring! And today we also present the first act in our Manege in the Park. In the next wave of culture, there will be a big wave of fantastic street theater - stay tuned!
NORDEN Festival 2024 // Second cultural wave
Are you ready for some big news from the NORDEN? There's a lot going on in the background at the moment and we're really excited to drop a few things on you again today.
Our booking team is working hard on the cultural program for NORDEN 2024, so that we can present you some new names in the line-up today. There are a few personal highlights from our team ? If only you knew what else we have in the pipeline. It's definitely worth telling everyone around you about NORDEN and getting them excited!
On the road in Berlin
At the end of November, Philine from our NORDEN team was at the Future of Festivals in Berlin - the industry meeting for all organizers and service providers from the festival sector.
At the Future of Festivals, Philine gave a presentation on accessibility at festivals, including the NORDEN Festival. We are very happy that we have been able to expand our accessibility measures at the NORDEN Festival in recent years and that we can offer people with disabilities equal and independent access. We will now tell you why this is so important and what else we have planned!
St. Nicholas surprise from the NORDEN
Santa didn't just leave presents in our boots tonight and we are now snacking on lots of chocolate in the NORDEN office. There is also something very special for you in the NORDEN online store! From now on, you can get a 20% DISCOUNT ON ALL FAMILY WEEKEND TICKETS online. In addition, there are 5 FOR 4 HARDCOVER DAY TICKETS in the Thursday or Friday category OR in the Saturday or Sunday category in all branches of the Liesegang bookshop, redeemable for free on all three festival weekends. How's that for a great Christmas present?
All ticket categories now available
We've never been this early! From now on you can finally buy WEEKEND AND DAY TICKETS for next year in the NORDEN online store. The best thing is, the ticket prices will not be increased!
And because we always want something good for you, we're simply keeping the EARLY BOOKING FESTIVAL PASSES available for a few days longer. Up to and including Friday, 08.12.2023, you have the chance to buy the last limited early bird festival passes for a one-time price of 89 EURO plus VVK in the NORDEN online store. After that we will switch to the regular price level. Printed out, they also make a fantastic gift for Christmas.
NORDEN Festival 2024 // First Release
A lot has happened in the past few weeks and we are looking forward to 2024 and the upcoming NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival. But honestly, why can't we just see each other more often and celebrate together? We still think about our time at the Königswiesen quite often. It was really, really great and special!
The first snow has now fallen and the anticipation of Christmas is growing. It's the best time for us to finally present the FIRST RELEASE for NORDEN 2024. A promising start with really great artists!
Nominated and won
The NORDEN Festival is the most sustainable festival in Germany!

For the tenth time the HELGA! Festival Award was presented for the tenth time and the NORDEN - The Nordic Arts Festival really cleaned up: The GRÜNSTE WIESE can now be found at the NORDEN in Schleswig.

In addition, on 8.9.23 at the NORDEN Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Minister of Economic Affairs, Claus Ruhe Madsen, awarded us the "Sustainability Project" prize worth 1,000 euros.
This was NORDEN 2023
Three unforgettable festival weekends are behind us and we are so full of love and gratitude for this fantastic festival experience at the Königswiesen. In the meantime, we are back in our office routine and still reminisce about this year's NORDEN Festival.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all visitors. It was simply great to celebrate NORDEN together with all of you! We will carry this very special feeling in our hearts for a long time and, even if the summer is gradually coming to an end and it is getting colder outside, we will remember the 12 days of NORDEN Festival with you with a smile.
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